Kate Goodwin reports: A global pandemic has left life sciences companies with giant targets on their backs for cyberattacks. As of December, at least six pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., U.K. and South Korea working on COVID-19 treatments were targeted by North Korean hackers, according to the Wall Street Journal. The hackers were out for sensitive…
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Kentucky Wesleyan College notice of data security incident – should the FTC investigate?
As posted on their web site on March 20, KWC reveals an incident that they became aware of in September 2020. Kentucky Wesleyan College experienced a Network Security Incident, resulting in the temporary loss of availability to its files and systems. We have since resolved the Incident and implemented additional security measures. Although there was…
AZ: Maricopa Community Colleges cancel classes amid cybersecurity issue
KTAR reports: The Maricopa County Community College District announced Friday it has canceled classes until March 29 after a cybersecurity issue forced its network system offline. In a statement on its website, the district said the network outage was due to suspicious activity that appears to be related to a potential cyber attack. Read more on KTAR…
The Ransomware Plague: Is LATAM Surrendering to Digital Extortion?
This Research is the third part of the AdvIntel LATAM Series. To see other blogs within this series please visit: Part 1: Latin America Threat Landscape: The Paradox of Interconnectivity Part 2: Cyber Exploration: The Geostrategic Quest of APT Groups in LATAM Part 3: Economic Growth, Digital Inclusion, & Specialized Crime: Financial Cyber Fraud in…
REvil ransomware has a new ‘Windows Safe Mode’ encryption mode
Lawrence Abrams reports: The REvil ransomware operation has added a new ability to encrypt files in Windows Safe Mode, likely to evade detection by security software and for greater success when encrypting files. Windows Safe Mode is a special startup mode that allows users to run administrative and diagnostic tasks on the operating system. This…
SG: Revised Guides on Managing Data Breach and Active Enforcement Now Available
An announcement from the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore: The PDPC has updated Guide to Managing Data Breaches 2.0 (now known as the Guide on Managing and Notifying Data Breaches under the PDPA) with details of the mandatory data breach notification requirement under the PDPA. Access the Guide here. The Guide on Active Enforcement has…