Aaron Tan reports: Ransomware attacks were one of the top causes of data breaches in Australia during the first half of this year, according to the latest statistics report from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). According to the report, the number of data breaches caused by ransomware rose from 13 in the previous…
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IBM Security 2020 Cost of Data Breach Report Shows 10% Annual Increase in Healthcare Data Breach Costs
HIPAA Journal reports on the newly released IBM study: The 2020 Cost of Data Breach Report from IBM Security has been released and reveals there has been a slight reduction in global data breach costs, falling to $3.86 million per breach from $3.92 million in 2019 – A reduction of 1.5%. There was considerable variation in data…
Ca: Health records found at Fort Simpson dump may have been stolen: report
Katherine Barton reports a long-awaited update to a 2018 incident where the investigation was delayed due to backlog: The Northwest Territories’ privacy commissioner’s investigation into medical records allegedly recovered at the Fort Simpson landfill in 2018 point to someone stealing the files from a health and social services building in the community. CBC North first…
Las Cruces school meeting zoom-bombed
In my news feed this morning, I saw a zoombombing incident that occurred this week: Las Cruces Middle School Zoom Meeting Hacked; Investigation Underway As schools prepare to reopen with virtual learning, it’s really really important that they adhere to the security protocols for using Zoom and other technologies, lest students and staff not only…
Kaspersky finds Lazarus is now operating its own ransomware
Incident analysis by Kaspersky of two cases in Europe and Asia has uncovered that VHD ransomware – first discussed in public in spring 2020 – is owned and operated by Lazarus, a prominent APT group. The move by Lazarus to create and distribute ransomware signifies a change of strategy and indicates a willingness to engage in big game hunting…
CISA says 62,000 QNAP NAS devices have been infected with the QSnatch malware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Cyber-security agencies from the UK and the US have published today a joint security alert about QSnatch, a strain of malware that has been infecting network-attached storage (NAS) devices from Taiwanese device maker QNAP. Read more on ZDNet.