Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recently announced a settlement with Broomfield Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC stemming from a 2021 data breach. The following is the state’s press release: Sept. 22, 2023 (DENVER) – Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today a settlement with Broomfield Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC., for failing to protect the personal…
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New AtlasCross hackers use American Red Cross as phishing lure
It seems we are finding out about new groups on a daily basis recently. Now Bill Toulas reports on another one: A new APT hacking group named ‘AtlasCross’ targets organizations with phishing lures impersonating the American Red Cross to deliver backdoor malware. Cybersecurity firm NSFocus identified two previously undocumented trojans, DangerAds and AtlasAgent, associated with…
Emerging cybersecurity threats in healthcare | Special Report
Ron Southwick of Chief Healthcare Executive notes what a bad year this has already been in terms of breaches in the healthcare sector, but notes things may even get worse: Even with those dire signs about the dangers of cyberattacks, experts warn that health systems will face new and emerging threats in the years to…
ShadowSyndicate linked to 7 ransomware attacks in the past year
Kumar Hemant reports: ShadowSyndicate group (formerly known as Infra Storm) has been suspected of deploying seven different ransomware families in a series of attacks that have spanned the past year. Security researchers from Group-IB, working in conjunction with Bridewell and independent researcher Michael Koczwara, exposed the clandestine operations of the threat actor. Their findings point…
Audits of New York schools and the State Education Department reveal ongoing significant concerns
In May, the NYS Comptroller’s Office released an audit conducted to determine if the New York State Education Department (SED) consistently follows all laws and regulations regarding the safety and privacy of students’ data, and whether SED is properly monitoring school districts to ensure they are complying with the legislation and regulations that govern data…
MGM, Caesars casino hacks point to an alliance of teens and ransomware gangs
Joseph Menn reports on the group of hackers some have called “Scattered Spider:” … New research being presented Friday at the LABScon security conference outside Phoenix gives an origin story to the hackers, who the experts say call themselves Star Fraud. They say the group consists of a few dozen hackers who have connected online…