Ionut Ilascu reports: Researchers discovered 120,000 infected systems that contained credentials for cybercrime forums. Many of the computers belong to hackers, the researchers say. Analyzing the data, threat researchers found that the passwords used for logging into hacking forums were generally stronger than those for government websites. After pouring through 100 cybercrime forums, researchers at…
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NYS Comptroller Audit: Cyber Incident Response Team (Follow-Up)
Issued Date: July 20, 2023 Agency/Authority: Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Division of Objective To assess the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Cyber Incident Response Team (Report 2020-S-58). About the Program Cybercrimes continue to rise. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), complaints of phishing and similar cyberattacks often…
Monti Ransomware Unleashes a New Encryptor for Linux
Nathaniel Morales and Joshua Paul Ignacio report: … Following a two-month break from exposing victims on their leak site, the Monti ransomware group has resumed its malicious activities, this time targeting organizations within the legal and government sectors. Alongside this, a fresh Linux-based variant of Monti (Ransom.Linux.MONTI.THGOCBC) has emerged, displaying significant deviations from its other…
One year later, Tift Regional Medical Center notifies patients of Hive attack
In September 2022, DataBreaches broke the story of how Hive had attacked Tift Regional Medical Center in Georgia between July and August. The attack did not involve encryption of systems but Hive claimed to have exfiltrated about 1 TB of data, including files with protected health information. On October 14, Tift notified HHS of an…
IN: Cummins Behavioral Health Systems discovers cyberattack when it finds ransom note
Sometime between Feb. 2 and March 9 of this year, Cummins Behavioral Health Systems (CBHS) in Indiana became a victim of a cyberattack. CBHS is a private not-for-profit organization providing behavioral health services in Boone, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Putnam, and surrounding counties in Central and West Central Indiana. It provides care to persons of all…
EvilProxy Cyberattack Flood Targets Execs via Microsoft 365
Elizabeth Montalbano reports: Attackers have unleashed an EvilProxy phishing campaign to target thousands of Microsoft 365 user accounts worldwide, sending a flood of 120,000 phishing emails to more than 100 organizations across the globe in the three-month period between March and June alone. The goal? To take over C-suite and other executive accounts, in order to…