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Defensive Cyber Attacks Declared Legal by UK AG, Path Cleared to “Hack Back” When Critical Infrastructure & Services Attacked

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Dissent

Scott Ikeda reports: The Attorney General of the United Kingdom has declared the country can make use of defensive cyber attacks when “key services” (such as critical infrastructure and banks) are struck by foreign threat actors. The country is taking a formal position on extending international law to the digital realm, something that nations have…

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US agencies detail the digital ‘plumbing’ used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Dissent

Martin Matishak reports: U.S. agencies on Tuesday offered new details about how Chinese state-sponsored hackers have used publicly known vulnerabilities to target internet service providers and major telecommunications firms around the globe over the last two years. Taking advantage of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) allows malicious actors backed by Beijing to break into victim…

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Is cyberinsurance for cyberattacks becoming harder to find and more costly?

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Dissent

Attorney Jeff Drummond writes: News from the Cyberinsurance Market: Healthcare entities are finding that cybersecurity insurance is getting harder to find.  Insurers are leaving the market, and prices are going up.  Having cyberinsurance has always been a good call, from the time the insurance first hit the market, because (i) the risk is so hard to quantify,…

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Shields Health Care Group notifies 2,000,000 patients after hack

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Dissent

Shields Health Care Group, Inc. (“Shields”) provides management and imaging services for dozens of covered entities in New England. On March 28, 2022, Shields was alerted to suspicious activity that may have involved data compromise.  Their investigation discovered that an unknown threat actor had access to certain systems between March 7 and March 21 and…

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Novartis says no sensitive data was compromised in cyberattack

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports: Pharmaceutical giant Novartis says no sensitive data was compromised in a recent cyberattack by the Industrial Spy data-extortion gang. Industrial Spy is a hacking group that runs an extortion marketplace where they sell data stolen from compromised organizations. Yesterday, the hacking group began selling data allegedly stolen from Novartis on their Tor…

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CISA Alert (AA22-152A): Karakurt Data Extortion Group

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Dissent

Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to provide information on the Karakurt data extortion group, also known as the Karakurt Team and Karakurt Lair. Karakurt actors have…

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