IRVING, Texas, Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Choice Cancer Care Treatment Center (“Choice Cancer Care”) operates cancer treatment centers in Texas where it offers individualized cancer treatment plans for patients. Choice Cancer Care is providing notice of an incident that may have involved the privacy of certain patient information in its care. While, to date, the investigation found no evidence of actual or attempted misuse of…
Category: Hack
NC: Former Operator of Illegal Booter Services is Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Computer Damage and Abuse
WASHINGTON – An Orland Park, Illinois, resident was sentenced yesterday to 13 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release on one count of conspiracy to cause damage to internet-connected computers for his role in owning, administering and supporting illegal booter services that launched millions of illegal denial of service, or DDoS, attacks…
Hacker Group “Lizard Squad” Claim Responsibility for Attack on Labour Party
CISOMag reports: An infamous hacking group “Lizard Squad” claimed responsibility for the recent cyber-attack on the Labour Party. The hackers also warned that they are planning to launch a slew of such attacks, the Independent reported. Lizard Squad stated that it has used a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tool to take down the party’s digital platforms….
Hackers Breach ZoneAlarm’s Forum Site — Outdated vBulletin to Blame
Swati Khandelwal reports: ZoneAlarm, an internet security software company owned by Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Technologies, has suffered a data breach exposing data of its discussion forum users, the company confirmed The Hacker News. With nearly 100 million downloads, ZoneAlarm offers antivirus software, firewall, and additional virus protection solutions to home PC users, small…
Utah Company Settles FTC Allegations it Failed to Safeguard Consumer Data
The FTC announced a settlement in a data security enforcement action against InfoTrax Systems, L.C. and its former CEO, Mark Rawlins. Here is their press release, below, followed by InfoTrax’s comments on the settlement: A Utah-based technology company has agreed to implement a comprehensive data security program to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the…
In September, VMedia notified members of a vBulletin 0day
Today I learned from one of my readers that VMedia had a breach that they had disclosed back on September 25, but it apparently wasn’t picked up by media outlets until October 31. The following is the notice from their website. The media coverage is in French. On September 25, 2019, vBulletin message boards experienced…