Lawrence Abrams takes us through a recent Coveware report on Clop’s shifting strategies and how recent trends in exfiltration-only have impacted the amount of ransom victims are paying. Read his article on BleepingComputer. Related: Coveware: Ransom Monetization Rates Fall to Record Low Despite Jump In Average Ransom Payments
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Double whammy? Estee Lauder Breached by Two Ransomware Groups?
Phil Muncaster reports: Estee Lauder has become the latest big name to suffer an apparently serious ransomware breach, after two groups claimed to have compromised the firm. The cosmetics giant was posted to the leak site of both the Alphv/BlackCat and Clop ransomware gangs, according to security researchers on Twitter. Read more at Infosecurity Magazine….
Tampa General Hospital confirms cybersecurity incident; 1.2 million patients being notified (Updated)
Tampa General Hospital in Florida was hit by a cyberattack during three weeks in May, according to a statement issued by the hospital earlier today. The incident, discovered on May 31, affected approximately 1.2 million patients. According to reporting by Christopher O’Donnell of the Tampa Bay Times, the types of patient information varied by patient…
Now a third plastic surgery practice has nude patient photos leaked
Earlier this week, DataBreaches reported that two plastic surgery practices in California had both suffered cyberattacks. When the doctors did not pay ransom demands, attackers leaked nude patient pictures and patient info. One attack was by AlphV (BlackCat) on Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery. The other attack was by an unnamed group or individual on Gary…
Microsoft to Offer Some Cybersecurity Tools Free After Suspected China Hack
Dustin Volz and Robert McMillan report: Microsoft said it plans to offer free some tools that can spot cyberattacks following last week’s disclosure of a major security breach linked to Chinese hackers that was undetectable for some customers. The decision to open up access to its back-end systems that log activity on the cloud came after Microsoft’s tiered…
CalPERS CEO gives update on data hack that exposed Social Security numbers, birth dates
Maya Miller reports an update by California Public Employee and Retirement System on the MOVEit breach by their vendor, PBI Research/Berwyn Group: In the Monday update, Frost said CalPERS has received nearly 4,000 calls about the breach at its own customer contact center. The average wait time is one minute, she said. Retirees can also…