Over the past few months, I have regularly checked Maze Team’s website to see if any of the entities they are listing are in the healthcare space. As I reported in the past, Maze Team did hit a number of healthcare-related entities, not all of which have been named on their website. But there were…
Category: Malware
Urgent care walk-in centers in Texas and Florida suffer cyberattacks
Attacks on the healthcare sector continue, but as this blogger observed in reporting on hacks by thedarkoverlord, it’s often the attackers who first reveal the breaches while the victims may not even reply to inquiries. AffordaCare Urgent Care Clinic is a walk-in urgent care clinic network in Texas that advertises that they can provide care…
NC: Randleman Eye Center Discloses Malware Attack
Their press release of today, via BusinessWire: Randleman Eye Center is taking action after becoming aware of an incident in which some of our systems were accessed by an unauthorized person. While there is no evidence that suggests that any data was actually taken, we have notified individuals for whom we have contact information if…
Chinese Hackers ‘Weaponize’ Coronavirus Data For New Cyber Attack: Here’s What They Did
Zak Doffman reports: We have seen multiple stories about coronavirus-related information being used to disguise malware-laced messages and apps, which are now being distributed by threat actors around the world. Well, Chinese state-sponsored hackers are keen to get in on the act—at least according to the team at Check Point. In research published today, March 12, the firm exposes…
Amid coronavirus scare, Netwalker ransomware targets public health agency in Illinois
Benjamin Freed reports: A public-health agency in central Illinois has had to retreat to social media to update residents about the ongoing spread of the new coronavirus after a ransomware attack disabled its main website and briefly cut off employees from medical files. Workers at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District discovered Tuesday that they were victims of…
OK: Jay schools working to recover from cyber attack
KSN reports: The Jay Public School District is working to recover after falling victim to a cyber attack. Since Monday, Jay Public Schools Superintendent Larry Shackelford and his district have been dealing with the aftermath of getting hacked. The district is the only one in Oklahoma to have dealt with a cyber attack this year….