NBC Washington reports: A Maryland police department says it experienced its “worst computer network attack” in its history, after the attacker accessed its network through a longtime software vendor. Salisbury police Capt. Rich Kaiser tells The Daily Times of Salisbury that the department’s entire internal computer network was compromised Jan. 9 in a ransomware attack….
Category: Malware
Alaska notifying at least 500,000 residents about data security breach previously disclosed in June
Update: The state subsequently revised its estimate to 87,000 letters. How did it get the numbers so wrong — apart from the question of why it has taken so long to send out notifications. This does NOT inspire confidence in the state’s ability to protect ePHI and to notify people promptly in the event…
New Rumba STOP Ransomware Being Installed by Software Cracks
Lawrence Abrams reports: The STOP ransomware has seen very heavy distribution over the last month using adware installers disguised as cracks. This campaign continues with a new variant released over the past few days that appends the .rumba extension to the names of encrypted files. Using adware bundles and software cracks as a new distribution method, STOP…
Graeter’s: Website breach could compromise 12,000 customers’ credit card data
WLWT reports: Cincinnati-based Graeter’s ice cream has issued notices to thousands of customers: Your credit card information may be compromised. The ice cream chain sent out 12,000 notices to customers who made purchases on Graeter’s website last year, saying that an “unauthorized code” was added to the website’s checkout page. As a result, thousands of…
South Africans’ airtime and data stolen through malicious smartphone app
Jamie McKane reports: Mobile technology company Upstream announced earlier this month that it had detected a suspicious weather forecast application which was pre-installed on Alcatel smartphones. The company’s security platform, Secure-D, detected suspicious activity initiated by this application across multiple countries – most notably in Brazil and Malaysia, although South Africa was also affected. The…
Virus affecting IT system at Health Sciences North impacting health care across the region
Update: The hospital later issued a statement indicating that some elective surgeries and appointments were being rescheduled. As reported on Sudbury.com: Certain elective procedures and surgeries in the next 24-48 hours may be rescheduled. Patients are in the process of being rescheduled for treatement later this week and into the weekend. Those patients impacted will be…