On March 18, attorneys for Summit Health, Inc. in Pennsylvania notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that on February 19, the hospital had learned that some of its employees had fallen for a phishing attempt. As a result of the successful phishing, employees’ information in the Lawson Employee Self-Service System, used to access payroll and benefits information, may…
Category: Malware
Would Macy’s tell Gimbels? Today’s lame phishing attempt…
My inbox is awash with phishing attempts that sometimes make me laugh out loud. From today’s batch: From: “TransUnion Notice” <[email protected]> Subject: Experian Safety Warning: Examine your score today at no charge -13729897 Date: Tue, May 5, 2015 16:47 To: [email protected] TransUnions Security Warning- Your free score inspection expires Tuesday, May 5, 2015., Go here now,…
VA: Twins indicted for hacking, wire fraud, and ID theft
On April 30, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, 23, of Springfield, Virginia. They were charged with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to access a protected computer without authorization, access of a protected computer without authorization, conspiracy to access a government computer without authorization, false…
CareerBuilder listings used as Phishing platform
Steve Ragan reports: Researchers at Proofpoint recently discovered a Phishing campaign that originated form select job postings on CareerBuilder. Taking advantage of the notification system the job portal uses, the attacker uploaded malicious attachments instead of résumés, which in turn forced CareerBuilder to act as a delivery vehicle for Phishing emails. The scam is both…
Phishing attack hits another healthcare system
Partners Healthcare System has become the latest healthcare system to disclose that patient data was compromised by employees falling for phishing attacks: Partners HealthCare System, Inc. and its affiliated institutions and hospitals, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital,North Shore Medical Center, Partners Continuing Care, and Newton-Wellesley Hospital (“Partners…
IN: Prosecutor: Some Warrick child support files affected by virus
Richard Gootee reports: Warrick County Prosecutor Michael Perry announced that some of the county’s child support files were affected by a computer virus last year, which was before Perry took office. Perry laid blame for an alleged subsequent coverup of the incident at the feet of his predecessor — Jo Ann Krantz, whom Perry beat…