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WormGPT: Cybercriminals AI Tool Gained Over 5,000 Subscribers in Just a Week

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Dissent

Tushar Subhra Dutta reports: The revolutionary innovations by AI (Artificial Intelligence) include generative AI that has various creative potential, but along with that it also raises serious concerns with malicious tools like WormGPT. Since it’s a powerful generative AI-based tool, WormGPT enables attackers to create their own custom hacking tools that pose major cybersecurity challenges. Just after…

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Double whammy? Estee Lauder Breached by Two Ransomware Groups?

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Dissent

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….

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Stephen F. Austin State University breach included counseling records

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Dissent

As reported by East Texas Radio: Officials have determined that 8,600 counseling records and about 100 people’s government-issued identification numbers were stolen in a cyberattack at Stephen F. Austin State University last month. The cyber-attack hit SFA, causing their systems to go down. When officials discovered what happened, the university removed internet connections to contain…

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Phoenician Medical Center notifying 162,500 patients of attack that “disrupted” IT systems

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Dissent

And while Henry Ford Health is notifying 168,000 patients who are possibly affected by a phishing attack,  Phoenician Medical Center in Arizona is notifying 162.500 patients about sounds like it may be a ransomware attack although they don’t say exactly what caused the “disruption” in their IT systems on March 31. Their press release makes…

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UK: ‘Just a slap on the wrist’ for Gloucester council data breach which saw people’s data fall into hands of criminals

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Dissent

Carmelo Garcia reports: After months of chaos which saw data fall into the hands of cyber criminals from Russia who hacked into Gloucester City Council, the authority will “just get a slap on the wrist”. The authority was targeted by hackers in late 2021 and public services across Gloucester were severely disrupted during the following year. The…

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8Base claims to have stolen patient data and employee info from Kansas Medical Center

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Dissent

While LockBit was adding one physician-owned medical entity to its leak site, a relatively new group known as 8Base was adding another physician-owned medical entity to its own leak site. 8Base claims to have attacked Kansas Medical Center on June 18 and to have downloaded data on July 11. They claim they will publish the…

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