As posted at K12 SIX: The K12 SIX Technical Working Group is pleased to open a call for public input into the fourth annual update and revision to the K12 SIX Essential Cybersecurity Protections Series. The goal of the K12 SIX Essential Cybersecurity Protections is to communicate the most important defenses that K-12 school systems…
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Europol: DDoS-for-hire empire brought down: Poland arrests 4 administrators, US seizes 9 domains
The following is a press release from Europol: In the latest blow to the criminal market for distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services, Polish authorities have arrested four individuals who allegedly ran a network of platforms used to launch thousands of cyberattacks worldwide. The suspects are believed to be behind six separate stresser/booter services that…
“SCAM” is a four-letter word: BreachForums edition (1)
When BreachForums[.]st went offline on April 15, the rumor mills sprang into action. Claims that the forum had been seized (again), or that the owner, ShinyHunters, or Anastasia had been arrested were tossed around, with the only evidence to support any of the claims being redirects of Telegram accounts to FBI Telegram accounts. So of…
45 CHS hospitals were affected by the Oracle Health outage
This is reportedly all resolved by now, but on April 25, Becker’s Hospital Review reported that dozens of hospitals affiliated with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems were experiencing IT outages after data storage linked to their Oracle Health EHRs was accidentally deleted: The hospitals have reverted to paper for patient records, with the issue expected…
Investigators don’t know who leaked a Wisconsin Supreme Court draft order on abortion case
The Associated Press reports: Investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday that the leak of a Wisconsin Supreme Court abortion order last year was likely deliberate, but they were unable to determine who was responsible. The June leak of a draft order showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood, which is seeking to declare…
EFF Leads Prominent Security Experts in Urging Trump Administration to Leave Chris Krebs Alone
DataBreaches has signed the letter, too, and encourages others to sign it. The administration’s attempts to censor honest reporting just because it disagrees with their political agenda and revenge campaign must stop. April 28 – SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump Administration must cease its politically motivated investigation of former U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…