The Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore announced a new undertaking this week. The incident that led to the investigation was a ransomware attack on a medical entity, and findings included that the entity had left RDP open and had weak login credentials, among other concerns. The undertaking was to get them to harden their…
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PH: Cashalo hit with data breach, but says accounts not compromised
Xave Gregorio reports: Fintech platform Cashalo reported Saturday it has been hit by a data breach, but assured that accounts and passwords of their users have not been compromised as these have been encrypted. Cashalo said it discovered two days ago that there was “unauthorized access” to a database archive containing some personal data of…
Patient data at risk as doctors communicate with Facebook, WhatsApp
Domanii Cameron reports: Doctors at public and private hospitals are having to consult about their patients via Facebook and messaging apps, prompting calls for a real-time messaging platform. Rural Doctors Association of Australia president John Hall told The Sunday-Mail he had witnessed the issue first-hand while claiming it was widespread practice. Read more on Herald Sun (AU.
Alleged Hydra Market Operators Identified
GeminiAdvisory analysts write: Gemini analysts have found a post by an anonymous author on the hydra[.]expert domain claiming to have uncovered the true identities of the individuals running Hydra, one of the largest Russian-language dark web marketplaces for drugs. While formerly part of Hydra’s infrastructure, hydra[.]expert now appears to be solely dedicated to identifying Hydra’s…
Cyber attack: Afnor admits to being confronted with Ryuk ransomware
Valéry Marchive reports (translation): Ironically, when the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, announced, this Thursday, February 18 at noon, the allocation of one billion euros , as part of the recovery plan, to cybersecurity , Afnor was shutting down the services it exhibits on the Internet, starting with its website. […] Reached by telephone, on his initiative, a…
Lakehead University campus computers remain inaccessible due to cyber attack
CBC News reports: Computers on Lakehead University’s campus remain unavailable for use as the institution continues to deal with a cyber attack. Lakehead announced the cyber attack Tuesday afternoon, saying at the time all computers on both the Thunder Bay and Orillia campuses were being shut down. Read more on CBC News. The attack was…