Becker News has a commentary that begins: The January 6 committee exposed little new during its 18-month exercise in tedious political theatrics advertised under the banner of being an “investigation.” This J6 “investigation” failed to give us any new info on the DNC pipe bomber, why Ray Epps is free when he said he “orchestrated”…
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Consulate Health Care chain hit by Hive
Hive ransomware gang has added another healthcare-related victim to its leak site. This time, the victim is Consulate Health Care (CHC), a chain of service providers with a troubled financial history. Enter Hive, Stage Left Hive’s listing for CHC indicates that they locked CHC’s files on December 3. Hive has already leaked some of what…
HC3: Analyst Note: Clop Ransomware
January 04, 2023 TLP:CLEAR Report: 202301041300 Executive Summary Clop operates under the Ransomware-as-service (RaaS) model, and it was first observed in 2019. Clop was a highly used ransomware in the market and typically targeted organizations with a revenue of $5 million U.S. Dollars (USD) or higher. Since its appearance, HC3 is aware of attacks on…
Russian hackers targeted U.S. nuclear scientists
James Pearson and Christopher Bing reports: A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts. Between August and September, as President Vladimir Putin indicated Russia would be willing to use nuclear weapons to defend…
Report: 25% of Districts Victimized by Cyber Attacks in 2022
Giovanni Albanese reports: San Francisco-based Clever on Thursday released its Cybersecure 2023 report, based on October 2022 surveys of an excess of 800 administrators and more than 3,000 teachers in the U.S. The respondents had differing views on a wide number of issues but the two sides are in agreement that schools need better training, technology and…
University of Miami Health breach notice
Remember when Britton White and DataBreaches discussed employees having their work credentials compromised by infostealers and how employers might want to require employees to notify them whenever an employee’s device was compromised if the device had stored login credentials? University of Miami Health posted a breach notice this week that caught my eye. From the…