Kat Jerich reports: The nonprofit Center for Internet Security announced this week that it had launched a no-cost ransomware protection service for private hospitals in the United States. The Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting service, which is already available for public hospitals, health departments and healthcare organizations, uses Enterprise Threat Protector software from the cybersecurity…
Hundreds of University of Alabama – Huntsville email accounts compromised through phishing attempts
Anna Mahan reports: Multiple UAH email accounts were compromised through a phishing attempt in January, that’s confirmed by the UAH Office of Information Technology. Some emails impacted did contain personal information such as name, date of birth, or social security number. However, school officials say there was no server or directory impacted and no credit…
Kia denies ransomware attack ‘speculation’ as it recovers from days-long outages
AP reports: Kia Motors America says it’s restoring services crippled by a computer network outage that began Saturday and which apparently affected dealers’ ability to order vehicles and parts and knocked offline a smartphone app that owners use to remotely start and warm up vehicles. Both Kia and affiliated automaker Hyundai Motor America, which reported a less severe IT outage it…
Dutch Police post “say no to cybercrime” warnings on hacker forums
Lawrence Abrams reports: The Dutch Police have begun posting warnings on Russian and English-speaking hacker forums not to commit cybercrime as law enforcement is watching their activity. Since the conclusion of Operation LadyBird, law enforcement’s disruption of the Emotet botnet, the Dutch Police state that they are creating forum accounts on hacker forums to warn hackers…
Norwegian DPA issues fine to Municipality of Indre Østfold
As seen on the European Data Protection Board (EDPB): The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has fined the Municipality of Indre Østfold EUR 20 000 (NOK 200,000) for a confidentiality violation. Personal data that should have been restricted was available to unauthorized persons. The Municipality of Indre Østfold, formerly the Municipality of Askim, published the records…
Hacker attack on Hellenic Defense Systems (Ελληνικά Αμυντικά Συστήματα (EAS) – Threat actor(s) demand ransom in cryptocurrencies
(translation): The attack was noticed a few days ago and according to a report in the newspaper “Kathimerini”, the Ministry of National Defense and the Police have been involved in the investigation into the incident, while the EYP is monitoring the developments. Initially there was concern about the possibility that the company fell victim to…