Elsa Maishman reports: An investigation has been launched by Police Scotland after the medical records of more than 150 NHS Lothian staff members were “inappropriately accessed” by a colleague, the Scotsman reported. After a delay in searching for a record of the incident, due to NHS Lothian being unable to provide certain details over fears…
Jones Day disputes claimed breach; points to hacked vendor; hacker points back to them (UPDATE2)
Although Jones Day failed to respond to multiple inquiries sent to it by this site about a ransomware attack claimed by CLOP threat actors*, the giant law firm apparently responded to inquiries by the Wall Street Journal. Their statement, however, omits important information and has been disputed by the threat actors. WSJ reports, in part:…
Could your baby monitor be unsafe and unsecured?
I’d ask, “Why is this STILL happening?” but I think we all know the answers to that, and Jim Wilson of Safety Detectives actually addresses that in his article. The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team has discovered a vulnerability affecting baby monitors, provoked by their misapplication/misconfiguration, which provides potentially harmful parties with unauthorized access to each camera’s video stream….
French IT monitoring company’s software targeted by hackers
Reuters reports: Hackers have spent up to three years breaking into organizations by targeting monitoring software made by the French company Centreon, France’s cybersecurity watchdog said Monday. The watchdog, known by its French acronym ANSSI, stopped short of identifying the hackers but said they had a similar modus operandi as the Russian cyberespionage group nicknamed…
Conti ransomware: Evasive by nature
In part of a three-part series, Andrew Brandt and Anand Ajjan of Sophos write: For the past several months, both SophosLabs and the Sophos Rapid Response team have been collaborating on detection and behavioral analysis of a ransomware that emerged last year and has undergone rapid growth. The ransomware, which calls itself Conti, is delivered…
Omnicom Media Group reportedly falls prey to cyber attack
Janice Tan reports: Omnicom Media Group has reportedly been hit by a cyber attack, resulting in the agency turning to third-party experts to identify the IT disruption, AdAge reported. OMG said it has experienced “disruption to parts of its IT network” in recent days, which was caused by a cyber incident. According to AdAge, OMG said it…