In my news feed this morning, I saw a zoombombing incident that occurred this week: Las Cruces Middle School Zoom Meeting Hacked; Investigation Underway As schools prepare to reopen with virtual learning, it’s really really important that they adhere to the security protocols for using Zoom and other technologies, lest students and staff not only…
US provides new expanded set of espionage charges against former Twitter employees
Campbell Kwan reports: Fresh off dismissing spying charges against two former Twitter employees and another individual on Tuesday, the US government has unfurled a new superseding indictment that accuses the three individuals of even more offences. The two former Twitter employees, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali Alzabarah, and the third person named Ahmed Almutairi were originally charged with…
Data Breach at Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Exposes User’s Personal Info
Mohammad Musharraf reports: Major cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has alerted customers to a data breach it faced in June and July. In an email on July 29, the company said it was made aware of the breach on July 14 when a researcher participating in its bounty program reached out with details of a…
Kaspersky finds Lazarus is now operating its own ransomware
Incident analysis by Kaspersky of two cases in Europe and Asia has uncovered that VHD ransomware – first discussed in public in spring 2020 – is owned and operated by Lazarus, a prominent APT group. The move by Lazarus to create and distribute ransomware signifies a change of strategy and indicates a willingness to engage in big game hunting…
Privacy Breach at Central Health
A notice posted to their site: Central Health is announcing today that a former employee has inappropriately accessed the health records of approximately 240 individuals. “Central Health would like to apologize to each person who has had their privacy breached”, said Andree Robichaud, President and CEO of Central Health. “We take confidentiality and privacy very…
More pharmacy chains report HIPAA breaches linked to looting during protests
First it was Walmart disclosing that their pharmacies in stores in California and Chicago had suffered damage and theft by looters of medications ready for pickup with patient information on labels. Then it was CVS, who notified HHS that more than 21,000 patients’ information may have been compromised by looters who stole or accessed prescriptions…