Davey Winder reports: … Iran has seemingly come under cyber-attack. Indeed, so powerful was the impact of this alleged attack that the internet was disrupted across the country. The NetBlocks internet observatory, which maps internet freedom in real-time, confirmed that there was extensive Iranian telecommunications network disruption on the morning of February 8. Read more…
India’s Data Protection Bill Threatens Global Cybersecurity
Lukasz Olejnik, an independent cybersecurity and privacy researcher, writes that some provisions in the Indian Data Protection Act of 2019, “like having to store sensitive data in systems that are located within the subcontinent, may put constraints on certain business practices and are considered more controversial by some.” One feature of the bill that’s received less…
Almost half a million Indian debit and credit cards found up for sale on dark web
Prabhjote Gill reports: A new data leak shows that 4 lakh Indian debit and credit cards of Indian banking customers are for sale on the dark web. The report by Singapore-based Group IB claims that the cards are being sold for $9 apiece with the overall value of the database estimated to exceed $4.2 million….
CA: Woman claims doctor mishandled patient records
Tori Cooper reports: Thousands of confidential patient records made it into 23ABC Newsroom Friday. Haylee Jones, stopped by with a box full of patient records, detailing highly privileged personal information belonging to thousands of patients in Kern County along with prescriptions and more. Kern Medical confirmed with us that Rishi Telwar was in the residency…
Russia Unleashes New Weapons In Its ‘Cyber Attack Testing Ground’: Report
Zak Doffman reports: “Ukraine is, by and large, a Russian cyber attack testing ground,” Vitali Kremez tells me. The head of SentinelLabs has just penned a new report into the actions Russian cyber threat group “Gameredon” is taking against Ukraine, and the wider implications of this. “We assess with high confidence,” Kremez says, “that the Russian targeting…
Why you can’t bank on backups to fight ransomware anymore
Sean Gallagher reports: Not every ransomware attack is an unmitigated disaster. But even the most prepared organizations, it seems, can have small-scale disasters in the era of mass scans, spear phishes, and targeted ransomware. Read more on Ars Technica.