Catalin Cimpanu reports: ESET researchers have tracked down the author of a recent wave of Android adware to a university student living in Hanoi, Vietnam. The student is the author of at least 42 Android apps that have been uploaded on the official Google Play Store. The apps, installed more than eight million times, contained…
Australian Cyberfraud: Holding the Line on Payment Card Fraud While Scam Attempts Increase
Stas Alforov and Christopher Thomas of Gemini Advisory have issued a new report on cyberfraud in Australia. While things seeming to be getting worse all over the world and Australia has also experienced more incidents, there’s a bit of good news in their report: the rate of worsening is slowing down in Australia – at…
Geisinger Health Plan Notifies Members About Business Associate Phishing Attack at Magellan NIA
HIPAA Journal reports: HIPAA Danville, PA-based Geisinger Health Plan has discovered the protected health information (PHI) of some of its members has been exposed as a result of a suspected phishing attack on one of its business associates, Magellan NIA. Magellan NIA provides radiology benefits management services to the health plan, which requires access to…
Cluley: “Frankly, sometimes paying the ransom is a good idea”
I usually don’t link to podcasts, but this one was especially good, I thought, as an analysis of what happened in Baltimore’s ransomware incident. And I am glad to hear Graham say what I have said a number of times: “Sometimes paying the ransom is a good idea.” You can hear the podcast here. I…
Nigerian Citizen Sentenced for Role in International Cyber-Fraud Scheme
There’s an update to an arrest noted last year on this site. From the U.S. Department of Justice: A citizen of Nigeria residing in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to 78 months in prison yesterday for his role in an international cyber fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal…
Russia’s Sberbank Denies New Data Leak Affected At Least One Million Data Lines
Ulmer Jamshaid reports: Russia’s Sberbank refuted in comments to Sputnik on Thursday reports that about one million rows of client data had been leaked in a new incident of an alleged breach. On Wednesday, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that the personal data of Sberbank clients had reappeared on the black market, including their passport details,…