Saheli Roy Choudhury reports: Microsoft said hackers targeted European think tanks and non-profit organizations which often have contact with government officials. The attacks were carried out late last year through phishing campaigns to steal employee credentials and deliver malware, the tech giant said in a blog post on Wednesday. The company said it detected attacks…
PA: Malware breach strikes Chester County computers
Michael P. Rellahan reports: A breach of Chester County government’s computer system via an internet bug led to intense work by county computer specialists over the Presidents Day weekend, but apparently has not led to any compromise of users’ information, a county spokesperson said Tuesday. Chester County’s Department of Computing and Information Services (DCIS) detected…
Accused hacker Lauri Love loses legal bid to reclaim seized IT gear
Gareth Corfield reports: “Mr Love, you’re not the victim in this. You brought this on yourself; you’re the victim of your own decisions,” District Judge Margot Coleman told accused hacker Lauri Love in court today as she refused to return computers seized from him by the National Crime Agency. Love, 34, had asked for the…
New Decryption Tool Released for GandCrab Ransomware, Available on No More Ransom
Press Release: The wait for the victims of GandCrab is over: a new decryption tool has been released today for free on the No More Ransom depository for the latest strand of GandCrab, one of the world’s most prolific ransomware to date. This tool was developed by the Romanian Police in close collaboration with the…
Privacy commissioner investigating security of patient health records at Alberta Health Services Social Sharing
Jennie Russell reports: Alberta’s privacy commissioner is investigating whether Alberta Health Services properly safeguards the public’s personal health information after CBC News revealed the electronic system housing it was vulnerable to outside security threats. A 2018 assessment by an external security firm found several “significant risks” with the health authority’s administration of the Alberta Netcare…
India’s state gas company leaks millions of Aadhaar numbers
Zack Whittaker reports: Another security lapse has exposed millions of Aadhaar numbers. This time, India’s state-owned gas company Indane left exposed a part of its website for dealers and distributors, even though it’s only supposed to be accessible with a valid username and password. But the part of the site was indexed in Google, allowing…