Waqas reports that based on research by Sophos, the education sector is the most vulnerable and targeted by ransomware attacks. KEY FINDINGS 80% of lower education providers and 79% of higher education institutions reported ransomware attacks in the last year. Education is the most targeted industry by cybercriminals, primarily motivated by the high percentage of…
OCR Presents: How the Security Rule Can Help Defend Against Cyber-Attacks
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will be producing a pre-recorded webinar for HIPAA covered entities and business associates (collectively, “regulated entities”) discussing how the Security Rule can help regulated entities defend against cyber-attacks. The webinar will discuss real world cyber-attack trends from OCR breach reports and investigations and explore how implementation of appropriate…
Freestyle Must Defend Lawsuit Following Data Breach, Judge Rules
Skye Witley reports: Internet commerce services vendor Freestyle Solutions Inc. must face a trimmed-down lawsuit alleging it misled customers about its cybersecurity practices before hackers gained access to its network, a federal New Jersey court ruled. Freestyle succeeded in dismissing most of the claims, including negligence, but will have to defend issues surrounding its contract language, Judge Susan…
Customers of WeLeakInfo.to will receive a message from the Dutch police
The following is a machine translation of a press release from the Dutch Politie: Hundreds of (possible) buyers of stolen data have received a letter or email from the East Netherlands police, and people are also invited for a stop interview. This approach is a follow-up to an investigation from 2022. In May of that…
Israeli mental health center in Jerusalem hit with cyberattack
The Jerusalem Post reports: The Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center in Israel’s capital of Jerusalem was hit with a suspected cyberattack, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry’s cyber security department, as well as Israel’s Cyber Authority, are looking into the incident. The Times of Israel also reports a cyberattack, but says the suspected cyberattack…
Who’s Behind the 8Base Ransomware Website?
Brian Krebs reports: The victim shaming website operated by the cybercriminals behind 8Base — currently one of the more active ransomware groups — was until earlier today leaking quite a bit of information that the crime group probably did not intend to be made public. The leaked data suggests that at least some of website’s code was…