In April, DataBreaches.net reported a chat with DarkSide threat actors. As part of that report, this site noted that Guess, the well-known clothing and accessories retailer, had been attacked in February and listed on the DarkSide threat actor’s dedicated leak site. DataBreaches.net had looked at the proof of claim that DarkSide had posted and described…
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Ie: Delayed cancer diagnoses fears over HSE cyberattack backlog
Niamh Griffin reports: Two months on from the cyberattack on the HSE and the consequences for patients are only starting to emerge, health professionals have warned. Vice-president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, Professor Rob Landers, said the IHCA has specific concerns around delayed cancer diagnoses. “If there is a high suspicion that a patient…
Cyberattacks continue to interfere with vaccination efforts and municipal governments
Cyberattacks continue elsewhere as the two reports below show. One attack impacted the COVID-19 vaccination portal in the country of Georgia. An unrelated attack affected a municipality in Romania. Georgia Like many countries, Georgia has been dealing with a significant increase in number of new COVID cases after previously lifting some restrictions. On July 2,…
Digging into Decoder.re in Kaseya ransom notes– threat intel by Resecurity
Interesting #threatintel thread on Twitter this morning from Resecurity (Full disclosure: I worked with one of their team a number of years ago.). Their research findings do not seem to be up on their web site at this time, so hopefully you can access it on Twitter. The thread begins here. In light of the…
Malware campaign targets companies waiting for Kaseya security patch
Graham Cluley reports: While the world continues to wait for Kaseya to issue an update to patch VSA installations against a vulnerability exploited by the REvil ransomware gang, security firm Malwarebytes has spotted a malware campaign which is taking advantage of the vacuum. In a tweet, security researchers shared details of a malicious email that was sent…
The Waikato DHB breach: What do NZ regulations consider reasonable security?
DataBreaches.net reports on breaches from many countries, including New Zealand. On my companion site, PogoWasRight.org, I’ve posted approximately 200 news stories about privacy incidents there, their privacy laws, and decisions by their privacy commissioner. And on this site, I’ve posted almost 200 more articles about breaches impacting New Zealand. But when the Waikato District Health…