Dan Goodin reports: Hackers for one of Russia’s most elite and brazen spy agencies have infected home and small-office network devices around the world with a previously unseen malware that turns the devices into attack platforms that can steal confidential data and target other networks. Cyclops Blink, as the advanced malware has been dubbed, has…
UK: Cop appears at Hamilton Sheriff Court on trial over data protection breach
A police officer is on trial for accessing records related to an investigation into her alleged driving offenses. Rory Cassidy reports: A police officer has gone on trial accused of illegally accessing her own case file. Acting Sergeant Victoria Robb is said to have logged on to a computer and looked at details of driving offences she allegedly committed. Robb, 31, went…
Za: Absa data leak — more customers affected
Jan Vermeulen reports: Absa has sent a notice to several new clients found to be affected by a November 2020 data leak, when a former employee gave people’s personal information to a platform that sold it to third parties. The former Absa staff member behind the leak was a credit analyst who had access to risk modelling systems…
Ransomware extortion doesn’t stop after paying the ransom
Who would have thought that criminals might lie? Where’s my shocked face? Bill Toulas reports on findings from a survey by Venafi. Here is some of what they found: 83% of all ransomware victims who paid the requested amount were extorted again, twice, or even three times. 18% of victims who paid the ransom still…
CISA Insights: Preparing for and Mitigating Foreign Influence Operations Targeting Critical Infrastructure
HHS Cybersecurity Program has issued an Alert (TLP: WHITE). Executive Summary Malicious actors use influence operations, including tactics like misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (MDM), to shape public opinion, undermine trust, amplify division, and sow discord. Foreign actors engage in these actions to bias the development of policy and undermine the security of the U.S. and…
North Shore University Hospital notifies 7,614 patients of unauthorized access to personal information
The following is not a new incident. It is just a newly disclosed incident because of a law enforcement-requested delay in disclosure. North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) issued a notice on February 1, 2022 concerning insider-wrongdoing. The notice begins: NSUH learned that a former employee who worked at a medical office may have improperly accessed…