Today, September 29, Schneck Medical Center learned that it was a victim of a cyberattack that affected organizational operations. Out of an abundance of caution, access to all IT applications within our facilities were suspended. We are in the process of enhancing our IT security protocols. Third-party security partners have also been engaged to restore…
A Hospital Hit by Hackers, a Baby in Distress: The Case of the First Alleged Ransomware Death
Even though it was subsequently disproved, a lot of people still claim that a patient death following a ransomware attack on a German hospital was the result of the attack. It wasn’t, but WSJ has a story about what might be the first death that can be attributed to a ransomware attack. Kevin Poulsen, Robert…
TX: Lufkin ISD hit by ransomware attack
KTRE reports: Lufkin ISD reports a ransomware attack occurred over the weekend. The Tuesday morning post on social media said several systems were affected and that the district is working to confirm data is not compromised. The hack was discovered Saturday but according to Sheila Adams at Lufkin ISD the program they had in place…
75K Email Inboxes Hit in New Credential Phishing Campaign
Jai Vijayan reports: Some 75,000 email inboxes have been impacted so far in what appears to be an email phishing campaign motivated by credential harvesting. Security researchers from Armorblox this week reported observing the attack on customer systems across Office 365, Microsoft Exchange, and Google Workspace environments. Read more on DarkReading.
Apple Pay with VISA lets hackers force payments on locked iPhones
Ionut Ilascu reports: Academic researchers have found a way to make fraudulent payments using Apple Pay from a locked iPhone with a Visa card in the digital wallet with express mode enabled. The method is akin to a digital version of pickpocketing. It works over the air even if the iPhone is in a bag…
Ransomware attack disrupts hundreds of bookstores across France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hundreds of bookstores across France, Belgium, and the Netherlands have had their operations disrupted this week after a ransomware attack crippled the IT systems of TiteLive, a French company that operates a SaaS platform for book sales and inventory management. The incident, which took place earlier this week, has impacted bookstore chains such…