OODA Loop – FBI identifies 16 Conti ransomware attacks striking US healthcare, first responders

OODA Loop – FBI identifies 16 Conti ransomware attacks striking US healthcare, first responders

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified at least 16 attacks linked to the Conti ransomware group. The agency stated that the attacks target healthcare and first responder organizations, aiming to disrupt their operations and networks. Targets include 911 dispatch carriers, law enforcement agencies, and emergency medical services. These entities have been attacked over…

Cyber gang behind Irish health system attack also hit more than a dozen US healthcare organisations

Cyber gang behind Irish health system attack also hit more than a dozen US healthcare organisations

Cyber gang behind Irish health system attack also hit more than a dozen US healthcare organisations The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Thursday that the Conti ransomware operatives who recently took down Irish health system have also hit the networks of at least 16 US healthcare and first response organisations in the past…

Details Disclosed On Critical Flaws Affecting Nagios IT Monitoring Software

Details Disclosed On Critical Flaws Affecting Nagios IT Monitoring Software

Cybersecurity researchers disclosed details about 13 vulnerabilities in the Nagios network monitoring application that could be abused by an adversary to hijack the infrastructure without any operator intervention. “In a telco setting, where a telco is monitoring thousands of sites, if a customer site is fully compromised, an attacker can use the vulnerabilities to compromise…

FBI Says Conti Ransomware Gang Has Hit 16 US Health and Emergency Networks

FBI Says Conti Ransomware Gang Has Hit 16 US Health and Emergency Networks

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that the same group of online extortionists blamed for striking the Irish health system last week have also hit at least 16 U.S. medical and first response networks in the past year. From a report: In an alert made public Thursday by the American Hospital Association, the FBI said…

TPG discloses compromise of TrustedCloud platform – Cloud – Security

TPG discloses compromise of TrustedCloud platform – Cloud – Security

TPG Telecom said that a legacy IT-as-a-service platform that was due to be decommissioned in August was breached by unknown attackers. The telco said in a financial filing [pdf] that the TrustedCloud service “was compromised in a recent cyber incident”. TrustedCloud was acquired in TPG’s 2011 buyout of on-demand services provider IntraPower. It provides IT-as-a-service “built on…

Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4m ransom to hacker gang after attack | Cybercrime

The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4m to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. Colonial Pipeline said Wednesday that after it learned of the 7 May ransomware attack, the company took its pipeline system offline and needed to do everything in its power to restart it…

Colonial Pipeline CEO explains his decision to pay ransom

Colonial Pipeline CEO explains his decision to pay ransom

Colonial Pipeline CEO explains his decision to pay ransom | IT Security News 20. May 2021 This article has been indexed from Cybersecurity The CEO of Colonial Pipeline told the Wall Street Journal he authorized a $4.4 million ransom payment because executives were unsure how badly the cyber attack breached its systems and how long…

What We Know About the Russian Hacker Group DarkSide

What We Know About the Russian Hacker Group DarkSide

It’s been less than two weeks since a criminal cybergang group known as DarkSide succeeding in shutting down a pipeline that transports 45% of the United State’s gas and fuel supply along the East Coast, causing severe outages from Georgia to Virginia. While Colonial Pipeline slowly resumed operation last week, service will likely be impacted…

Android Apps Are Leaking the Personal Details of Millions of Users

Android Apps Are Leaking the Personal Details of Millions of Users

How private are Android apps? Security researchers discovered 23 mobile applications leaking the personal data of their users, and making it public to the open internet. According to a new Check Point research, chat messages, emails, locations, passwords, photos, and other personal details associated with several Android apps can be accessed by anyone with internet…