Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare Hospitals Diverting ER Patients to Other Area Facilities Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 16, 2021 Marietta Memorial Hospital is among three Memorial Health System facilities affected by cyber incident Memorial Health System in Ohio is the latest healthcare entity hit with an apparent…
Pearson, a London-based publishing and education giant that provides software to schools and universities has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a 2018 data breach resulting in the theft of millions of student records. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement on Monday after the agency found…
Accenture officials Ransomware This week, a cybercriminal ring attack using LockBit malware claimed that a hacker group had obtained data from a large global IT and business consulting firm and threatened to release it. CNBC reporter on August 11th A series of tweets The group suggested selling insider information from Accenture to stakeholders and posted…
Breach Notification , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Company Says Employees’ Personal Data Compromised Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • August 16, 2021 Photo: Peter D via Flickr/CC The ransomware attack that targeted Colonial Pipeline Co. in May compromised the personal information of more than 5,800 individuals – mainly current or…
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency,Cryptocurrency Fraud,Cybercrime Security Experts Point Out Vulnerability in Smart Contract SystemDan Gunderman (dangun127) •August 13, 2021 (Photo: Executium via Unsplash) The hacker behind the $612 million breach of the blockchain-based Poly Network system has reportedly returned all stolen assets, though $238 million remains locked in a multi-signature account requiring passwords from…
Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Researchers Say Small Number of Core Individuals Selling Access to Hacked Networks Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 16, 2021 An initial access broker first advertised access to an airline before later selling 15 allegedly stolen databases of Pakistan International Airlines. (Source:…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Those entrusted with securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of complex and growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections, one of the nation’s top cybersecurity officials said Saturday. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said in an interview with The Associated…
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The Norwegian Refugee Council, which is providing aid in Afghanistan, is in talks with the Taliban in an effort to secure free movement for its aid workers, and to be able to work without interference. The council’s Secretary General Jan Egeland told BBC World News that the Taliban was responding positively. “We as humanitarians will…
CVE-2021-35392
