Cyberattack

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies 48 hours to rip out all Ivanti appliances in use on federal networks, over concerns that multiple threat actors are actively exploiting multiple security flaws in these systems. The order is part of the supplemental direction accompanying last week’s…

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

The soaring costs of recovering from a security incident or data breach is driving interest in cyber insurance. While cyber insurance is typically viewed as a product mainly for large organizations seeking coverage and protection against state-sponsored attackers, criminals, and politically motivated hackers, it is also valuable to small and midsized companies and independent contractors….

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

The US leg of an Australia-based shipbuilding company, Austal, which is a contractor for the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, recently alerted the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) of a cyberattack. The cyberattack was claimed by the Hunters International ransomware group, which leaked stolen information as proof…

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Retail businesses should make time in the coming days to assess their cybersecurity readiness ahead of the annual crush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers, according to CompTIA, the leading nonprofit association for the technology industry and workforce. “Proactive steps taken ahead of time to protect your assets is considerably easier than dealing with…

News

Issued by: Dark Reading

After announcing that it had experienced a major outage at the beginning of the month, The British Library confirmed on Nov. 14 that the disruption was due to a ransomware attack. And recovery has been slow. Three weeks after the attack, the library’s website is still offline. The IT outage affects the library’s online systems,…

News

Issued by: DataBreach Today

The FBI and U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are urging critical infrastructure organizations to implement mitigation techniques to thwart a cybercriminal group known as Scattered Spider that targets major companies and their IT help desks. A joint advisory describes the hacking group, also known as Octo Tempest and UNC3944, as having expertise in social…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Financial disclosures filed over the past year show that Rackspace Technology has continued to rack up expenses and losses following last year’s December ransomware attack on one of its hosted Microsoft Exchange servers. So far, the incident costs have soared well into eight figures. Rackspace is a Texas-based, cloud computing services provider, largely for small…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: DataBreach Today

A San Diego public hospital is diverting ambulances and patients to other facilities as it deals with a cyberattack detected early Thursday. The medical center is the latest among a growing roster of regional healthcare providers forced to suddenly shift patients to neighboring entities due to a cybersecurity crisis. Tri-City Medical Center is an acute…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: SecurityWeek

The charges stem from alleged fraud and internal control failures related to known cybersecurity weaknesses that took place between the company’s October 2018 initial public offering (IPO) and its December 2020 revelation of a sophisticated cyberattack dubbed “SUNBURST.” The software supply chain cyberattack involved Russia-linked threat actors breaching SolarWinds systems in 2019, or possibly even…