Malware

FBI, CISA Share Mitigation Guidance for Obfuscated Cyberattacks Via Tor

by Jessica Davis

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a joint alert warning organizations of the threat of cyberattacks originating...

American Medical Tech Reports 2019 Email Hack Impacting 47K Patients

by Jessica Davis

California-based American Medical Technologies (AMT), a healthcare supplier, recently began notifying 47,767 patients that their data was potentially breached after a hack of an employee...

UCSF Pays $1.14M to NetWalker Hackers After Ransomware Attack

by Jessica Davis

The University of California San Francisco recently paid a $1.14 million ransom demand, after NetWalker threat actors infected several servers of its School of Medicine with ransomware, first reported...

New Malware Campaign Targets Unpatched Windows Vulnerabilities

by Jessica Davis

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research team has identified a new malware campaign known as Lucifer, which targets a long list of unpatched, high and critical Windows vulnerabilities for both...

Hackers Update Notorious TrickBot Malware to Evade Detection

by Jessica Davis

The notorious Trickbot malware variant, frequently used prior to the deployment of ransomware and other malware, has been updated to evade detection, according to new research from Palo Alto Networks...

Guide to Healthcare’s Security Tactical Crisis Response, Amid COVID-19

by Jessica Davis

The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC) jointly released guidance for healthcare entities, on ways to manage...

Feds Alert to New North Korean Malware Threats, Mitigation Tactics

by Jessica Davis

The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security issued an alert regarding three newly identified malware variants...

WHO Reports COVID-19 Spurs Rapid Rise in Cyberattacks Against Staff

by Jessica Davis

Early this week, the Washington Post revealed hundreds of active WHO credentials were leaked online. In response, WHO is reporting it’s seen a dramatic rise in cyberattacks directed against its...

NSA Shares Guide to Web Shell, Malware Vulnerabilities, Mitigation

by Jessica Davis

The National Security Agency (NSA) and Australian Signals Directorate released an advisory urging organizations to be alert for common web shell and malware potentially found on web-facing and internal...

Sens. to DHS CISA: Issue COVID-19 Cyber Threat Guidance for Healthcare

by Jessica Davis

In light of the rapid increase in COVID-19 cyber threats, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the US Cyber Command are being asked to develop and...

Cybercriminals Targeting US Providers with COVID-19 Phishing Attacks

by Jessica Davis

Cybercriminals are again tailoring their attack methods to take advantage of fears stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, targeting medical providers with directed email phishing attacks, according to an...

Beaumont Health Reports 2019 Data Breach Impacting 114K Patients

by Jessica Davis

Michigan-based Beaumont Health recently began notifying about 114,000 patients that their personal data was potentially breached after a hack on several employee email accounts in 2019. The...

Google Blocks 18M Daily COVID-19-Related Phishing Emails

by Jessica Davis

Google detected and blocked more than 18 million malware and phishing emails and 240 million daily spam messages related to the COVID-19 pandemic last week,. In total, the tech giant blocks more...

FBI Again Alerts to Kwampirs Malware Supply Chain Cyberattacks

by Jessica Davis

The FBI released a Private Industry Notification, which again warns organizations that Kwampirs malware is being leveraged in ongoing supply chain cyberattacks targeting global...

Illinois Public Health Website Hit With Ransomware Amid Coronavirus

by Jessica Davis

Hackers infected the website of Champaign-Urbana Public Health District in Illinois with NetWalker ransomware amid the Coronavirus pandemic, according to local news outlet, The News Gazette. The...

Malware Attack Hits Boston Children’s Hospital Physician Group

by Jessica Davis

The Pediatric Physician’s Organization at Children’s (PPOC) is recovering from a large system outage, which is affecting the more than 500 primary care doctors, nurse practitioners, and...

FBI Alerts to Ongoing Targeted Supply-Chain Cyberattacks

by Jessica Davis

The FBI recently sent an alert to privates sector organizations warning them that hackers are targeting supply-chain vendors with Kwampirs malware cyberattacks, in an effort to gain access to the...

Hackers Increasing Complex Attacks with Hack Tools, Ransomware

by Jessica Davis

Cybercriminals are ramping up attacks on business targets using diverse threats and attack strategies, as highlighted by a rapid increase of hack tool detections through unpatched vulnerabilities and a...

Malware Destroys Data of 30,000 Fondren Orthopedic Patients

by Jessica Davis

Texas-based Fondren Orthopedic Group is notifying 30,049 that their data was destroyed after a malware incident in November. On November 21, a malware incident damaged some medical records stored in...

DHS CISA Alerts to Spike in Emotet Malware Cyberattacks

by Jessica Davis

The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging organizations across all sectors to be on guard and ensure cybersecurity best practices, after discovering...