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Texas Specialty Practice Warns 200K Patients of Ransomware Attack

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A specialty practice in Texas has notified more than 200,000 patients of a ransomware attack that might have exposed their personal information. On 24 March, Urology Austin sent out notification letters to 279,663 patients informing them of an incident that occurred back in January. As quoted by DataBreaches.net: “On January 22, 2017, Urology Austin was […]… Read More

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3 Trends in Support of a More Nuanced Approach to ICS Security

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The security community has seen multiple high-profile incidents targeting industrial control systems (ICS) over the past few years. No one can forget Christmas 2015, when a threat actor linked to the Russian government sent spear-phishing emails to the Western Ukrainian power company Prykarpattyaoblenergo. Those messages were laced with BlackEnergy, a form of malware which used […]… Read More

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Pasty Crimper Accused of Swindling Retiree Out of £35,000 in Dating Scam

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A pasty crimper is accused of swindling a retired divorcee out of £35,000 as part of a dating scam. Authorities have accused 27-year-old Aysha Begum, of Hendra Road, St Dennis, St Austell of having spent £35,126.19 knowing that the money came from criminal conduct. Originally, the woman was also accused of committing fraud. But according […]… Read More

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Pasty Crimper Accused of Swindling Retiree Out of £35,000 in Dating Scam

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A pasty crimper is accused of swindling a retired divorcee out of £35,000 as part of a dating scam. Authorities have accused 27-year-old Aysha Begum, of Hendra Road, St Dennis, St Austell of having spent £35,126.19 knowing that the money came from criminal conduct. Originally, the woman was also accused of committing fraud. But according […]… Read More

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Thunder on the Horizon: 4 Security Threats for the Cloud

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Security is both a benefit and a concern for enterprises when it comes to cloud computing. On the one hand, Datamation found in its State of the Cloud, 2019 survey that many organizations are moving to the cloud because they found that cloud-service pr… Continue reading Thunder on the Horizon: 4 Security Threats for the Cloud→

Cerber Ransomware Infecting Users via “Blank Slate” Malspam Emails

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Cerber ransomware is infecting unsuspecting users via malspam emails sent out by the “Blank Slate” attack campaign. Blank Slate is known for sending out attack emails with two defining characteristics. First, the emails don’t come with any message text. Second, they don’t contain any information that gives away the nature of their attachments. Even their […]… Read More

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