Collaborate Disseminate
Brian Krebs reports: The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams … Continue reading U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
Sergiu Gatlan reported yesterday: Fashion giant Victoria’s Secret has taken down its website and some store services because of an ongoing security incident. Victoria’s Secret manages approximately 1,380 retail stores in nearly 70 countries… Continue reading Victoria’s Secret takes down website after security incident
Yet another reminder of the insider threat: a press release from the Department of Justice. Ironically, this insider worked for the Insider Threat Division of the Defense Intelligence Agency. An IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency… Continue reading U.S. Government Employee Arrested for Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government
A notice on St. Cloud, Florida’s website: May 29, 2025 – The City of St. Cloud, Florida (the “City”) is issuing updated notice of an event that may impact the security of information related to certain individuals. This notice supplements the not… Continue reading St. Cloud Provides Update on Ransomware Attack in 2024
Bradford Health Systems in Alabama has posted a security notice on its website this week about an incident affecting employee and patient data. It begins: On December 8, 2023, Bradford Health detected unusual activity within its network. Upon discoveri… Continue reading Bradford Health Systems detected abnormal network activity in December 2023. They first sent out breach notices this week.
HOUSTON – A coordinated effort involving an international disruption of an online software crypting syndicate which provides services to cybercriminals to assist them with keeping their malicious software (malware) from being detected has resulted in t… Continue reading Websites selling hacking tools to cybercriminals seized
Lawrence Abrams reports: IT management software firm ConnectWise says a suspected state-sponsored cyberattack breached its environment and impacted a limited number of ScreenConnect customers. “ConnectWise recently learned of suspicious activity … Continue reading ConnectWise suspects cyberattack affecting some ScreenConnect customers was state-sponsored
News Center Maine reports: A cyber incident affecting several hospitals in Maine is now under investigation. Covenant Health shared with NEWS CENTER Maine that it became aware of connectivity issues impacting the organization on Monday. The health care… Continue reading Possible ransomware attack disrupts Maine and New Hampshire Covenant Health locations
HHS OCR has settled another enforcement action involving the HIPAA Security Rule. From their press release yesterday, it sounds like an insider wrongdoing case. In its formal resolution agreement, the government states that on October 23, 2018, OCR rec… Continue reading HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation of BayCare Health System for $800k and Corrective Action Plan
It’s been an all-too-common headline over the past decade. Now, two more National Health Service trusts in the U.K. have been impacted by cyberattacks, although there is no indication yet that patient data was accessed or patient services were af… Continue reading UK: Two NHS trusts hit by cyberattack that exploited Ivanti flaw