Collaborate Disseminate
Upasana Sajeev reports an update to a case previously noted on this site: The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by cybersecurity specialist Himanshu Pathak against a single judge’s order dismissing his plea seeking directions to the… Continue reading Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By Cyber Security Expert Seeking Probe Into Star Health Security Lapses
Isaac Yee reports: A hacker has allegedly stolen a massive trove of sensitive data – including highly classified defense documents and missile schematics – from a state-run Chinese supercomputer in what could potentially constitute the largest known he… Continue reading A hacker has allegedly breached one of China’s supercomputers and is attempting to sell a trove of stolen data
I posted the following article this morning over on PogoWasRight.org, but I have had so many people sending me links to stories about this news that I guess I should have posted it here, too, as a future data breach. by Amanda Seitz and Maia Rosenfeld … Continue reading Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records
From HHS OCR: This video presentation is intended to raise awareness and provide practical education to HIPAA covered entities and business associates of the HIPAA Security Rule’s Risk Management requirement. Like risk analysis, effective risk manageme… Continue reading OCR Releases Risk Management Video
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Cybercriminals have allegedly stolen a large amount of sensitive internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and leaked the data online. The stolen data included police officer personnel files, inter… Continue reading Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents
Naomi Diaz reports: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare, alleging the company violated state consumer protection and data security laws in connection with a 2024 data breach that affected nearly 2.2 million I… Continue reading Iowa AG files lawsuit against Change Healthcare over 2024 data breach
Angus Loten reports: From Europe to the Middle East, geopolitical conflicts have companies rereading the fine print on insurance policies that deny coverage for wartime cyberattacks. Act-of-war exclusions—a common provision in homeowners, life and trav… Continue reading Act-of-War Clauses Cloud Cyber Insurance Coverage
Over on Codamail (fka Cotse.net), Steve Gielda has updated his research on VPN infrastructure and its implications for your privacy. From that article: The Question VPN providers market themselves as independent services in diverse jurisdictions. This … Continue reading Who really runs your VPN — and what that may mean for your privacy
George Allison reports: In a new advisory, the NCSC warned that APT28, a cyber group linked to Russia’s GRU Military Unit 26165, has been exploiting vulnerabilities in edge network devices to conduct Domain Name System hijacking operations. DNS is the … Continue reading Russians hijacking routers for cyber spying
Joseph Topping’s dot-connecting analysis suggests we need to take some “little incidents” more seriously as they are the harbingers of what could be a major problem: A story about a radio station feed being hijacked popped up in my Fa… Continue reading A string of radio hijacks exposes a deeper broadcast weakness