Data Breaches Exposes Vets, COVID-19 Patients
Social engineering and employee mistakes lead to breach Veteran’s Administration and the National Health Service. Continue reading Data Breaches Exposes Vets, COVID-19 Patients
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News Wrap: Ransomware Extortion Tactics, Contact-Tracing App Security Worries
Threatpost editors discuss recent ransomware attacks and contact-tracing app privacy concerns. Continue reading News Wrap: Ransomware Extortion Tactics, Contact-Tracing App Security Worries
Leaked NHS Docs Reveal Roadmap, Concerns Around Contact-Tracing App
Future features include plenty of self-reporting options, and officials’ fears the data could be misused. Continue reading Leaked NHS Docs Reveal Roadmap, Concerns Around Contact-Tracing App
U.K. Hospitals Hit in Widespread Ransomware Attack
At least 16 hospitals in the United Kingdom are being forced to divert emergency patients today after computer systems there were infected with ransomware, a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s documents, images, music and other files unless the victim pays for a key to unlock them.
It remains unclear exactly how this ransomware strain is being disseminated and why it appears to have spread so quickly, but there are indications the malware may be spreading to vulnerable systems through a security hole in Windows that was recently patched by Microsoft. Continue reading U.K. Hospitals Hit in Widespread Ransomware Attack