The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) says that it paid $1.14 million to the Netwalker ransomware operators who successfully breached the UCSF School of Medicine’s IT network, stealing data and encrypting systems. Keep Reading
A newly unclassified internal CIA report found that a massive 2017 data breach of the agency that enabled classified information to be sent to WikiLeaks was caused by the CIA failing to secure its own systems. Keep Reading
Amtrak, the national rail service for the US, has suffered a data breach that may have exposed some customers’ logins and other personally identifiable information (PII), the service has disclosed. Keep Reading
The budget European airline, which has seen its fleet grounded by coronavirus, said the unauthorized access to its systems had been closed off. Keep Reading
The Justice Department notified the U.S. Marshals on December 30, 2019, of a data breach affecting a public-facing server storing personal information on current and former prisoners in its custody. Keep Reading
Twitter has been forced to take down thousands of breached email addresses and passwords from US and global health organizations first disseminated by alleged Neo-Nazi groups. Keep Reading
With the insidious Maze ransomware, victims can no longer hit “reset” on their backup and recovery systems and ignore the criminal’s demand for cash because the virus exports the victim’s data to the attacker. Keep Reading
Two San Francisco International Airport (SFO) websites have been targeted by cyber criminals. The attackers inserted malicious computer code on these websites to steal some users’ login credentials. Keep Reading
The information taken may have included names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, loyalty information for linked companies like airlines and room preferences. Keep Reading
Four years ago, Lexmark International Inc. was hit with a stubborn computer virus that tied up some members of its cybersecurity team for months. The Kwampirs malware had “run rampant,” said Bryan Willett, Lexmark’s chief information security officer. Keep Reading
The Defense Information Systems Agency notified potential victims of the breach in a letter this month, saying it had tightened protocols for protecting personally identification information (PII) because of the incident. Keep Reading
Year over year from 2018 to 2019, the number of records exposed by cloud misconfigurations rose by 80%, as did the total cost to companies associated with those lost records. Keep Reading
DATA PRIVACY DAY: Aura of ambiguity around the new legislation has led to a slow start for enforcement. Keep Reading
With execution of the warrant, the seized domain name – weleakinfo.com – is now in the custody of the federal government, effectively suspending the website’s operation. Keep Reading
The hard drives, which were unencrypted, contained payroll data like employee names, bank account numbers, social security numbers, salary details, bonus amounts, and equity details. Keep Reading
Autoclerk, which was acquired by the Best Western Hotel and Resorts Group in August, provides reservation management software. Keep Reading
Potential damage from failing to take vulnerabilities seriously is becoming as serious as the end of effective antibiotics. Keep Reading
"If Equifax can get penetrated, then Perceptics doesn't really have much of a chance of preventing an attack." Keep Reading
Unequivocally, I believe we have acted within the scope of our contracts, with reasonable and ethical behavior, and have worked hard to do the right thing. Keep Reading
While manual configurations may have been effective in a traditional data center, the dynamic nature and ever-evolving rate of change boasted by software-defined infrastructure has outstripped human capacity. Keep Reading