Healthcare giant Henry Schein has been targeted by the BlackCat ransomware gang, who claim to have breached the company’s network and stolen 35 terabytes of data, including sensitive files such as payroll data and shareholder information.
The Associated Press news website experienced an outage that appeared to be consistent with a denial-of-service attack, a federal criminal act that involves flooding a site with data in order to overwhelm it and knock it offline. Attempting to visit the apnews.com site starting Tuesday afternoon would load the home page, although links to individual […]
While the number of cybersecurity funding deals reached a high point in 2022, that doesn’t mean that the sector’s tapped out — far from it. According to Statista, there were 148 deals in Q2 2023 worth a combined $1.6 billion. And — at least anecdotally — Q3 deal flow seems healthy, too. Case in point, […]
Nov 03, 2023NewsroomSoftware Security / Malware A new set of 48 malicious npm packages have been discovered in the npm repository with capabilities to deploy a reverse shell on compromised systems. “These packages, deceptively named to appear legitimate, contained obfuscated JavaScript designed to initiate a reverse shell on package install,” software supply chain security firm […]
Mortgage and loan giant Mr. Cooper says a “cybersecurity incident” earlier this week was the cause of an ongoing outage, adding that the company is “working to resolve the issue.” The Texas-based company said in a statement on its website that on October 31, Mr. Cooper “became the target of a cyber security incident and took […]
MITRE has released MITRE ATT&CK v14, the newest iteration of its popular investigation framework / knowledge base of tactics and techniques employed by cyber attackers. MITRE ATT&CK v14 ATT&CK’s goal is to catalog and categorize behaviors of cyber adversaries in real-world attacks. The framework is constantly being adapted to include new and modified behaviors related […]
This month’s best new modules include Befaco’s unique GameBoy-based effects, Verbos’s ’semi-chaotic’ Real World Interface and SoundForce’s take on the classic Juno chorus. Befaco FX Boy Those of a certain age will get an immediate rush of Proustian nostalgia as soon as they open the box containing Befaco’s FX Boy’s module. It’s a great concept, […]
Dive Brief: Nearly 5,000 current and former employees at Okta had their sensitive health information exposed by a cyberattack at Rightway Healthcare, a third-party vendor for the identity and access management provider, according to data breach notices filed Wednesday in California and Maine. The third-party breach did not impact Okta services, which remain secure, and […]
Top executives — the employee group most targeted by threat actors — are frequently provided unfettered access to valuable data sources and networked assets, according to Ivanti. Executives access unauthorized work data While 96% of leaders say they are at least moderately supportive and invested in their organization’s cybersecurity mandate, the reality is that 49% […]