Cybersecurity

Lockbit ransomware gang hit the Carthage Area Hospital and the Clayton-Hepburn Medical Center in New York

Lockbit ransomware gang hit the Carthage Area Hospital and the Clayton-Hepburn Medical Center in New York Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2023 LockBit ransomware group breached two hospitals, the Carthage Area Hospital and the Clayton-Hepburn Medical Center in New York. The Lockbit ransomware group claims to have hacked two major hospitals, the Carthage Area Hospital and […]

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Iranian Threat Group Hits Thousands With Password Spray Campaign

An Iranian state-backed APT group carried out a “wave” of cyber-espionage attacks against thousands of global targets over a six-month period, Microsoft has revealed. The group known as Peach Sandstorm (aka APT33, Elfin, and Refined Kitten) used password spraying techniques between February and July 2023. This is a brute-force technique where threat actors try to […]

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Mobile Verification Toolkit: Forensic analysis of Android and iOS devices to identify compromise – Help Net Security

Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT) is a collection of utilities to simplify and automate the process of gathering forensic traces helpful to identify a potential compromise of Android and iOS devices. MVT supports using public indicators of compromise (IOCs) to scan mobile devices for potential traces of targeting or infection by known spyware campaigns. MVT is […]

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Manchester police officers’ data stolen following ransomware attack on supplier

A ransomware attack on a third-party supplier has compromised the personal details of thousands of officers with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in North West England. Although neither financial information nor home addresses were exposed in the incident according to GMP, the risk of officers’ personal details being obtained by organized crime groups — including those […]