Cybersecurity
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center said it is investigating a cybersecurity incident that led to the compromise of a database. VUMC runs seven hospitals and multiple healthcare facilities across Nashville, Tennessee — serving more than three million patients each year. The organization is one of the largest employers in the state with 40,000 employees and has […]
Nov 25, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Threat Intelligence An unspecified government entity in Afghanistan was targeted by a previously undocumented web shell called HrServ in what’s suspected to be an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack. The web shell, a dynamic-link library (DLL) named “hrserv.dll,” exhibits “sophisticated features such as custom encoding methods for client communication and […]
Nov 25, 2023NewsroomData Security / Vulnerability The maintainers of the open-source file-sharing software ownCloud have warned of three critical security flaws that could be exploited to disclose sensitive information and modify files. A brief description of the vulnerabilities is as follows – Disclosure of sensitive credentials and configuration in containerized deployments impacting graphapi versions from […]
The United Kingdom and South Korea issued a joint advisory warning about software supply chain attacks from North Korean (DPRK) state-linked hackers. The advisory was published Thursday as the nations’ two governments announced a new strategic cyber partnership, pledging to work together “to disrupt and deter DPRK malicious cyber capabilities and activities that contribute to […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday night after a cyberattack took them down, purportedly over the island kingdom’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A statement posted online by a self-described group calling itself Al-Toufan, or “The Flood” in Arabic, claimed hacking the […]
Two of the country’s largest consumer credit reporting agencies, TransUnion and Experian, may have been hit by a fresh data hack, potentially exposing the financial and personal data of South Africans to risk. The hackers, the Brazil-based N4ughtySecTU Group, which has hacked TransUnion before, had again bypassed the organisation’s firewalls and security and managed to […]
A data breach at Taj Hotels group might have put the personal information of about 1.5 million people at risk earlier in November, reported Economic Times citing sources on Thursday. Also Read: Taj Hotel parent posts 37% rise in Q2 profit, revenue up 18% In response to ET report suggesting of data breach, the Tata-owned […]
House sales and purchases across the UK have been disrupted by a cyber-attack affecting multiple conveyancing firms. CTS, a legal sector specialist infrastructure service provider, confirmed in a statement that it has experienced a service outage caused by a cyber-incident. The firm said the cyber-attack has impacted a portion of the services it delivers to […]
The Australian federal government has released the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy with a focus on protecting the country’s most vulnerable citizens and businesses. At first glance, the strategy covers a lot of ground, and the government will need to work hard and fast to ensure some of all the actions proposed are put in […]