Cybersecurity
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CNN — A network of hospitals in East Texas has not been able to accept ambulances to emergency rooms since Thanksgiving Day because of a “potential [cyber]security incident,” a hospital spokesperson told CNN on Friday. The hospital network, UT Health East Texas, is operating using “established downtime procedures” as the hospital investigates “a potential security incident” and works to bring computers back online, spokesperson Allison Pollan said in an email. Pollan did not respond to subsequent phone calls seeking more information on the incident and how the hospitals were responding. She declined to answer further questions over email. Headquartered in Tyler, Texas, UT Health East Texas operates 10 hospitals and more than 90 clinics in the region, and provides health care to thousands of patients annually, according to its LinkedIn page. The East Texas health care system is […]
CAIRO, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Gulf Air said its data was breached on Friday but its operations and vital systems were not affected, Bahrain’s news agency BNA reported on Saturday. The agency quoted the company as saying that “as a result of this illegal breach some information from the company’s email system and customers’ database […]
Nov 27, 2023NewsroomArtificial Intelligence / Privacy The U.K. and U.S., along with international partners from 16 other countries, have released new guidelines for the development of secure artificial intelligence (AI) systems. “The approach prioritizes ownership of security outcomes for customers, embraces radical transparency and accountability, and establishes organizational structures where secure design is a top […]
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 […]
Check Point’s Threat Intel Blockchain system has revealed a new scam, shedding light on the persistent threat of Rug Pulls – a deceptive tactic causing financial losses for investors. The company’s system recently identified suspicious activities linked to a specific wallet address, exposing a sophisticated scheme that managed to pilfer almost $1m. Operated by the address […]
App used by hundreds of schools leaking children’s data Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2023 Almost a million files with minors’ data, including home addresses and photos were left open to anyone on the internet, posing a threat to children. During a recent investigation, the Cybernews research team discovered that IT company Appscook – which develops […]
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 […]