Cybersecurity

New York health network restores services after crippling cyberattack

A hospital network in New York was able to restore its online systems on Saturday after a week of issues caused by a cyberattack. Westchester Medical Center Health Network released a statement on October 16, warning that HealthAlliance Hospital, Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center were “experiencing a potential cybersecurity threat and an IT […]

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Federal agencies are falling behind on meeting key privacy goal set five years ago

Nearly five years after standards were established for how federal agencies should incorporate privacy concerns into their risk management strategies, many have still failed to do so, illustrating the major hurdles the U.S. government faces in safely collecting and storing a wide range of personal data that relates to everything from peoples’ health care information […]

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Both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian hacktivists have joined the fight and are targeting SCADA and ICS systems.

Hacktivists in Palestine and Israel after SCADA and other industrial control systems Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2023 Both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian hacktivists have joined the fight and are targeting SCADA and ICS systems. Both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian hacktivists have joined the fight in the cyber realm. Industrial control systems (ICS) seem to be one of […]

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Facebook’s Official Page Hacked; Demand Release of Pakistani PM Imran Khan

Facebook’s official page was hacked on Facebook after bizarre posts, including demands for the release of ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan, filled its timeline. Facebook’s official page was apparently hacked on Friday, 6th October 2023. Social media users were shocked to see Facebook posting strange messages. One of the many weird messages was the hacker demanding […]

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More than 3.8 billion records exposed in DarkBeam data leak

More than 3.8 billion records have been exposed after digital protection firm DarkBeam left an interface containing the exposed records unprotected. The leak was discovered on September 18 by CEO of cyber security news site SecurityDiscovery, Bob Diachenko, who alerted DarkBeam to the leak. The digital protection firm immediately addressed the vulnerability and closed the leak […]

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Swan Retail cyber-attack woes continue

More than six weeks after hackers caused “significant disruption” to Swan Retail’s inventory management, order fulfilment and accounting systems, fashion retailers told Drapers the issues have still not been resolved. Sandersons Boutique owner and co-founder Mark Dransfield said the cyber-attack on Swan Retail, which occurred on 13 August, “has hugely affected” the business. “We are […]