Cybersecurity

LockBit claims November attack on New Jersey hospital that disrupted patient care

The LockBit ransomware gang took credit for a November attack on a hospital system that forced multiple facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania to cancel appointments and operate without patient files. This weekend, LockBit posted Capital Health to its extortion website, threatening to leak seven terabytes of stolen data from the company. The gang claimed […]

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xorbot: A Stealthy Botnet Family That Defies Detection – NSFOCUS, Inc., a global network and cyber security leader, protects enterprises and carriers from advanced cyber attacks.

I. Background of xorbot In November 2023, NSFOCUS Global Threat Hunting System detected that a type of elf file was being widely distributed and accompanied by a large amount of suspected encrypted outbound communication traffic. However, the detection rate of mainstream antivirus engines on this file was close to zero, which aroused our curiosity. After further […]

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East River Medical Notifies Over 605k Patients of Data Breach Affecting Their SSNs | JD Supra

On November 22, 2023, East River Medical Imaging filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after determining that suspicious activity on its IT network was related to a cyberattack. In this notice, ERMI explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being […]

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Rhysida ransomware gang claimed China Energy hack

Rhysida ransomware gang claimed China Energy hack Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2023 The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked the Chinese state-owned energy conglomerate China Energy Engineering Corporation. The Rhysida ransomware gang added the China Energy Engineering Corporation to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) […]

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Kiteworks’ Maytech Acquisition Reaffirms Commitment to UK Market

PRESS RELEASE London / San Mateo, USA, November 22, 2023 – Kiteworks, which delivers data privacy and compliance for sensitive content communications through its Private Content Network, announced today the merger with Maytech, which offers data file transfer solutions to organisations representing numerous industries. The strategic move solidifies Kiteworks’ leadership in the UK market while […]