Cybersecurity

Portneuf Medical Center latest in a string of cyberattacks – East Idaho News

POCATELLO — Portneuf Medical Center is investigating a possible security breach that has the hospital’s emergency room on divert status. Administrators learned of the issue on Thursday, according to Mary Keating, spokesperson for Portneuf Medical Center. “We became aware of a network outage due to a potential security incident that is affecting Portneuf Medical Center,” […]

Cybersecurity

Experts Uncover Passive Method to Extract Private RSA Keys from SSH Connections

Nov 27, 2023NewsroomServer Security / Encryption A new study has demonstrated that it’s possible for passive network attackers to obtain private RSA host keys from a vulnerable SSH server by observing when naturally occurring computational faults that occur while the connection is being established. The Secure Shell (SSH) protocol is a method for securely transmitting […]

Cybersecurity

Hamas likely cooperates with hackers to stay online

Researchers have discovered possible signs of cooperation between the Palestinian militant organization Hamas and one of the longest-running groups of Arabic-speaking hackers. According to a report published Thursday by researchers at Recorded Future, Hamas has allegedly turned to operators outside Gaza and “third parties” to keep a news website linked to its military wing, Al-Qassam […]