Medibank Refuses to Pay Ransom After 9.7 Million Customers Exposed in Ransomware Hack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Australian health insurer Medibank today confirmed that personal data belonging to around 9.7 million of its current and former customers were accessed following a ransomware incident.
The attack,...
Chinese Hackers Using New Stealthy Infection Chain to Deploy LODEINFO Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Stone Panda has been observed employing a new stealthy infection chain in its attacks aimed at Japanese entities.
Targets include media,...
Fodcha DDoS Botnet Resurfaces with New Capabilities
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The threat actor behind the Fodcha distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet has resurfaced with new capabilities, researchers reveal.
This includes changes to its communication protocol and the ability to...
Twilio Reveals Another Breach from the Same Hackers Behind the August Hack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Communication services provider Twilio this week disclosed that it experienced another "brief security incident" in June 2022 perpetrated by the same threat actor behind the August hack...
Australian Health Insurer Medibank Suffers Breach Exposing 3.9 Million Customers’ Data
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Australian health insurance firm Medibank on Wednesday disclosed that the personal information of all of its customers had been unauthorizedly accessed following a recent ransomware attack.
In an...
U.S. Charges Ukrainian Hacker Over Role in Raccoon Stealer Malware Service
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A 26-year-old Ukrainian national has been charged in the U.S. for his alleged role in the Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation.
Mark Sokolovsky, who was arrested by Dutch...
CISA Warns of Daixin Team Hackers Targeting Health Organizations With Ransomware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have published a joint advisory warning of attacks perpetrated by a cybercrime gang known as the Daixin Team primarily targeting the healthcare...
Microsoft Confirms Server Misconfiguration Led to 65,000+ Companies’ Data Leak
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Microsoft this week confirmed that it inadvertently exposed information related to thousands of customers following a security lapse that left an endpoint publicly accessible over the internet...
Indian Energy Company Tata Power’s IT Infrastructure Hit By Cyber Attack
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Tata Power Company Limited, India's largest integrated power company, on Friday confirmed it was targeted by a cyberattack.
The intrusion on IT infrastructure impacted "some of its IT...
64,000 Additional Patients Impacted by Omnicell Data Breach – What is Your Data Breach...
By: The Hacker News
In April 2022, Omnicell reported a data breach affecting nearly 62,000 patients. The company has revealed that the incident has impacted an additional 64,000 individuals. This...
