Scattered Spider

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to recent activity by Scattered Spider threat actors against the commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. This advisory provides Read More …

Data breach of Michigan healthcare giant exposes millions of records

Michigan-based healthcare nonprofit McLaren Health Care notified more than 2 million people about a data breach exposing personal information on Thursday, according to a data breach notification report. Unauthorized access to McLaren systems began on July 28 and lasted through Read More …

New Report On Suffolk County Cyber Attack Raises Questions

The former IT commissioner for the Suffolk County Clerk’s department did not alert county officials that the computer network in the clerk’s office was responding to a “radical malware attack” until eight hours after he was alerted, the Press has Read More …

HWL Ebsworth hack: 65 Australian government agencies affected by cyber-attack

Sixty-five Australian government departments and agencies were victims of the cyber-attack on legal firm HWL Ebsworth, the national cybersecurity coordinator has revealed. In a speech on Monday, Air Marshal Darren Goldie also revealed that some people and clients with personal information Read More …

Japanese watchmaker Seiko struck by BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware attack

Japanese watchmaker Seiko Group Corp. has been struck by a ransomware attack, with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang claiming responsibility. The attack, officially described as a data breach, was disclosed by Seiko on Aug. 10 and is said to have taken Read More …

Victorian government documents released on dark web after cyber attack

Victorian government legal files have been released on the dark web by criminals after a major cyber attack on law firm HWL Ebsworth. Victoria’s Chief Information Security Officer David Cullen on Friday said HWL Ebsworth had confirmed government information had Read More …

UK: Hacking gang BlackCat says it stole data trove from the Barts Health NHS Trust

A gang of cybercriminals says it has breached one of the UK’s largest hospital groups and is threatening to publish a trove of its confidential data. The gang, known as ALPHV or BlackCat, posted a statement on Friday claiming it Read More …

Hackers threaten to leak 80GB of confidential data stolen from Reddit

Hackers are threatening to release confidential data stolen from Reddit unless the company pays a ransom demand – and reverses its controversial API price hikes. In a post on its dark web leak site, the BlackCat ransomware gang, also known Read More …

Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth probing hacked data

A prominent Australian law firm is investigating claims hackers have published data taken from the company on the dark web. HWL Ebsworth, which has clients at either commercial or government level in every state or territory, on Friday said it Read More …

HHS: Ransomware groups continue to target U.S. health sector

The Royal and Blackcat ransomware groups continue to aggressively target the U.S. health sector, according to a recent advisory from the Department of Health and Human Services. Just this week, the Washington Post described an apparent recent attack by Blackcat Read More …