100 million people hit in largest healthcare data breach in history – medical info, SSNs and more

More than 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the massive UnitedHealth ransomware attack earlier this year, making it the largest healthcare data breach in the country. After completing its investigation into February’s data breach, Read More …

Command Injection and Local File Inclusion in Grafana: CVE-2024-9264

The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of a critical vulnerability in Grafana, assessed its impact and developed mitigation measures. Grafana is a multi-platform open-source analytics and visualization solution that can produce charts, graphs and alerts according to Read More …

The Crypto Game of Lazarus APT: Investors vs. Zero-days

On May 13, 2024, Kaspersky consumer-grade product Kaspersky Total Security detected a new Manuscrypt infection on the personal computer of a person living in Russia. Since Lazarus rarely attacks individuals, this piqued Kaspersky researchers interest and they decided to take Read More …

Russia says ‘unprecedented’ cyber attack hits foreign ministry amid BRICS summit

The Russian Foreign Ministry was targeted by a severe cyber attack on Wednesday, coinciding with the major BRICS summit taking place in the country, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Earlier Zakharova said that the ministry had been targeted by a large-scale Read More …

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Recognizing Phishing Attacks

In conjunction with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), SonicWall is participating in Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October to spread awareness about key issues in cybersecurity. In their last blog, SonicWall mentioned that Read More …

Grandoreiro, the global trojan with grandiose goals

Grandoreiro is a well-known Brazilian banking trojan — part of the Tetrade umbrella — that enables threat actors to perform fraudulent banking operations by using the victim’s computer to bypass the security measures of banking institutions. It’s been active since Read More …

Microsoft Threat Intelligence healthcare ransomware report highlights need for collective industry action

Healthcare organizations are an increasingly attractive target for threat actors. In a new Microsoft Threat Intelligence report, US healthcare at risk: strengthening resiliency against ransomware attacks, our researchers identified that ransomware continues to be among the most common and impactful Read More …

Data storage in spotlight of Italian security committee after Intesa breach

Italy’s influential parliamentary committee on security will hold a round of hearings on data storage following a major breach at the country’s biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Intesa Sanpaolo is under investigation Read More …

Hong Kong: ‘Lack of care led to sports association data breach’

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) on Tuesday accused the South China Athletic Association (SCAA) of having inadequate policies and a lack of care, after a data breach affecting more than 72,300 members. An attack by Read More …