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A massive ransomware attack has disrupted operations in multiple Romanian hospitals after encrypting databases and files. It targeted the Hipocrate Information System (HIS), an integrated healthcare management system sold by Romanian Soft Company (RSC). A significant portion of the Romanian Read More …
The infamous ALPHV ransomware operator (also known as BlackCat) has added two companies to its data leak site – Prudential Financial, and loanDepot, in a seeming admission it was behind the attacks on both companies. So far, the group has Read More …
The Walsall-headquartered integrated serviced group, which operates South Staffordshire Water and Cambridge Water, posted a pre-tax loss of £23.1 million for the year to the end of March from a £7.6m profit a year earlier. The losses was put down Read More …
For many organizations and startups, 2023 was a rough year financially, with companies struggling to raise money and others making cuts to survive. Ransomware and extortion gangs, on the other hand, had a record-breaking year in earnings, if recent reports Read More …
Alpha, a new ransomware that first appeared in February 2023 and stepped up its operations in recent weeks, has strong similarities to the long-defunct NetWalker ransomware, which disappeared in January 2021 following an international law enforcement operation. The NetWalker Connection Read More …
As it turns out, there was another actively exploited vulnerability included in Microsoft’s patch Tuesday updates for February. When Microsoft said in its update guide for CVE-2024-21410 that the vulnerability was likely to be exploited by attackers, they weren’t kidding. Read More …
China’s Ministry of State Security warned on Friday that in recent years, national security agencies have discovered that foreign cyber spies have continuously attacked the information systems of key departments and enterprises within China, resulting in the theft of important Read More …
The maker of Crabbie’s Ginger Beer and Dead Man’s Fingers spiced rum shed more than 500 jobs and entered the red after its sales were hit by a cyber attack, it has been revealed. Halewood Artisanal Spirts, whose brands also Read More …
A cybercriminal was allegedly able to steal a partial database after hacking the systems of a Meta contractor. The leak consists of around 200,000 records that contain names, phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook IDs, and Facebook profile information of the Read More …
Russian banks manage to refund less than 10% of the money cyber scammers steal from citizens’ accounts, head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, said at the Cybersecurity in Finance forum. “Of course, we see that the share of Read More …
