A federal judge issued a tentative order allowing plaintiffs to continue suing social media giant Meta for allegedly intercepting sensitive health data through its web tracking Pixel tool embedded into patient portals and scheduling apps. Meta attorneys had sought to have the lawsuit dismissed.
Ransomware and other cyberthreats stemming from overseas actors surged last year in Germany, causing losses worth billions of euros, the country's federal police said. While domestic cybercrime decreased by 6.5% in comparison to 2021, they said, crimes committed by foreign actors increased by 8%.
Recently acquired RiskLens edged out startup Axio and incumbent ThreatConnect for the top spot in Forrester's first-ever cyber risk quantification rankings. Cyber risk quantification focused on theoretical methodology for about 10 years but shifted to practical applications over the past five years.
Advocate Aurora Health has agreed to pay $12.25 million to settle consolidated class action claims that the Illinois-based hospital chain invaded patient privacy by using tracking codes on its websites and patient portal, according to a preliminary settlement plan in Wisconsin federal court.
Property listings nationwide are being disrupted due to an apparent ransomware attack against California-based Rapattoni, which hosts Multiple Listing Services used by real estate brokers to list, market and sell properties. Rapattoni said it's not clear when its systems might be back online.
The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service group may have become a victim of its own success, having grown "too fast and too quick," to the point where its infrastructure and ability to handle affiliates' requests is lagging, leading many to desert the operation, says ransomware researcher Jon DiMaggio.
In this video, we will examine the mechanisms cybercriminals use to exploit retail stores and platforms, what they look for, and, most importantly, what can be done to thwart threats and leave cyber criminals on the shelf.
U.S. authorities seized a web-hosting company used by ransomware hackers in a joint operation with Polish authorities that resulted in the arrest of five individuals and the indictment of the site's owner. The site, LolekHosted, now displays a banner showing its seizure by the FBI and the IRS.
Public companies disclosing a cyber incident under the new U.S. reporting requirements should focus on the business impact and stay away from the technical pieces, said Venable's Grant Schneider. The disclosure should examine how the incident will affect revenue, profitability and public perception.
German intelligence is warning Iranian expatriates about a state-sponsored espionage campaign driven by individualized social engineering techniques. Iran's authoritarian regime has long surveilled its Western diaspora in campaigns that have included cyberespionage, assassinations and terrorism.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discuss the White House's debut of a $20 million contest to exterminate bugs with AI, a New York man admitting to being behind the Bitfinex hack, and a new malware campaign that is targeting newbie cybercriminals in order to steal sensitive information.
In an after-action report on how the Lapsus$ crime group hacked "dozens of well-defended companies with low-complexity attacks," the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board urges organizations to implement more robust two-factor authentication systems, plus regulations to combat SIM swapping.
A nonprofit firm that administers government dental programs in Canada paid a "substantial" ransom for a decryptor key and the destruction of data stolen in a recent ransomware attack. But the company is now notifying nearly 1.5 million individuals that the hack compromised their data.
Threat actors are taking control of cloud-based Microsoft 365 accounts of C-suite executives using a multifactor authentication phishing tool. Proofpoint researchers say attackers use automation to identify in real time whether a phished user is a high-level profile company official.
A Chinese state-sponsored spy group called RedHotel has emerged as a dominant espionage agent against government entities of at least 17 countries worldwide. Researchers said the motives and operations of the group closely link it to China's Ministry of State Security.
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