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Month: February 2019

Data Breach at Kentucky Counselling Center Exposes 16,440 Files

February 28, 2019 Site Editor

Kentucky Counselling Center has announced that a data breach has resulted in the exposure of 16,440 patient data files.  On January 4, 2019, a former employee notified Kentucky Counselling Center (KCC) that they had received […]

Employee Email Accounts Compromised in Rutland Medical Center Data Breach

February 28, 2019 Site Editor

Rutland Medical Center has announced it has experienced a data breach after an unauthorised individual gained access to the email accounts of several employees. An employee of Rutland Medical Center noticed the breach after realising […]

UConn Health Phishing Attack Compromises 326,000 Files

February 28, 2019 Site Editor

UConn Health has announced that a recent phishing attack has compromised approximately 326,000 patient files.  UConn Health is the branch of the University of Connecticut that oversees clinical care, advanced biomedical research, and academic education […]

Drupal Releases Patch for Critical Vulnerability in Drupal CMS

February 22, 2019 Site Editor

Drupal has released an update which corrects a critical vulnerability in the Drupal CMS.  Drupal is a free and open-source content management framework and provides the back-end framework for approximately 2.3% of websites worldwide.  The […]

Deep Instinct Identifies Separ Malware Phishing Campaign

February 22, 2019 Site Editor

Deep Instinct has announced that it has identified a new phishing campaign is spreading Separ malware.   Researchers at Deep Instinct identified the last campaign in January 2019. The threat actors behind this version of […]

NIST Publishes Mobile Device Security Guide

February 22, 2019 Site Editor

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a guide to mobile device security. The guide entitled NIST Special Publication 1800-4 Mobile Device Security: Cloud & Hybrid Builds provides practical advice for organisations looking to […]

Google Phishing Attack Discovered by Akamai

February 15, 2019 Site Editor

Akamai has announced the discovery of a new phishing attack that spoofs a Google webpage.  Larry Cashdollar, working at Akamai, a cloud service provider, discovered the fraud campaign. Like many other phishing campaigns, this attack […]

Carbon Black Identifies New Shlayer Malware Targeting Macs

February 15, 2019 Site Editor

Researchers at Carbon Black have identified a new Shlayer malware variant that targets Mac computers running MacOS versions 10.10.5 to 10.14.3. The researchers first identified the OrA new Shlayer malware variant a year ago. Mac […]

Oregon Health Information Property Act Allows Individuals to Profit from their Data

February 15, 2019 Site Editor

The Oregon Health Information Property Act proposes that individuals may give permission to their healthcare providers to sell their health data and receive financial compensation from the transaction.   Democrat Senator Floyd Prozanski proposed Senate […]

Business Email Compromise Campaign Targeting High-Level Executives Identified

February 8, 2019 Site Editor

A new Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack targeting high-level executives has been identified. BEC campaigns are a form of phishing attack in which the cybercriminal impersonates a high-ranking member of an organisation, such as CEO […]

Is Dropbox HIPAA Compliant?

February 8, 2019 Site Editor

Dropbox is a popular file hosting service used by over 500 million people worldwide. It is becoming increasingly popular with businesses and organisations as a way of storing files, as it reduces costs by reducing […]

ICS-CERT Issues Alert for Vulnerabilities Found in IDenticard PremiSys Access Control System

February 8, 2019 Site Editor

The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued an alert about vulnerabilities found in the IDenticard PremiSys access control system. ICS-CERT, a governmental organisation that works to reduce the risk of cybercrime […]

Aetna Pays California Attorney General $935,000 for 2017 Data Breach

February 2, 2019 Site Editor

Aetna has agreed to pay the California Attorney General $935,000 for a 2017 breach which resulted in the exposure of the HIV status of 1,991 Californian residents. In July 2017, Aetna, a health insurer based […]

Illinois Supreme Court Issues New Ruling on BIPA Violations

February 1, 2019 Site Editor

The Supreme Court of Illinois has issued a new ruling which allows individuals whose privacy has been violated through a breach of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act to take legal action against a private […]

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