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Canadian RCMP and Armed Forces Personnel Info Accessed in a Date Breach
The Canadian federal government is warning current and former public service employees and members of the RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces their personal and financial information may have been accessed in a data breach that occurred in October. The breach affects federal government data held by Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation… Read more
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CISA Announces Rhysida Ransomware Warning – Helix22 Can Make Ransomware Obsolete
Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), #StopRansomware: Rhysida Ransomware, to disseminate known Rhysida ransomware indicators of compromise (IOCs), detection methods, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) identified through investigations as recently as September… Read more
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ChatGPT Succumbs To Cyber Attack
There was broad concern over news late in the day Nov. 8 that OpenAI confirmed it was “dealing with periodic outages” because of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on its ChatGPT services. The security pros were generally concerned about disruptions in workflow for companies that use ChatGPT for coding and attempts by threat actors to launch more… Read more
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Maine Has Over 1 Million People’s Data Stolen
The government of Maine has confirmed over a million individuals had personal information stolen in a data breach earlier this year by a Russia-linked ransomware gang. In a statement published Thursday, the Maine government said hackers exploited a vulnerability in its MOVEit file-transfer system, which stored sensitive data on state residents. The hackers used the vulnerability… Read more
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SEC Charges SolarWinds CISO
In a surprising development that is spooking the cybersecurity community, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Timothy G. Brown, alleging that the software company misled investors about its cybersecurity practices and known risks. The charges stem from alleged fraud and internal control failures related… Read more
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Ace Hardware Suffers Serious Cyber Attack
Ace Hardware appears to have been the latest organization to succumb to a cyberattack, judging by its website and a message from the CEO. The site warns that the retailer-owned cooperative is unable to process online orders. A memo from Ace Hardware’s CEO, John Venhuizen, indicates the problem is serious. In a note sent to… Read more
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Boeing Suffers Cyber Attack
Aerospace giant Boeing has confirmed that it was recently hit by a cyberattack, after a ransomware group claimed to have breached the company’s systems. After the LockBit ransomware group listed the company on its leak website, claiming to have stolen “a tremendous amount of sensitive data”, Boeing said it had launched an investigation. The cybercriminals later… Read more
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Alliance of 40 Countries Commit To Not Pay Ransomware Demands
Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers’ funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on Tuesday. The International Counter Ransomware Initiative comes as the number of ransomware attacks grows worldwide. The United States is by far the… Read more
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$4.4 Million Stolen in Crypto Heist
At least 25 people have reportedly seen $4.4 million in crypto drained from across 80 wallets due to a 2022 data breach that impacted password storage software LastPass. In an Oct. 27 X (Twitter) post, pseudonymous on-chain researcher ZachXBT said he and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan tracked the fund movements of at least 80 wallets… Read more
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Stanford University Suffers a Data Breach
Stanford University is investigating a cybersecurity incident within its Department of Public Safety after a ransomware gang claimed it attacked the school on Friday. A statement published late on Friday afternoon explained that it is in the process of figuring out the details of the incident. “We are continuing to investigate a cybersecurity incident at… Read more