[ad_1] A ransomware attack last week against Cookeville Regional Medical Center remains under investigation. CRMC officials have continued to keep the internet off while the investigation is ongoing, and that is affecting some operations at the hospital while they continue to care for patients. “As soon as we realized something was going on, we shut...Read More
[ad_1] At least three Chinese groups are attacking on-premises SharePoint servers via a couple of recently disclosed Microsoft bugs, according to Redmond. Two of the crews behind the zero-day attacks are government-backed: Linen Typhoon (aka Emissary Panda, APT27) and Violet Typhoon (aka Zirconium, Judgment Panda, APT31), Microsoft’s threat intel team wrote in a Tuesday blog. Linen...Read More
[ad_1] Data from sensors that detect threats in critical infrastructure networks is sitting unanalyzed after a government contract expired this weekend, raising risks for operational technology, a program leader at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory told lawmakers Tuesday. That news arrived at a hearing of a House Homeland Security subcommittee on Stuxnet, the malware that was...Read More
[ad_1] The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory today warning of the growing threat of Interlock ransomware. The Interlock ransomware variant first appeared in late September 2024, and while the FBI-CISA advisory doesn’t say how many victims the group has claimed, Cyble threat intelligence researchers have documented 50...Read More
[ad_1] The British government to move forward with a law that would bar public organizations from paying off ransomware attackers. The proposed legislation would add schools, town councils, National Health Service (NHS) hospitals and critical infrastructure managers to a ban which already applies to the national government. The logic behind banning payments is simple. If...Read More
[ad_1] The Interlock ransomware is being used to target critical infrastructure and businesses across North America and Europe, the FBI and other federal agencies warned Tuesday. Federal officials said the group emerged in late September 2024 and has used uncommon methods of obtaining initial access to devices such as so-called drive-by downloads — when hackers...Read More
[ad_1] The latest data reveals an encouraging shift in school safety. The 2024-2025 school year recorded a 22.5% reduction in school shootings compared to the previous year, marking the end of a three-year period of heightened gun violence in schools (2021-2022 to 2023-2024). According to the K-12 School Shooting Database, school shootings stood at 254...Read More
[ad_1] TOWN OF CHESTER – The FBI recently investigated a cybercrime that resulted in more than $40,000 being stolen from the Town of Chester. Chester Supervisor Brandon Holdridge confirmed that the feds recently wrapped up their probe into the incident. Town Comptroller Neil Meyer sent an electronic funds transfer (EFT) to what he thought was...Read More
[ad_1] The UK government wants to know if any private sector entities extorted by cyber crooks intend to pay a ransom, so that, authorities can provide apt support and guidance to help dismantle the business model that fuels cyber criminals. For Public sector? There could be a complete ban. In an assertive move against the...Read More
