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Why ransomware continues to knock on healthcare’s door, enter, and create havoc

My name is Adam, and I’ve worked in the healthcare industry for over 15 years. In my current line of work, I assist healthcare facilities across the U.S. with their overall cybersecurity posture, ranging from physical and technical security controls to security incident response in conjunction with disaster recovery and business continuity planning. My scope of work is quite broad, however, I’m here today to address the state of healthcare relative to ransomware. In many … More → The post Why ransomware continues to knock on healthcare’s door, enter, and create havoc appeared first on Help Net Security.

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15.5.2020

Ransomware

Microsoft spots malicious npm package stealing data from UNIX systems

The security team at npm (Node Package Manager), the de-facto package manager for the JavaScript ecosystem, has taken down today a malicious package that was caught stealing sensitive information from UNIX systems. The malicious package is named 1337qq-js and was uploaded on the npm repository on December 30, 2019. According to an analysis by the npm security team, the package exfiltrates sensitive information through install scripts and targets UNIX systems only. The npm team recommends that all developers who downloaded or used this JavaScript package in their projects remove the package from their systems and rotate any compromised credentials. This marks the sixth incident of a malicious package making it on the npm repository index, although, this is the least severe, primarily because Microsoft security analysts caught the library two weeks after it was published and before it gained a serious following. Previous incidents of malicious npm packages making it on npm include:

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15.5.2020

Malware

Names & Phone numbers of 267 million Facebook users exposed

By WaqasAnother day, another data breach putting the privacy of hundreds of millions of Facebook users at risk.This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Names & Phone numbers of 267 million Facebook users exposed

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15.5.2020

Illegal Personal Data Processing

FBI Warns of Human Traffickers Luring Victims on Social Networks

FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) today issued a public service announcement on human traffickers' continued usage of online platforms like dating sites and social networks to lure victims. [...]

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15.5.2020

Phishing

Strong passwords: 9 rules to make, remember and manage your login credentials

The security of your bank account, Netflix account and email inbox depends on how well you safeguard your passwords.

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15.5.2020

Password Attacks

Attacks on IoT devices and WebApps on an extreme rise for the Q3

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15.5.2020

Unpatched Vulnerabilities

CEOs quit social media to keep them secure | Avast

Cyber threats now command the corporate sector’s full attention. The post CEOs quit social media to keep them secure | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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15.5.2020

Business-Email-Compromise

CCPA privacy requests cost business up to $275k per million consumer records

Organizations who plan on manually processing CCPA data subject requests (DSRs) or data subject access requests will spend between $140k – $275k per million consumer records they have in their systems, according to DataGrail. The CCPA went into effect on January 1, 2020, giving consumers the right to know the data collected about them, to delete data about them, and ensure their data is not sold to third-parties. The report analyzed the number of requests … More → The post CCPA privacy requests cost business up to $275k per million consumer records appeared first on Help Net Security.

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15.5.2020

Violations of Data Subject Rights

Nemty Ransomware Punishes Victims by Posting Their Stolen Data

Lawrence Abrams reports: The Nemty Ransomware is the latest cybercrime operation to create a data leak site to punish...

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15.5.2020

Ransomware