Security News

Law firms under cyberattack
2023-07-10 04:30

In April 2023, Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth was hit by a cyberattack that possibly resulted in data of hundreds of its clients and dozens of government agencies being compromised. "The attacks emanated from two separate threat campaigns. One campaign attempted to infect law firm employees with the GootLoader malware. The other campaign hit law firm employees and other victims with the SocGholish malware," the company revealed.

Suncor Energy cyberattack impacts Petro-Canada gas stations
2023-06-26 13:27

Petro-Canada gas stations across Canada are impacted by technical problems preventing customers from paying with credit card or rewards points as its parent company, Suncor Energy, discloses they suffered a cyberattack.Suncor Energy is the 48th-largest public company in the world, and one of Canada's largest synthetic crude producers, having an annual revenue of $31 billion.

Exploring the persistent threat of cyberattacks on healthcare
2023-06-26 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Brett Harris, Cybersecurity Officer for the Americas at Siemens Healthineers, discusses the long-term impacts of cyberattacks on healthcare institutions and what healthcare providers can do to protect patients' personal data and medical devices. Could you elaborate on the long-term impacts of significant cyberattacks on healthcare institutions?

University of Manchester confirms data theft in recent cyberattack
2023-06-23 19:21

The University of Manchester finally confirmed that attackers behind a cyberattack disclosed in early June had stolen data belonging to alums and current students. The university first disclosed the attack on June 9, warning that data was likely stolen but said the incident was unrelated to the MOVEit Transfer data theft attacks.

Week in review: Fortinet patches pre-auth RCE, Switzerland under cyberattack
2023-06-18 08:00

Building a culture of security awareness in healthcare begins with leadershipIn this Help Net Security interview, Ken Briggs, General Counsel at Salucro, discusses how fostering a culture of security awareness has become paramount for healthcare organizations. PoC exploit for exploited MOVEit vulnerability releasedAs more victim organizations of Cl0p gang's MOVEit rampage continue popping up, security researchers have released a PoC exploit for CVE-2023-34362, the RCE vulnerability exploited by the Cl0p cyber extortion group to plunder confidential data.

Switzerland under cyberattack
2023-06-14 11:02

Swiss government websites are under DDoS attacks, but several ransomware gangs have also turned their sights on Swiss government organizations, cantonal governments, cities and companies in the last few months. Though the company is still trying to determine what data was stolen, someone - possibly BlackBasta, but who knows? - is trying to sell over 1.5 TB of company and customer data purportedly stolen from TAG Aviation on the Unsafe leak site/dark web marketplace.

Cyberattacks surge to 61% of small and medium-sized businesses, says study
2023-06-13 21:07

More than half of small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. and U.K. faced a successful cyberattack in the last year, according to a June 2023 study from security company BlackFog. What cyberattacks on small and medium businesses look like.

University of Manchester says hackers ‘likely’ stole data in cyberattack
2023-06-09 19:21

The University of Manchester warns staff and students that they suffered a cyberattack where threat actors likely stole data from the University's network. In a statement published on its website, the University of Manchester says they discovered the breach on Tuesday, June 6th, and immediately launched an investigation.

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2023-05-31 09:22

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Company size doesn’t matter when it comes to cyberattacks
2023-05-29 03:30

65% of organizations in the enterprise sector suffered a cyberattack within the last 12 months, which is similar to the results among companies of all sizes, according to Netwrix. Larger organizations are a more frequent target for cyberattacks.