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In this Help Net Security video, Andy Thompson, Offensive Cybersecurity Research Evangelist at CyberArk, discusses the dire consequences of hacking water systems and why their cybersecurity must be prioritized. From contaminating water supplies to disrupting essential services, the impact of such attacks can present a direct danger to public health and safety.
AnyDesk has copped to an IT security "Incident" in which criminals broke into the remote-desktop software maker's production systems. "We have revoked all security-related certificates and systems have been remediated or replaced where necessary," AnyDesk said.
Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago was forced to take IT systems offline after a cyberattack, disrupting normal operations and delaying medical care in some instances. Lurie Children's is a Chicago-based pediatric acute care hospital with 360 beds, 1,665 physicians covering 70 sub-specialties, and 4,000 medical staff and employees.
The Computer Emergency Response Team in Ukraine is warning about a PurpleFox malware campaign that has infected at least 2,000 computers in the country. PurpleFox is a modular Windows botnet malware first spotted in 2018 that comes with a rootkit module allowing it to hide and persist between device reboots.
Volt Typhoon, the Chinese government-backed cyberspies whose infrastructure was at least partially disrupted by Uncle Sam, has been honing in on other US energy, satellite and telecommunications systems, according to Robert Lee, CEO of security shop Dragos. "We've been involved in incident response cases, as well as using our intelligence and capabilities to track that group and identify where they've been targeting," Lee said.
2024 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year for data breaches, according to Experian.With increased data collection, storage, and movement, there are plenty of partners down the supply chain that could be targeted.
Cisco has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products that could permit an unauthenticated, remote attacker to...
US securities lender EquiLend has pulled a number of its systems offline after a security "Incident" in which an attacker gained "Unauthorized access". EquiLend first spotted the attack on January 22 and a statement by the Wall Street staple confirmed there was unauthorized access to part of its infrastructure.