Florida State

Ransomware attacks in healthcare continue to soar, driven by the financial gain attackers receive when hospitals pay ransom. These institutions often find themselves repeatedly targeted due to this willingness to pay, said Josh Wasserman, northeast area vice president at Semperis. Identity systems, particularly Active Directory, play a critical role in...

Healthcare Dilemma: Pay the Ransom, Get Hacked Again

North Carolina State

Oneblood is still recovering from a cyberattack last week that forced the state’s primary distributor of blood into manual operations. On Wednesday, the not-for-profit blood center reported that its digital systems were compromised in a ransomware attack. “Our critical software systems have cleared re-verification and are operating in a...

After cyberattack, OneBlood’s systems are recovering

Are you a one of America’s 50 million CashApp users? If so, you could be entitled to a pay out after the company has found itself at the center of a settlement. The case revolves around data breaches that the company experienced, with claims that CashApp didn’t go far enough to protect its customers.

CashApp $15 Million Data Breach Settlement: Can You Claim?

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

A grand jury in Kansas City has indicted Rim Jong Hyok, a North Korean intelligence operative who allegedly used ransomware to attack health providers' systems in the US, according to AP News. The State Department said Rim is part of a group called Andariel that's controlled by the North Korean intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Rim is not in the US government's custody. The agency is now offering a $10 million reward for information that would lead to his location or the location of a foreign operative who "engages in certain malicious cyber activities against US critical infrastructure."

North Korean who used ransomware to attack US healthcare providers has been indicted

Tom's Guide

Class action lawsuit in Florida has revealed that hackers stole a database full of sensitive information on 2.9 billion people before they tried selling it on the dark web.

2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed

When you get an email or see a headline telling you there has been a data breach at a company you do business with, the natural instinct may be to roll your eyes and go about your day. In the first half of 2024, more than a billion people saw...

'The worst thing you can do' after a data breach, according to a cybersecurity expert

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

APT45, a cyber threat group associated with North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau, known by aliases such as Stonefly, Silent Colima, Nickey Hayatt, Andriel, and Onyx Sleet, has recently shifted its focus from cyber espionage to spreading ransomware. The group has been observed targeting organizations in South Korea, Japan, and the United States.

Ransomware shift from Cyber Espionage for North Korea

South Carolina State

Tropical Storm Debby is creeping over land with winds that would never make headlines. But the storm’s slow movement is adding to the devastating impact of its heavy rains, as it inundates already-soaked areas of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. With the storm predicted to meander along the coast,...

Tropical Storm Debby is flooding the Southeast, and it’s barely moving

Last year was exceedingly busy for ports, terminals and maritime-related operations of all types—but in some very unwelcome ways. Early in the year, for example, a ransomware attack forced a major Norway-based ship software supplier to shut down its IT servers, impacting approximately 1,000 vessels. Japan’s largest port was targeted, forcing it to halt loading and unloading containers for days. Late in the year, a large defense shipbuilder was the target of a cyberattack while negotiating with potential investors.

Navigating Cyber Risk in Ports and Terminals: The Role of Specialized Insurance

After millions of families throughout the U.S. were left in the dark for months about whether their personal information was stolen in either of the two AT&T data breaches announced this year, staggering numbers of current and former customers are now signing up with lawyers to pursue compensation for a wide range of consequences caused by the massive security failures.

Sign Ups for AT&T Data Breach Lawsuit Highlight Wide Ranging Impacts from Security Failures

Entrepreneurship is rampant these days — even across the dark web. While the paths of cyber gangs are often winding and often involve alliances or rebrandings, the newest activity of FIN7 creates a new dynamic in the cybersecurity world that organizations need to watch to reduce their vulnerabilities. SentinelOne recently followed FIN7’s activity to uncover its history and current dealings.

Hacker group FIN7 is selling EDR evasion tools to other cyber criminals

The FCC and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) subsidiary TracFone Wireless reached a deal to settle an investigation into whether TracFone failed to reasonably protect its customers’ information from unauthorized access in connection with three data breaches between 2021 and 2023. The breaches involved exploitation of application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable different computer programs or components to communicate with one another. The breaches resulted in the unauthorized access to and exposure of customers’ proprietary information, including certain customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and personally identifiable information, according to the agency.

TracFone to Pay $16M to Settle Data Breach Probe

Savannah, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Debby will continue to affect parts of northeastern Florida and the Florida peninsula, at times, during the next 24 to 36 hours. For northeast Florida expect rounds of thunderstorms which could sometimes be strong pushing through the area as we have the strongest rain bands associated with Debbie pass in over the area. Across the peninsula, there will be weaker but still rain dance pushing through the state with some embedded pockets of dry air on Wednesday.

Florida after Debby: How's the forecast the rest of the week?

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

CBS Detroit

If you're one of AT&T's cellular customers, you can check your account to see if your data was compromised as part of the massive breach the telecom giant announced on Friday. If you were an AT&T customer between May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022, it's likely your data was involved, given that the company said "nearly all" its cellular customers' records were gathered by hackers during that time. The breach also includes records from Jan. 2, 2023 for a "very small number of customers," AT&T said.But customers can check if their data was compromised by logging into their accounts, according...

Here's how to learn if your data was stolen in AT&T's massive hack

TechRadar

The recent data breach at debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) was a lot bigger than initially thought, the company has revealed.After first reporting some 1.9 million victims were affected in the incident, the company now says the actual number may be more than 4.2 million.In late April 2024, it was reported that FBCS suffered a cyberattack two months prior, with the company noting in a breach notification letter sent to affected customers an unnamed threat actor dwelled in its IT systems for two weeks, harvesting people’s full names, social security numbers (SSN), birth dates, account information,...

Millions more victims exposed in debt collection agency data breach

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‘Trust no one and ask questions.’ Protecting yourself and your business against cyberattacks

Cyber attacks are on the rise, costing the U.S. an estimated $320 billion in 2023, according to Statista. Based on data from the U.S. Department of...

‘Trust no one and ask questions.’ Protecting yourself and your business against cyberattacks

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