Eye Care Center's Breach Leaves Patients Targeted
After criminals breached a critical system, Utah Valley Eye Center's patients started receiving spoofed emails seeking their personal PayPal credentials. "The hacker would have had access to patient names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. The Eye Center has notified patients of the breach, but they've been unable to
NJ Town Cyber Attacks Up Over 500%
In the last 5 years, New Jersey's local governments have experienced a 5x increase in Cyber Attacks. Much of this is driven by readily available hacking tools that require little technical expertise. “Until localities change their practices in the regard, they will continue to be targeted.”New Jersey's staggering losses
"Florida Man" Replaced by "Florida Hack"
Florida's city of Ocala falls victim to $750k business email compromise. It's the latest in a long string of successful attacks on Florida's local governments, including Naples, Riviera Beach and Lake City. In a painfully expensive and sneaky attack, a hacker impersonated a contractor's representative and successfully fooled a government
School District Attack Results in Data Loss Questions
An attack on Calhoun County School District, near the state capital of Columbia, SC, has left parents worried for their children's data security. The District informed parents via recorded message from the Superintendent. Importantly, the message included a warning "personal information in possession of the district may have been compromised.
Attack Shuts Order Processing for Philly Manufacturer
alphabroder is North America's largest supplier to the promotional products industry. The Philadelphia-based company was hit with a vicious strain of malware, known as SODINOKIBI. While it appears no sensitive data was lost, the company experienced revenue loss from the attack. “It’s temporarily disabled us from an order processing
Hacker Steals Emerging Tech IP with Social Engineering
Social Engineer and Hacker Ankur Agarwal entered the target company in 2017 and installed key-loggers on employee computers. These key-loggers record every typed document, username, password and message. Newly armed with multiple employee access credentials, he proceeded to steal the company's valuable IP. Among the information he swiped, were 7,
Is Cyber Insurance Failing?
A client of one of the country's largest insurers may be out $6 million after a successful email spoofing campaign from suspected Chinese hackers. In a potentially precedent-setting case, insurance giant AIG is aggressively fighting a lawsuit brought by its client, SS&C Technologies. "Hackers fleeced SS&C
NJ School District Suffers Weeklong Attack
The Cherry Hill Public School District appears to be a victim of a Ryuk ransomware infection, a particularly vicious form of malware. The District has been without fully functioning computer systems for a week. "Files within the computer system were reported to be encrypted and screens displayed the word, 'Ryuk,
