- The Biden White House has scheduled the second International Counter Ransomware Summit
- Includes representatives from 36 countries
- Also included private sector security solution firms
- Goal is to develop best practices to fend off ransomware attacks.
- KELA Cyber Intelligence published report that shows hackers are selling access to 576 corporate networks for cumulative sales price of $4 million
- Other hackers will buy to gain access to steal info and/or install ransomware
- Average selling price of $2800.00
- 30.4% of all offerings are for firms in the U.S.
- Chegg Educational Technology is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly having lax data security practices that led to large breach exposing info of 40 million people.
- The Fulton City Police Department of New York notified an unknown number of people that their info was exposed after a cyberattack.
- Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc. notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after email phishing attack.
- The Mount Laurel Police Department of New Jersey announced that a former officer was arrested after illegally accessing the records of a local woman.
- Union County Public Schools of North Carolina notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
- Mackenzie Braswell Sherman of Georgia was sentenced to 2 years in prison for stealing identities in attempt to get a Mercedes Benz car loan.
- Fortinet Security Solutions announced that 16 different vulnerabilities were discovered in its software.
- Patches now available.
- Dropbox revealed that it suffered a data breach that exposed info on some customers.
- CNBC is reporting that organizations in the U.S. paid out $1.2 billion in payments to ransomware hacking groups so they could regain control of their networks, up 300% from 2020.
- National Cyber Security Centre is reporting that not enough organizations, who are victims of ransomware, are reporting the attacks.
- Mandiant Cybersecurity is warning that hackers have taken old malware, named Ursnif aka Gozi, and modified it so it can be used for ransomware attacks, and renamed it LDR4.
- Symantec Cybersecurity reports that hackers can spend more than 18 months inside a customer’s network, possibly extracting valuable info, before they are discovered, or launch ransomware attack.
- Tift Regional Health System of Georgia notified 500 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyberattack.
- University of Chicago Medical Center in Illinois is being sued by patients after their PHI was allegedly exposed when it was shared with Facebook.
- Mediko Inc. of Richmond, VA notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after its claim processor, CorrectCare, after it was accidentally left on publicly accessible website.
- Multi-Color Corp., maker of labels, notified an unknown number of employees and customers that their info was exposed after data breach.
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