Security Leftovers
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If You Use LastPass, You Need to Change All of Your Passwords ASAP - CNET
You'll probably also want to find a different password manager, considering the severity of the latest LastPass data breach.
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North Korea ransomware targets hospitals to fund digital spycraft, US agencies warn [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]
U.S. and South Korea officials say that North Korean ransomware operators are funding espionage operations through cyberattacks on hospitals.
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iRent fined for data leak - Focus Taiwan
Taiwanese car rental and automobile/motorcycle-sharing services platform iRent received separate fines from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) and Taipei City government on Thursday for data protection failings.
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Health Cards’ Data Stolen From One of Pakistan’s Biggest Government Hospital
The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad has confirmed that the data regarding the Sehat Sahulat Program (health cards) was stolen from the hospital last year.
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New ESXiArgs ransomware version prevents VMware ESXi recovery
New ESXiArgs ransomware attacks are now encrypting more extensive amounts of data, making it much harder, if not impossible, to recover encrypted VMware ESXi virtual machines.
Last Friday, a massive and widespread automated ransomware attack encrypted over 3,000 Internet-exposed VMware ESXi servers using a new ESXiArgs ransomware.
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Derriford Hospital admits data breach as patient sent list of complaints against hospital
Health chiefs have admitted a data breach after a patient received a list of people who had made complaints against Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital. Retired horse breeder Jeanette Anderson was stunned when an email from the hospital contained confidential details of complainants including, she said, bereaved families.
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has apologised for the error and said “guidance” has been given to prevent a future incident. But Miss Anderson, from South Brent, said she is unhappy health chiefs did not highlight the breach until she told PlymouthLive about it and is concerned there could be a repeat.
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U.S. and U.K. sanction TrickBot and Conti ransomware operation members [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO; Microsoft boosters neglect to mention Windows' role. When it comes to security, to Microsoft boosters a compromised machines running Windows is just... "COMPUTER"... if not Windows, "LINUX"!]
The TrickBot malware started as a banking trojan distributed via phishing emails to steal online bank accounts. It later evolved into malware designed to provide initial access to corporate networks for the Ryuk/Conti ransomware operation.
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“Now, hundreds of debts have been forgiven. Hundreds of rejections have been accepted:” Claims by hacker of Chile’s General Treasury of the Republic.
A forum post claiming that tesorería.cl and tgr.cl had been hacked was first reported by Germán Fernández on Twitter on January 30. The post by a new forum member provided a lengthy list of tables. Just a small top portion of the post appears below, redacted by DataBreaches.net...