Security Leftovers
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Ubuntu 18.04 is Reaching End of Life: Here's What You Can Do
Ubuntu 18.04 is reaching end of life soon. Here's what you need to know.
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Security updates for Thursday
"Security updates have been issued by Fedora (python-sentry-sdk) and Ubuntu (python-django and ruby2.3, ruby2.5, ruby2.7).
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Medusa ransomware group starts leaking data from Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre; threatens to leak more
A ransomware gang is claiming to have breached a Sydney cancer hospital, and is threatening to release data unless payment is made.
NSW Health confirmed it was aware of the threats made against the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre at Westmead Hospital, and was investigating.
The global ransomware gang Medusa posted on the dark web that it had breached the cancer centre, and set a seven-day countdown clock, appearing to indicate it had set a deadline for a ransom demand to be met.
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Unwelcome guest: Trigona ransomware group claims they’ve taken up residence in Unique Imaging’s network
Unique Imaging, Inc. has three locations in Florida: Aventura, Biscayne, Miami, and Dadeland. If you were to visit their website today, you wouldn’t see any sign of anything amiss, but appearances can be deceiving. A ransomware group claims that they have been living in Unique Imaging’s network for months and helping themselves to patient data at will.
DataBreaches first became aware of the situation when the Trigona ransomware group opened a dark web leak site and listed Unique Imaging on it. At the time, there were 76 days left on a countdown clock for the listing with prices listed for an auction of the data.
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Hillsborough County elections official says network was 'illegally breached'
Less than a week after the 2023 Tampa Municipal Runoff Election results were officially certified, local officials are now saying a server at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office was “illegally breached.”
In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Craig Latimer stated that the breach did not interfere with the recent elections, and that the office is currently working with local and state authorities on the matter.
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Lake Dallas Independent School District notifies 21,982 Texans of breach
If there ever was a notice about the breach on the district’s website, it was not visible today from the home page. Today, however, the district provided notification to the Texas Attorney General’s Office that 21,982 Texas residents had been affected by a breach and that individuals were being notified by U.S. mail.
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University Urology notifies 56,816 patients of unauthorized access to their PHI
Their notice, dated May 1, explains that on or about February 1, 2023, UU detected suspicious activity in its environment. The investigation revealed that an unauthorized actor had gained access to protected health information stored in UU’s system.