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The healthcare industry, one of the most targeted for data breaches, is facing an escalating crisis. According to the White House, cyberattacks against the American healthcare system rose 128% from 2022 to 2023 and are not letting up. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for better data security practices when it comes to moving and storing patient data. More recent cyberattacks targeting the nation’s healthcare system have demonstrated the continued vulnerability of our hospitals and payment systems. In 2024, over 32 million patients in the United States have already been impacted by 275 healthcare data breaches. The extensive list of breaches…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned the public, private sector, and international partners about the threat to computer networks and critical infrastructure from cyber actors linked to the Russian Federal Security Service’s Center 16. The FBI detected Russian FSB cyber actors exploiting Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and end-of-life networking devices running an unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171) in Cisco Smart Install (SMI) to target entities, both globally and in the U.S. “In the past year, the FBI detected the actors collecting configuration files for thousands of networking devices associated with US entities across critical infrastructure sectors,” the Wednesday IC3 alert…

UK-based telecommunications company Colt Technology Services confirms that customer documentation was stolen as Warlock ransomware gang auctions files. The British telecommunications and network services provider previously disclosed it suffered an attack on August 12, but this is the first time they confirmed data had been stolen. “A criminal group has accessed certain files from our systems that may contain information related to our customers and posted the document titles on the dark web,” reads an updated security incident advisory on Colt’s site. “We understand that this is concerning for you.” “Customers are able to request a list of filenames posted on…

Apple addressed the seventh actively exploited zero-day Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2025 Apple addressed a vulnerability impacting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that it is under active exploitation in the wild. Apple addressed an actively exploited zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-43300, in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The vulnerability is zero-day out-of-bounds write issue that resides in the ImageIO framework, an attacker could exploit it to cause memory corruption when processing a malicious image. “Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption.” reads the advisory published by the tech giant. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been…

been retained by an insurance company to help refine home insurance premiums across the southeastern United States. Their question is simple but high stakes: which counties are hit most often by hurricanes? And they don’t just mean landfall, they want to account for storms that keep driving inland, delivering damaging rain and spawning tornadoes. To tackle this, you’ll need two key ingredients: A reliable storm track database A county boundary shapefile With these, the workflow becomes clear: identify and count every hurricane track that intersects a county boundary, then visualize the results in both map and list form for maximum…

Since late 2024, CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations has observed significant activity conducted by MURKY PANDA, a China-nexus adversary that has targeted government, technology, academic, legal, and professional services entities in North America.MURKY PANDA has previously conducted trusted-relationship compromises in the cloud and demonstrates extensive knowledge of cloud environments and custom application logics.The adversary has also shown considerable ability to quickly weaponize n-day and zero-day vulnerabilities and frequently achieves initial access to their targets by exploiting internet-facing appliances. MURKY PANDA has deployed web shells including Neo-reGeorg during their cyberespionage operations and has access to a low-prevalence malware family tracked by CrowdStrike Counter…

We are excited to announce that CloudGuard WAF-as-a-Service (WAFaaS) is now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace and verified as a “Deployed on AWS” solution. This release simplifies application and API protection for AWS customers. CloudGuard WAF was recognized in the Gartner Market Guide for Cloud Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) and named a Leader in the GigaOm Radar for the second consecutive year. It achieved a 99.4% threat detection rate and 0.81% false positives in the WAF Comparison Project, which evaluated 13 leading solutions. Now available as a pay-as-you-go service in AWS Marketplace, CloudGuard WAFaaS streamlines procurement…

Xi Whiz: HTTPS connections on port 443 received forged replies. The post NOT-So-Great Firewall: China Blocks the Web for 74 Min. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

  Eric White So compliance issues are the main target here for the government when they are trying to get defense contractors to submit to some cybersecurity compliance measures. There’s also a thing out there about pricing data, so to speak. What is front and center of your attention right now? Stephanie Kostro We are facing a maelstrom, really, of activity in this area. We all have been tracking Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program, expecting rules to come out at any given time as it begins to undertake its phased-in approach here on October 1. What is…