Category: Cybersecurity News
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Champaign city council approves new cybersecurity contract – WTWO
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Champaign is switching to a new cybersecurity provider later this month, thanks to a measure approved by the Champaign City Council. The city council approved of a three-year agreement with the cybersecurity company Field Effect at its meeting Tuesday. The city will pay $64,278 annually each year for…
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Apple Released Security Updates for Multiple Products – CISA
Apple released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Safari, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates:
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FBI: Cybercrime Losses Exceeded $12.5 Billion in 2023 – SecurityWeek
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has published its annual report for 2023, which reveals that the number of cybercrime complaints received by the agency increased by nearly 10% compared to the previous year. Cybercrime victims in the United States filed more than 880,000 complaints with the FBI in 2023, with reported losses totaling…
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Month after cyberattack, Chicago children’s hospital says some systems back online
Doctors and nurses at a premier Chicago children’s hospital can again access patients’ electronic medical records, more than a month after a cyberattack forced Lurie Children’s Hospital to take its networks offlineCHICAGO — Doctors and nurses at a premier Chicago children’s hospital can again access patients’ electronic medical records, more than a month after a…
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UnitedHealth Pays $22 Million To Ransomware Group Behind Change Healthcare Cyber-Attack
‘There’s proof of a large amount [of bitcoins] landing in the AlphV-controlled Bitcoin wallet,’ says Dmitry Smilyanets, product management director at security firm Recorded Future. Following a devastating cyberattack on Change Healthcare last month, multiple reports are indicating that the medical firm paid the cybercriminals responsible $22 million in cryptocurrency to regain access to its…
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Richland Community College Struggling After Cyber Attack – Government Technology
Richland Community College Struggling After Cyber Attack
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ALPHV/BlackCat threatens to leak data stolen in Change Healthcare cyberattack
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that targeted Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), causing disruption to the Change Healthcare platform and affecting pharmacy transactions across the US. ALPHV/BlackCat is back Last December, US law enforcement successfully shut down the ransomware group’s websites, and the FBI developed a decryption tool.…
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Cyber Security is Awakening as Key Concern for Hoteliers | By Mercedes Blanco
Last year we spent significant time talking about AI. There is another topic, I believe, that could become recurrent in 2024: cyber security and data protection. Artificial intelligence — including generative AI and large language models — will continue to be part of our industry as they improve traveler experiences. Contactless technologies (mobile payments or…
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Change Healthcare Confirms BlackCat Ransomware Attack – SecurityWeek
Change Healthcare has confirmed that the Alphv/BlackCat ransomware group is responsible for the cyberattack that disrupted its systems for more than a week. The incident occurred on February 21, when Change Healthcare announced that some of its services were experiencing disruptions, and was later described as a cyberattack blamed on a state-sponsored threat actor. A…
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UnitedHealth Confirms Cybercrime Was Motive In Change Healthcare Cyberattack – CRN
The insurer has moved away from its initial attribution for the disruptive attack to a nation-state threat actor, saying it now believes ‘a cybercrime threat actor who has represented itself to us as ALPHV/Blackcat’ was responsible. UnitedHealth Group said it now believes cybercriminals were behind the disruptive cyberattack against a unit of its Optum subsidiary…
