Category Security

Thirty-three US Hospitals Hit By Ransomware This Year

According to Emsisoft, at least 19 US healthcare organizations (HCOs) have been compromised by ransomware gangs so far this year. Brett Callow, a threat analyst at New Zealand-based anti-malware specialist firm, revealed the news in a tweet yesterday. For more…

Four Men Face 20 Years For Money Laundering Charges

Four US residents were charged with laundering money in various fraudulent schemes during the pandemic and then purchased a car that was shipped to Nigeria. A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico yesterday returned a substitute indictment naming Oluwaseun Adelekan,…

Chinese Threat Actors Target Europe in SmugX Campaign

Malicious campaigns by Chinese threat actors have been observed targeting European government agencies, particularly foreign and domestic policy organizations. Dubbed “SmugX” and discovered by Check Point Research (CPR), the campaign uses HTML smuggling, a technique of hiding malicious payloads within…

USPTO’s API Flaw Leads to Years-Long Data Leak

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently disclosed a data security incident involving address information in certain trademark applications from February 2020 to March 2023. According to the information provided, information security, About 61,000 addresses were affected, representing…