Ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit is threatening the release of data it says it stole from German auto parts maker Continental. The company in August acknowledged an incident involving its IT systems, but didn't respond Friday with additional information.
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SolarWinds, maker of network management software famously hacked by the Russian government, may be the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after staff made a preliminary determination in its favor. The company says it will contest the staff recommendation.
A surging Fortinet and Check Point have joined perennial stalwart Palo Alto atop the firewall Forrester Wave while Cisco slipped to the strong performers category. The leaderboard now belongs solely to pure-play cybersecurity vendors, with all three having at least 15 years of firewall experience.
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DropBox is the latest company to have employees fall for phishing emails tricking them into supplying login credentials and a one time password to threat actors. Hackers got away with copies of 130 code repositories. The company says it's speeding up an internal transition to Web Authentication.
The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre is scanning the British internet for vulnerabilities. "We're not trying to find vulnerabilities in the U.K. for some other, nefarious purpose," says the center, a part of signals intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters.
A startup that was reportedly almost acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $600 million has instead raised $100 million to forge ahead on its own. App security vendor Apiiro plans to use the proceeds to strengthen its ability to analyze code and developer activities across the software supply chain.
A U.S. senator is suggesting adding cybersecurity standards to the list of federal prerequisites for medical practice participation in Medicare. Cybersecurity is a patient safety issue, says Mark Warner (D-Va.). He today released a slew of proposals for augmenting healthcare cybersecurity.
Human Security has gone back to the M&A well once again, scooping up a Baltimore startup to prevent adversaries from surreptitiously embedding malware into digital advertisements. The acquisition of Clean.io will help Human take on malvertising, which has become a prolific way to spread botnets.
Operational technology will gain more malicious attention from state-backed hackers, warns the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity. Geopolitics is driving changes in the threat landscape and the agency predicts retaliatory attacks for Western support of Kyiv.
A French-speaking gang codenamed "Opera1er" has been tied to the theft of at least $11 million from dozens of victims - mainly banks in Africa - and remains "active and dangerous," cybersecurity researchers warn, as they release indicators of compromise to help potential victims protect themselves.
A Japanese hospital in Osaka stopped offering anything but emergency care after hackers launched a Monday morning ransomware attack on the electronic medical records system. Hospital officials say the prospects of system recovery are not good.
Federal regulators have issued new guidance explaining how they will consider the "recognized security practices" of healthcare entities and their business associates during HIPAA enforcement activities, such as breach investigations and security audits.
Cookie and cracker giant Mondelez International settled litigation launched in 2018 against Zurich Insurance after the underwriter denied a claim for property damages stemming from the NotPetya malware wave. Similar litigation initiated by pharmaceutical giant Merck against its insurers continues.
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