Computer hackers intercepted login information from several state employees as the workers tried to access the state's human resources and payroll apps on their personal devices.
The Department of Accounts and Virginia Information Technologies Agency took action to halt the hacking after becoming aware of it a week ago Monday.
Are health care records still a target for computer hackers? Absolutely, feds say
For health care cybersecurity, the rest of 2023 likely will bring more of the same: phishing, ransomware, and online attacks, according to government analysts.
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) is the online protection wing of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The title of its latest threat brief states the situation plainly: "Electronic Medical Records Still a Top Target for Cyber Threat Actors."
Hackers Flood NPM with Bogus Packages Causing a DoS Attack
Threat actors are flooding the npm open source package repository with bogus packages that briefly even resulted in a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.
"The attacks caused a denial-of-service (DoS) that made NPM unstable with sporadic 'Service Unavailable' errors."
Microsoft: Iranian Gov Hackers Caught in Azure Wiper Attacks - SecurityWeek
Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) actors MuddyWater and DEV-1084 have been observed launching destructive cyberattacks disguised as ransomware, Microsoft warns.
DEV-1084, which claims to be a financially motivated cybercriminal group operating under the DarkBit persona, is connected to MuddyWater, if not a subgroup of the APT, Microsoft says (the tech giant uses the DEV designation for emerging, developing, or unknown clusters of activity).
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