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Cybersecurity Industry News Review: February 15, 2023

By Joe Fay NHS still recovering from ransomware incidents. Network firm employee confesses to data extortion, as U.S. cyber ambassador admits their Twitter account was hacked as the President turns to industry leaders to advise him. NHS Still Reconnecting After 2022 Lockbit Attack on Supplier Just how disruptive ransomware can be was illustrated this past week, six months after an attack on UK health software supplier Advanced. The attack on Advanced first emerged in August 2022, causing disruption across a range of NHS services. Health and secondary care minister Will Quince said that while most affected NHS organizations were up…

February 15, 2023
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The Israel Institute of Technology Technion suffered a ransomware attack

The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology was breached on Sunday by a new anti-Israel threat actor calling itself DarkBit. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is Israel’s top technology research university and a leading center for cyber security education. A new anti-Israel threat actor calling itself DarkBit is claiming responsibility for the ransomware attack that breached the […]

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February 13, 2023
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DPRK fund malicious cyber activities with ransomware attacks on critical Infrastructure

North Korea-linked APT groups conduct ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities to fund its activities. Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure conducted by North Korea-linked hacker groups are used by the government of Pyongyang to fund its malicious cyber operations, U.S. and South Korean agencies warn. US CISA published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to […]

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February 11, 2023
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LATEST CYBERTHREATS AND ADVISORIES – FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Cyberattacks wreak havoc on the U.K., LockBit brings big business to its knees and a massive VMware ransomware campaign. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of February 10, 2023. Threat Advisories and Alerts Massive Ransomware Campaign Targets VMware ESXi Servers The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a script for retrieving VMware ESXi servers encrypted by the massive ESXiArgs ransomware campaign. The attack began last week when cybercriminals launched their attack. At the time of writing, 2,800 servers are know to have been encrypted. As for the script, the U.S. cybersecurity organization has…

February 10, 2023
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