Healthcare organizations collect and store humongous amounts of personal, medical, and insurance data, making them a high-value target for cybercriminals. Now, a ransomware attack disrupted global operations at Fresenius, Europe’s largest hospital operator. In other news, personal information of around 44 million Pakistani mobile subscribers was listed on a hacker forum for sale at a price of $2.1 million. Continue reading for the top 10 cybersecurity highlights from the past 24 hours.
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Fresenius, Europe’s largest private hospital operator, was hit by a ransomware attack affecting its operations globally.
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A hacker attempted to sell a database, containing personally-identifiable and telephony-related information of 44 million Pakistani mobile subscribers, for a price of $2.1 million in bitcoin.
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Australia logistics giant, Toll Group, was attacked by Nefilim ransomware actors, leading to a shutdown of some of its IT systems. It was the second attack faced by the firm in a span of three months.
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Hackers exploited a known security vulnerability to install a backdoor and a cryptocurrency miner on the servers of Algolia, a website search provider.
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An ethical hacker found Tesla exposing users’ personal information, including Spotify passwords, Gmail and Netflix session cookies, and more, through used car infotainment systems put for sale on eBay.
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Attackers targeted Florida Gulf Coast University, just minutes before the university’s virtual graduation ceremony for the class of 2020, leading to the cancelation of the event.
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Security researchers discovered a spearphishing email campaign impersonating EE, a British telecommunications firm, to steal executives’ credentials and payment details.
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With the rollout of Firefox 76, Mozilla added new security features to its password manager, ‘Lockwise,’ which can now notify users if they are using a leaked password.
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Clear Skye, a California-based identity governance solutions company, raised $4.95 million in Series A funding led by Toba Capital, with participation from Inner Loop Capital and existing investor ServiceNow Ventures.
