A week in security (August 7 – August 13)

Categories: News

Tags: Zoom

Tags: YouTube

Tags: Chrome

Tags: TikTok

Tags: ransomware

Tags: Cloudflare

Tags: robocallers

Tags: security advisor

A list of topics we covered in the week of August 7 to August 13 of 2023

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Several hospitals still counting the cost of widespread ransomware attack

Categories: News

Tags: hospital

Tags: healthcare

Tags: ransomware

Tags: hijack

Tags: network

Tags: compromise

Tags: data

Tags: ambulance

Tags: service

Tags: redirect

A widespread ransomware attack affecting 16 hospitals last week has led to ongoing cleanup efforts.

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Microsoft Purview data security mitigations for BazaCall and other human-operated data exfiltration attacks

Credit to Author: Steve Vandenberg| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Defender is our toolset for prevention and mitigation of data exfiltration and ransomware attacks. Microsoft Purview data security offers important mitigations as well and should be used as part of a defense-in-depth strategy.

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Clustering attacker behavior reveals hidden patterns

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:00:11 +0000

A collection of very specific behaviors, observed by Sophos X-Ops incident response analysts in the lead-up to four separate ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2023, indicates an unexpected connection between the attacks. In the parlance of the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team, the peculiarly similar details constitute a threat activity cluster that […]

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Ransomware groups claim responsibility for double-attack on Yamaha

Categories: Business

Tags: ransomware

Tags: blackbyte

Tags: Akira

Tags: group

Tags: compromised

Tags: data

Tags: blackmail

Tags: extortion

Tags: attack

Tags: Yamaha

Tags: Canada

Tags: music

Tags: audio

We take a look at claims that Yamaha has been compromised by two unrelated ransomware groups.

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Tampa General Hospital half thwarts ransomware attack, but still loses patient data

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Tampa

Tags: General Hospital

Tags: Snatch

Tags: ransomware

Tags: RDP

Tags: data breach

The Tampa General Hospital has promised to reach out to the individuals whose information has been stolen by the Snatch ransomware group.

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