Malware

This week’s breach roundup is led by a ransomware attack against Wolfe Eye Clinic in Iowa. An attacker accessed and likely stole the data of 500,000 patients.

Western Digital is asking customers to disconnect My Book Live hard drives from the internet to prevent malware from wiping them of data.

The lack of a permanent individual to act as the bridge to the private sector only delays efforts to address critical security efforts, cyber leaders say.

Vishing attacks have grown in numbers since COVID-19 forced employees home, often replicating the frequency emails sent from businesses and employers related to password resets, security alerts, locked accounts, order confirmations and invoices.

Babuk, the ransomware group behind the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department attack in April, has shifted its strategy from data encryption to data theft. Today’s columnist, Jane Adams of Secureworks, offers insights on what these changing strategies mean to security teams.

Said Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D.: "The Department of Defense clearly has a role to play" in addressing the threat of ransomware.

Sources familiar with United States thinking on the matter believe Russia has in the past used information shared about domestic criminals as a recruitment tool, and Russia has been known to push the boundaries of other reciprocity agreements, using Interpol to pursue dissidents for example.