The DoJ received a court order mid-March permitting it to disable Cyclops Blink malware still active on ASUS and WatchGuard brand network devices without the consent of the device owners.
Fifty-nine percent of organizations reported being "digital adopters" or "digital leaders" but only 15% had similar maturity levels in terms of automation.
At least 27,655 email addresses have been targeted by a phishing campaign spoofing WhatsApp's voice message capability to disseminate information-stealing malware.
Healthcare-covered entities and business associates are being urged to share their current best practices with HHS OCR, as well as their thoughts on recent HITECH Act changes and HIPAA penalties.
While nearly 95% of public and private sector leaders reported being somewhat or very concerned about cybersecurity risk and almost 80% of public sector respondents noted that their organizations have proactively addressed risks, about 40% of those in the public sector said they did not have any incident response plans, GCN reports.
Advanced persistent threat groups El Machete, Lyceum, and SideWinder have exploited the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine in spearphishing campaigns targeted at organizations across various sectors around the world last month, The Hacker News reports.
Armorblox researchers say threat actors using WhatsApp combine social engineering, brand impersonation, exploiting a legitimate domain, and replicating daily business email to launch a trojan on a victim’s system.
