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After infiltrating Kootenai Health's IT systems on Feb. 22, the ransomware operation spent 10 days to facilitate the theft of patients' full names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, government ID numbers, and driver's licenses, as well as medical...

Aside from spearheading the first-ever ransomware-as-a-service operation Reveton along with co-conspirators also charged in the U.S. in 2011, Silnikau also led the Angler exploit kit, which had been leveraged in malvertising campaigns against U.S...

Intrusions exploiting the flaw, which has been patched but not detailed as part of the June Patch Tuesday update, could be launched remotely by attackers who have obtained interactions from targeted users, according to Microsoft.

By giving users specific feedback on recent attacks and offering interactive forums, companies can keep their staffs up-to-speed on the latest threats.

The Democratic National Convention soon to take place in Chicago, already under heavy security, faces an additional threat in the form of stolen credentials for delegates.

The threat group is disrupting healthcare organizations. Victims can help themselves, though, even after compromise, by being careful in the decryption process.

While there are smart people and good leaders in other fields, we need to cultivate and grow leaders from the existing cybersecurity workforce, too.

Palo Alto research found many open-source projects can be compromised through public artifacts.

Australia's Evolution Mining said its IT systems were infected with ransomware in an Aug. 8 cyber incident.

Microsoft Azure chatbots charged with handling personal medical data could be tricked into handing over personal data for hundreds of customers.

Attackers are already actively exploiting six of the bugs and four others are public, including one for which Microsoft has no patch yet.

In addition to Microsoft patches, Adobe also addressed 71 CVEs across its products.