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Cyber News Rundown: Data breach compromises Air Canada employee records

Cyber News Rundown: Data breach compromises Air Canada employee records
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Last week, officials for Air Canada released a statement regarding a security incident that briefly impacted one of their internal networks and compromised some sensitive employee records. During the investigation, Air Canada staff were able to confirm that neither their flight operations systems nor any customer information were affected by this breach, though the threat actors behind the incident are still unclear.

Xenomorph malware campaign targets global financial institutions

Over a year after Xenomorph malware became known, a new campaign has been identified that has focused on US banks and has also expanded its reach to include several European countries as well. It is also believed that the threat actors responsible for Xenomorph have either begun collaborating with other info stealers or that they have started operating as a malware-as-a-service and are bundling with other malware families to increase their impact.

3.4 million individuals affected by MOVEit hack on Ontario’s child registry

It was recently announced that the Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) healthcare organization in Ontario, Canada had been affected by the Cl0p ransomware group’s MOVEit hack earlier this year and had compromised sensitive patient information on 3.4 million individuals. BORN officials became aware of the breach on May 31st and confirmed that sensitive information on service users from January 2010 to May 2023 had been exfiltrated by the threat actors.

Rhysida ransomware group claims attack on Kuwait Ministry of Finance

The threat actors behind the Rhysida ransomware group have recently posted a significant amount of stolen information to their dark web leak site, and claim it was from their September 18th attack on Kuwait’s Ministry of Finance. While the investigation is still ongoing, some officials from the Ministry have confirmed that payroll and salary systems were unaffected, as they are on a different server, and that their security measures were quick to detect the intrusion and shutdown additional connected servers to prevent further spreading. If this attack is confirmed as Rhysida, it would be the 44th organization to fall victim to their attacks in 2023.

MOVEit hack compromises educational non-profit, National Student Clearinghouse

One of the largest educational non-profit organizations, National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), has confirmed that they had fallen victim to the MOVEit data transfer hack in May of this year. Their internal investigation didn’t identify the impact of the breach until 3 weeks later and determined that a significant amount of personally identifiable information (PII) had been exfiltrated through the breach and affected students from NSC’s 25,000 affiliated educational institutions.

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ProTruckDriver
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Thanks for the post Connor. 😀


Jasper_The_Rasper
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Thank you again Connor.


TripleHelix
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  • September 29, 2023

Thanks Connor great security info!


tasystems
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  • September 30, 2023

Once again a bank gets hit… and again I wonder, what are they using for protection? Maybe we need more clarity from the Banks on what they have in place to protect things?


russell.harris
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Cheers again @ConnorM 


Robis
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  • September 30, 2023

Thank You Connor.


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  • October 1, 2023

Thank Connor 😁


kleinmat4103
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  • October 3, 2023

Thanks for the weekly rundown! Really helpful stuff!


MajorHavoc
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Thanks for the very depressing  update. 😥. Every time I read these it make me sad that it just keeps getting worse.  But I always appreciate the update. 


ProTruckDriver
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MajorHavoc wrote:

Thanks for the very depressing  update. 😥. Every time I read these it make me sad that it just keeps getting worse.  But I always appreciate the update. 

I know the feeling. I hope What Goes Around - Comes Around Karma gets the miscreants soon.


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