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1. A Financial service offering company to healthcare industry has admitted that a ransomware attack on its data firm could have led to a data breach affecting over 600 healthcare establishments. The firm that is being discussed is Professional Finance Company Inc (PFC) and was founded in the year 1904 and allows customers of various government organizations, utility firms and healthcare to pay their bills on time.

It started notifying its customers on May 5th about the data breach and accepted the fact that hackers stole some personal info from their business servers and then encrypted the systems.

Information is out that cyber criminals stole details such as names, addresses, account balances and details related to payments. There is a high probability that some files related to DOBs, social security numbers, and health insurance data were also compromised in the incident.

2.The second news is related to BlackCat Ransomware, which has doubled up its ransom demand in recent times. But the good news is that the hacking group is happy to decrease the ransom payment if the victim pays them on time and that too within a time frame of 5-7 days.

BlackCat, also known as ‘AlphaV’, ‘AlphaVM’ and ‘AlphV’ is said to have gained large from its victims such as Italian Fashion house Moncler and a European Port in February this year.

3.Third is the news related to ransomware that is being spread through fraudulent Microsoft and Google software updates. Threat actors are becoming sophisticated and their latest deeds prove as a good example; as they are using fake MS and Google software updates to induce malware into targets.

From June this year, the criminals are spreading fake updates as HavanaCrypt.

Previously, in May this year, a new ransomware dubbed as ‘Magniber’ was seen circulating on the web in disguise of Windows 10 updates.

Early this year, security researchers from Malwarebytes discovered Magnitude Exploit Kit being circulated as a fake update to Microsoft Edge.

It is wise to download software from reliable sources or turn on the automated update feature, so that the software receives patches on a regular note and that too from genuine resources.

 

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All Apple iPhone and iPAD users are issued a warning about a critical zero day vulnerability that has to be fixed on an immediate note. The technology company has issued a fix to the vulnerability that not only quashes the flaw but also protects device users from poor battery life.

So, it is better if all iPhone and iPAD users navigate to the General tab> software updates and download and install the latest version of operating system, i.e. iOS 15.4.1

Describing the flaw, the iPhone giant said that it was discovered by independent researchers early last month and was related to arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges.

Apple iOS 15.4.1 fix will also rectify the battery draining faster flaw than expected and will also introduce a feature onto the gadget that allows Facial ID recognition by wearing a mask.

What’s more? The substantial update will also update the photo library feature with AI capabilities. And for the next 48 hours after the update, the battery on the gadget will drain faster than usual and then will return to normalcy.

Additionally, within a fortnight, the iOS 15.5 beta version of update will also be available to developers via over-the-air feature in the settings app. And it will be the last update available before the release of iOS 16.

Note– Apple Inc. provides its customer’s device updates from time to time. And the process helps users in protecting themselves from zero-day vulnerabilities existing in the wild.

 

 

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