ProactiveIT Ep 30 – Breach Statistics for Business & Healthcare

Intro

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Unpatched Oracle WebLogic Servers Vulnerable to CVE-2020-2883
SaltStack Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Salt
Firefox 76 released with integrated data breach alerts
Microsoft releases May Office updates with fixes for auth issues
Instacart Patches Security Bug That Would Have Let Attackers Spoof SMS Messages
Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome 
Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products
VMware Publishes Workarounds for Vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations Manager
Adobe Releases Security Updates
May 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 111 vulnerabilities, 13 Critical

New

Chrome 83 released with massive security and privacy upgrades
Drupal Releases Security Updates
Apple Releases Security Update for Xcode
ISC Releases Security Advisory for BIND
Adobe Releases Security Updates
VMware Releases Security Update for Cloud Director
Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Windows DNS Servers

Paying Ransomware Crooks Doubles Clean-up Costs, Report

Criminal group that hacked law firm threatens to release Trump documents

Likely Breach Shuts Down Arkansas Unemployment Program

Security threats associated with shadow IT

REvil Ransomware found buyer for Trump data, now targeting Madonna

Ransomware attack impacts Texas Department of Transportation

FBI warns of ProLock ransomware decryptor not working properly

Bluetooth Bugs Allow Impersonation Attacks on Legions of Devices

Ukrainian Police Arrest Hacker Who Tried Selling Billions of Stolen Records

Vigilante hackers target ‘scammers’ with ransomware, DDoS attacks

Topic 1:  Home office technology will need to evolve in the new work normal

Topic 2: Verizon Data Breach Report: DoS Skyrockets, Espionage Dips

Topic 3: April 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report

https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/405d/Documents/tech-vol1-508.pdf

https://www.hipaajournal.com/category/hipaa-breach-news/

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