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  • Hacker News: Akira ransomware can be cracked with sixteen RTX 4090 GPUs in around ten hours

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    Source URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/akira-ransomware-cracked-with-rtx-4090-new-exploit-to-brute-force-encryption-attack Source: Hacker News Title: Akira ransomware can be cracked with sixteen RTX 4090 GPUs in around ten hours Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The discovery of a GPU-based brute-force method to decrypt files affected by the Akira ransomware attack represents a significant breakthrough in cybersecurity. This method enables…

  • Alerts: CISA and Partners Release Cybersecurity Advisory on Medusa Ransomware

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/12/cisa-and-partners-release-cybersecurity-advisory-medusa-ransomware Source: Alerts Title: CISA and Partners Release Cybersecurity Advisory on Medusa Ransomware Feedly Summary: Today, CISA—in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)—released joint Cybersecurity Advisory, #StopRansomware: Medusa Ransomware. This advisory provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), indicators of compromise (IOCs), and detection…

  • CSA: How Can Healthcare Improve Cybersecurity? Lessons from 2024

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/from-ransomware-to-regulation-lessons-from-the-worst-year-of-healthcare-cyber-breaches Source: CSA Title: How Can Healthcare Improve Cybersecurity? Lessons from 2024 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the heightened cybersecurity challenges faced by the healthcare sector in 2024, emphasizing the increasing frequency and severity of cyberattacks, particularly ransomware, which poses serious threats to patient safety and healthcare…

  • The Register: ‘Uber for nurses’ exposes 86k+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/11/uber_for_nurses_exposes_86k/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Uber for nurses’ exposes 86k+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months Feedly Summary: Non-password-protected, unencrypted 108GB database…what could possibly go wrong Exclusive More than 86,000 records containing nurses’ medical records, facial images, ID documents and more sensitive info linked to health tech company ESHYFT was…

  • The Register: Like whitebox servers, rent-a-crew crime ‘affiliates’ have commoditized ransomware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/commoditization_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Like whitebox servers, rent-a-crew crime ‘affiliates’ have commoditized ransomware Feedly Summary: Which is why taking down chiefs and infra behind big name brand operations isn’t working Interview There’s a handful of cybercriminal gangs that Jason Baker, a ransomware negotiator with GuidePoint Security, regularly gets called in to respond…

  • Hacker News: Hacked firm demanded journalist ‘take down’ breach reporting, citing UK court

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/hacked-health-firm-hcrg-demanded-journalist-take-down-data-breach-reporting-citing-uk-court-order/ Source: Hacker News Title: Hacked firm demanded journalist ‘take down’ breach reporting, citing UK court Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a conflict between independent cybersecurity journalism and legal actions taken by a U.K. healthcare provider, HCRG, following a ransomware attack. A U.S.-based journalist refuses to…