Bite Sized Cyber Crime

ALPHV Disbands after Hacking Change Healthcare?

Change Healthcare is a major medical clearinghouse, nearly half of all insurance transactions go through them, so when ransomware struck the effect was felt all over the healthcare industry. However it gets stranger, as the group responsible seems to have scammed their affiliates and faked a takedown.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/PRmnEGnL

Fake WiFi Network Allows for Stealing Teslas

Tesla is a tech company as much as it is a car company, which can present unique challenges when trying to incorporate security. Even intended features can end up being major vulnerabilities, like the feature to add a car key to a cell phone.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/S7Sb2KCb

Ivanti ICT Failed to Catch Malware with Root Persistence

VPN gateways are supposed to securely connect you to an environment, however Ivanti gateways are rather exploitable, and their built in integrity checker may give you a false sense of security.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/G7H6f4kL

Lockbit Taken Down, but Still a Threat

Lockbit is one of the most notorious ransomware gangs out there, and recently a multinational operation arrested several people involved, stole back extorted cash, and released a decryptor for the ransomware. However, Lockbit isn't quite dead yet.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/Y6rTab6R

EFAIL: The Bug That Broke Email Encryption

Email encryption is important for keeping confidential information safe, as well as communicating over unsecured networks, or in potentially hostile nations. One bug in 2017 was able to break this encryption though, exposing the plaintext content of encrypted emails.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/UZ2r4Pcq

Lurie Children's Hopsital Down for Weeks due to Hackers

One of the best renowned children's hospitals, Lurie, in Chicago has been experiencing an outage for nearly two weeks, with parents feeling as they've been left in the dark. Recently it was revealed that a "known cyber threat" was responsible.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/1CwAkQ7Q

Hacker Fakes and Tries to Sell Europcar Data

Data breaches are the worst nightmare of many organizations that collect sensitive data. Europcar was going to be the next company breached, except on closer inspection, none of the data posted was real.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/wDwTunKb

Pegasus: The Spyware Sold to Governments

The fear that the government or someone else is spying on you is a common one, moreso with modern technology. In some cases, that fear is not unreasonable. Pegasus is spyware developed by Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group, and it has been sold to many governments and fallen into the wrong hands.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/9JHz3ZDU