Governance & Risk Management, Healthcare, HIPAA/HITECH Prevailing Weaknesses in Healthcare Security: Navigating Regulatory Scrutiny Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 19, 2025 Federal regulators frequently find that many HIPAA-regulated entities conduct inadequate security risk analyses, if any. (Image: Getty Images)…
Date: May 14, 2025
Categories: Ransomware / Vulnerability
Recent reports indicate that at least two cybercrime groups, BianLian and RansomExx, have taken advantage of a newly revealed security vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver, designated as CVE-2025-31324. This suggests that various threat actors are leveraging the flaw for nefarious purposes. Cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest has released an update today, detailing evidence of activity linked to both the BianLian data extortion group and the RansomExx ransomware faction, also known as Storm-2460 by Microsoft. Investigations show BianLian’s involvement in at least one incident, with infrastructure connections to previously identified e-crime IP addresses. “We located a server at 184[.]174[.]96[.]74 running reverse proxy services initiated by the rs64.exe executable,” the firm stated. “This server is associated with another IP, 184[.]174[.]96[.]70, managed by the same hosting provider, which had previously been flagged as a command-and-control (C2) server.”
Cybercrime Groups BianLian and RansomExx Exploit SAP NetWeaver Vulnerability to Distribute PipeMagic Trojan On May 14, 2025, cybersecurity experts revealed that two distinct cybercriminal organizations, BianLian and RansomExx, have exploited a recently identified vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver, designated as CVE-2025-31324.…
Greater Western Water Experiences Significant Data Breaches Following Billing System Overhaul Greater Western Water, a Victorian Government-owned utility provider, has reported at least 320 breaches of customer privacy subsequent to a transition to a new billing system. This overhaul involved…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported on Thursday that ransomware criminals are taking advantage of unpatched SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) systems to compromise clients of an unnamed utility billing software provider. “This incident highlights a growing trend of ransomware groups exploiting unpatched versions of SimpleHelp RMM since January 2025,” the agency stated in an advisory. Earlier this year, SimpleHelp identified several vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-57727, CVE-2024-57728, and CVE-2024-57726) that could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and remote code execution. These vulnerabilities have been actively exploited, including by ransomware groups like DragonForce, to breach specific targets. In a recent report, Sophos revealed that a Managed Service Provider’s SimpleHelp system was compromised by threat actors using these flaws.
Ransomware Groups Exploit Unpatched SimpleHelp Vulnerabilities, Targeting Utility Billing Software Clients On June 13, 2025, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported a growing threat posed by ransomware actors leveraging unpatched vulnerabilities in SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management…
Tulsi Gabbard Claims Success After UK Reversal on Apple’s Encryption Access In a notable shift, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence has welcomed the United Kingdom’s apparent withdrawal of its demand for Apple to provide a backdoor to encrypted iCloud…
In a significant data breach impacting medical marijuana patients in Ohio, security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a publicly accessible database that allegedly contained highly sensitive personal information. This incident has raised concerns over data security within the burgeoning legal cannabis…
May 15, 2025
Compliance / Penetration Testing
Picture this: Your organization checks off its annual penetration test in January with high scores for compliance. By February, a routine software update goes live. Fast forward to April, and attackers have exploited a vulnerability from that update, compromising customer data long before it’s detected. This scenario is all too common, highlighting that one-time compliance assessments won’t safeguard against vulnerabilities introduced afterward. According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigation Report, the exploitation of vulnerabilities surged by 34% year-over-year. While compliance frameworks offer essential security guidance, organizations must embrace continuous security validation to identify and address new vulnerabilities proactively. Here’s what you need to understand about penetration testing for compliance requirements—and the necessity of transitioning to ongoing penetration testing for real security resilience.
Reevaluating Penetration Testing: Beyond Compliance to Continuous Security In an age where cyber threats evolve at a rapid pace, relying solely on annual penetration testing for compliance can leave organizations vulnerable to devastating breaches. A stark example illustrates this point:…
Allianz Life Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Information: Key Details Emerge Recent reports have surfaced regarding a significant data breach involving Allianz Life, a major player in insurance and financial services. The breach has raised alarms, as sensitive information related to…
Critical Vulnerability in TP-Link Routers (CVE-2023-33538) Under Active Exploitation, CISA Issues Urgent Warning
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently included a critical security flaw affecting TP-Link wireless routers in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, highlighting evidence of ongoing exploitation. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-33538 (CVSS score: 8.8), involves a command injection issue that could allow arbitrary system command execution when handling the ssid1 parameter in a specially crafted HTTP GET request. Affected models include the TP-Link TL-WR940N V2/V4, TL-WR841N V8/V10, and TL-WR740N V1/V2, which expose this flaw through the /userRpm/WlanNetworkRpm component. CISA has warned that some impacted devices may be at end-of-life (EoL) or end-of-service (EoS), advising users to stop using them if no mitigations are available. Currently, there is limited public information on the nature of the active exploitation, including attack scale and targeted entities.
TP-Link Router Vulnerability CVE-2023-33538 Under Active Exploitation: CISA Issues Urgent Advisory On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the inclusion of a high-severity security vulnerability found in TP-Link routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Cloud Security CEO Matthew Prince: Unchecked Scraping Could Undermine the Internet’s Economic Model Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • August 19, 2025 Matthew Prince, Co-founder and CEO, Cloudflare (Image: Cloudflare) Cloudflare has recently implemented a…
