Camino Nuevo Charter Academy yesterday notified 7,916 people of a data breach that took place in July 2023, but wasn’t discovered until January 2024. The attack was claimed in August 2023 by ransomware group Akira, which says it stole 75 GB of data including Social Security numbers, passports, and other business documents. In its data breach notice, the school confirmed financial account numbers and credit card info was compromised in the attack, and is offering victims free credit monitoring through Transunion. “Our investigation determined that an unknown actor gained access to certain CNCA ..read more

After being launched in 2009, Omegle became a global phenomenon, connecting people randomly for video chats and offering the chance to interact with interesting individuals worldwide.  Omegle’s popularity soared during the pandemic, as countless users flocked to the platform to have meaningful conversations during lockdown. Since then, Omegle has suddenly shut down forever leaving users wondering – what is the best Omegle alternative? The good news is that there are a variety of Omegle alternatives available today, each offering unique experiences that might better suit your chat prefere ..read more

Analyze your log data and utilize it for a variety of critical tasks with these eight log parsing tools. Here is our list of the best log parsing tools: SolarWinds Loggly (FREE TRIAL) This solution is focused on application performance monitoring (APM) integration and aggregation and contains a perfect toolset for performance analysis via logs. Start a 30-day free trial. SolarWinds Security Event Manager (FREE TRIAL) Another SolarWinds solution aimed at security utilities, identifying and monitoring potential threats as well as automating rapid reaction operations. Start a 30-day free t ..read more

Harness your IoT data and monitor countless device types using these eight monitoring solutions. Here is our list of the best tools for IoT software monitoring: Skyspark A scalable IoT monitoring system supports a wide range of IoT devices. Skyspark can work with any Java-capable device, making it suitable for every use case. Senseye PdM If you need to specialize in IoT-driven production, an industrial IoT monitoring and management suite created exclusively for factory-floor equipment is the best in the business. Datadog IoT Monitoring Another specialized industrial IoT monitoring and manage ..read more

Service request management is defined in ITIL 4. It relates to the activities of managed service providers (MSPs). An MSP needs to define its activities to price its services and plan its resources. The contracts that MSPs sign with their customers need to determine what actions the service should perform and the quality that service can achieve. Here is our list of the best service request management software packages: SolarWinds Web Help Desk EDITOR’S CHOICE A Help Desk management system that handles all communication with users and enables filtering requests from a self-service portal, th ..read more

  After plasma donation company, Octapharma Plasma, Inc., was forced to shut down over 150 of its centers late last week, a ransomware group has now come forward to claim the attack. BlackSuit has just posted the company to its data leak site, claiming to have stolen troves of data, including data of donors, laboratory data, employee data, and financial/business data. In the latest update via its Facebook Page, Octapharma Plasma said many of its centers would continue to open with modified hours today (April 24). While it has only described the incident as ‘network issues’, the word ‘ran ..read more

Ransomware group BianLian yesterday claimed an attack on Optometric Physicians of Middle Tennessee (OPMT), a chain of eyecare clinics. OPMT in March 2024 posted a notification on its website confirming a cyber attack. BianLian says it stole 1.5 terabytes of finance data, human resources data, patients’ personally identifiable info and personal health info, biometric data, contracts, confidential agreements, and SQL databases. OPMT has not confirmed BianLian’s claim. The notice on OPMT’s website states: “On March 25, 2024, we learned that, despite the firewalls, virus protection, and other sa ..read more

Earlier today, ransomware group 8Base added The Tech Interactive to its data leak site, claiming to have stolen a ‘huge amount of confidential information’ as well as account documents, employment contracts, invoices, and more. It has given the science and technology museum seven days to pay the ransom (unspecified) before it publishes the alleged stolen data. The Tech Interactive hasn’t confirmed the attack but did note ‘technical issues’ on its Facebook page on April 14. It stated that online tickets were unavailable at the time. No further updates have been posted but Comparitech has conta ..read more

The township of Montclair, New Jersey on Friday notified 17,835 people about a May 2023 ransomware attack that compromised their personal information. The township admitted in July 2023 that its insurer, Garden state Joint Insurance fund, paid $450,000 to attackers in order to restore systems and recover data. It said some systems and data were not recovered at the time. The new notification reads, “After an extensive forensic investigation, we discovered on March 25, 2024 that the systems, which, were accessed between approximately May 22, 2023 and June 1, 2023, contained some of your person ..read more

E-commerce fraud is a type of cybercrime that is perpetrated on an e-commerce site or platform It typically involves the use of stolen credit card numbers and stolen identities to carry out fraudulent online payment transactions. Common examples of e-commerce fraud include account takeover, return fraud, chargeback fraud, transaction fraud, and triangulation fraud, among others. Before the internet, the technique used by fraudsters generally involved stealing physical credit cards and making purchases with them. But as commerce and business transactions moved online, cybercriminals and frau ..read more