Cyber Attacks

Cyber Attacks Strike Three Hawaii Government Systems
https://www.govtech.com/security/cyber-attacks-strike-three-hawaii-government-systems

The apparent ransomware attack that infiltrated and shut down the timekeeping services for employees at the Board of Water Supply and Emergency Medical Services, part of a nationwide offensive, could take weeks to fix. ---Continued---

Nice read ReadyMom.

Only a matter of time and a few more or less keystrokes and the power grid will be down. They will have the U.S. by the kahonas, especially if it would happen in the middle of winter.

Only time will tell.   TIC-TOK

Most of these attacks, over the past half dozen years, are on minor and less than critical systems. I suspect they are using them as training targets.

They aren't ready to kill our grid, yet.
They are having too much fun stealing from us.

But I would be surprised of they didn't attack the grid and a lot of other stuff, aw WW4 (or whatever number we are up to) kicks off.

LOG4J is a serious attack on all computers, even home computers. The world is in a uproar over it, especially if the wrong people use it:

I'm computer stupid but maybe some of you smart ones on here can explain it in terms a kid can understand:

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/log4j-software-bug-cisa-issues-emergency-directive-to-federal-agencies/

rick1 wrote:LOG4J is a serious attack on all computers, even home computers. The world is in a uproar over it, especially if the wrong people use it:

I'm computer stupid but maybe some of you smart ones on here can explain it in terms a kid can understand:

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/log4j-software-bug-cisa-issues-emergency-directive-to-federal-agencies/

From the Article:
"First published on Dec. 14, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. PT."

Might explain the slew of software security updates I have seen in the past week.
Got one coming in, right now.

EDIT to ADD: good news, that patch, like the rest of them, this week, was fairly quick.

In the past couple of days, I have had two more "software updates."

I kinda like the way most software packages update themselves today, although it still unnerves me, a bit, plus the pair of systems that make the automatic updates work eats a lot of processor power, running in the background, a few times every hour. (Wish I could set them to run just one time, each day.)

Cyber espionage tool, VAJRASPY RAT, is infecting Andriod devices by 3rd party:

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/what-you-need-to-know-about-vajraspy-rat-the-cyber-espionage-tool-that-infiltrated-google-play

Cyber attack on United Health, 9 days ago and still spreading. Just imagine if this was our electric grid:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-cyberattack-cloud-based-network-cybersecurity/

rick1 wrote:Cyber attack on United Health, 9 days ago and still spreading. Just imagine if this was our electric grid:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-cyberattack-cloud-based-network-cybersecurity/

If it was the electric grid, it wouldn't take 9 days.

rick1 wrote:Cyber attack on United Health, 9 days ago and still spreading. Just imagine if this was our electric grid:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-cyberattack-cloud-based-network-cybersecurity/

Just read a bit from the link you provided.

Is this a new problem?
Absolutely not. A study published in JAMA Health Forum in December 2022 found that the annual number of ransomware attacks against hospitals and other providers doubled from 2016 to 2021.

"It's more of the same, man," said Aaron Miri, the chief digital and information officer at Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida.

And, in seven years, they haven't found a way to stop this?

Or is stopping it, not a priority?

I suspect, it is not a priority.