March 2024 – bentoboxinfosec

BACKDOOR IN WIDELY USED Linux UTILITY TARGETS SSH CONNECTIONS

March 30, 2024January 20, 2025 topbento

Malicious code has been detected in xz Utils that appears to be intended to create a backdoor in sshd. xz Utils is a common compression utility used in many Linux distros including Debian and Red Hat. according to a researcher from Analygence the malicious versions of xz Utils were not added to production versions of … Read More “BACKDOOR IN WIDELY USED Linux UTILITY TARGETS SSH CONNECTIONS” »

UnitedHealth Group HAS PAID OVER $2 BILLION FOLLOWING CYBERATTACK

March 20, 2024January 20, 2025 topbento

News, Ransomware

In the wake of an attack on Change Healthcare UnitedHealth Group has paid out over $2 billion to help effected health-care providers. Change Healthcare handles prescriptions and billing for more than 67,000 pharmacies in the U.S. A ransomware attack beginning February 21st caused widespread outages to hospitals and pharmacies across the U.S. Change Healthcare took … Read More “UnitedHealth Group HAS PAID OVER $2 BILLION FOLLOWING CYBERATTACK” »