InfoSec News Nuggets 6/28/2024

Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims Temu—the Chinese shopping app that has rapidly grown so popular in the US that even Amazon is reportedly trying to copy it—is "dangerous malware" that's secretly monetizing a broad swath of unauthorized user data, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Griffin cited research and media reports exposing Temu's allegedly nefarious design, which "purposely" allows Temu to "gain unrestricted access to a user's…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 2/15/2024

Romanian hospital ransomware crisis attributed to third-party breach The Romanian national cybersecurity agency (DNSC) has pinned the outbreak of ransomware cases across the country's hospitals to an incident at a service provider. It said an unnamed service provider reported an issue prior to the flood of hospitals alerting the agency to the attacks. The service provider operates the Hipocrate Information System (HIS) – a multipurpose healthcare management platform used by hospitals across the country. All…
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