With a ransomware attack still impacting its payment and claims systems across the country, Change Healthcare said on Thursday that it doesn't expect key system functionalities to be restored until mid-March.
Attackers are targeting U.S. organizations with phishing emails spoofing U.S. government entities and private sector companies.
Decipher editors Dennis Fisher and Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch talk about the BlackCat ransomware attack on Change Healthcare that has crippled the company and affected the ability of thousands of health care providers, pharmacies, and hospitals to get paid and submit claims.
Two of the more severe flaws could each allow attackers with local administrative privileges on virtual machines to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
Daniel Cuthbert, global head of cybersecurity research at Banco Santander, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about getting his first computer, a ZX Spectrum that he still owns(!), finding his way into hacking through IRC, his passion for photography, and his surprising alternate career path.