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CERT-UA Says Threat Actor 'Vermin' Used Syncthing ApplicationUkrainian cyber defenders say Russian intelligence hackers operating from the occupied Donbas city of Luhansk targeted military email inboxes with an info stealer. A group tracked as UAC-0020 - also known as "Vermin" - deployed a malware strain dubbed "Spectr" as part of a spear-phishing campaign.

Lawmaker Says New Regulations Needed to Fix 'Lax' Cyber Postures of Major EntitiesA high-ranking U.S. senator is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to get tougher on healthcare sector cyber requirements. He says its failure to regulate the cyber practices of top healthcare organizations is contributing to the "major epidemic" of attacks such as Change Healthcare.

HHS OCR Advises HIPAA-Covered Entities to Coordinate Notification Duties With UHGTens of thousands of hospitals and medical practices can breathe a little easier now. Federal regulators have given the green light for Change Healthcare to handle the breach notification to tens of millions of individuals affected in a February cyberattack. But the devil is in the details.