Healthcare provider HCA Healthcare is facing a class action lawsuit after a data theft affected over 170 of its hospitals and potentially more than 11 million patients. The plaintiffs accuse HCA Healthcare of not using reasonable security practices such as encryption or deleting unnecessary data, thus leading to unauthorized access to patient information. They are seeking monetary damages and injunctive and declaratory relief due to HCA’s alleged failure to safeguard patient information.

Apache ActiveMQ Flaw Exploited to Deploy DripDropper Malware on Cloud Linux Systems
Threat actors are exploiting a nearly two-year-old security flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to gain persistent access to cloud Linux systems and deploy malware called DripDropper.