Zerosecurity
  • Home
  • Security
    • Exploits
    • Mobile Security
  • Malware
  • Data Breaches
  • Crypto
  • Privacy
  • Downloads
    • Malwarebytes
    • Exploits
    • Paper Downloads
    • Software & Service Reviews
No Result
View All Result
SUBSCRIBE
Zerosecurity
  • Home
  • Security
    • Exploits
    • Mobile Security
  • Malware
  • Data Breaches
  • Crypto
  • Privacy
  • Downloads
    • Malwarebytes
    • Exploits
    • Paper Downloads
    • Software & Service Reviews
No Result
View All Result
Zerosecurity
No Result
View All Result
Home Data Breaches

Heartbleed believed to be initial attack vector of CHS breach

Paul Anderson by Paul Anderson
August 21, 2014
in Data Breaches, Security
0
Zerosec Update post1
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A security researcher has reported how the infamous OpenSSL bug, Heartbleed, was the original point of access for the breach on Community Health Systems (CHS) that impacted 4.5 million individuals.

You might also like

BreachForums Owner Arrested and Charged

US politicians personal details compromised in hack

Acer corporate confirms breach – data being sold for Monero

Attackers had the ability to obtain user credentials from memory on a CHS Juniper system using the heartbleed vulnerability and utilized these to login using a VPN.

From this point, the attackers had the ability to elevate their access into CHS by working their way throughout the network until the estimated 4.5 million patient records were extracted from a database.  This isn’t a surprise when attackers have access to the internal network, it is practically a 100% rate of success at getting into systems and obtaining elevated permissions.

This may be the first verified breach of its kind in which the heartbleed bug is the known initial attack vector that had been employed.  There are certain to be others that have not or will not ever be discovered.

An additional weak point in CHS’s infrastructure could be the obvious absence of segmentation in their customer database. CHS operates or leases 206 hospitals in 29 US states, none of which served 4.5 million patients all independently.

“While Heartbleed was how the credentials were stolen this time,” says Joshua Roback, security architect for SilverSky, “this could have just as easily been a common spear phishing attack, similar to the Target attack earlier this year. The real concern is the ability to hack into the database once logged in, and then exfiltration [of] the data.”

Tags: CHSCommunity Health SystemsHeartbleedOpenSSL
Share30Tweet19
Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson

Editor and chief at ZeroSecurity. Expertise includes programming, malware analysis, and penetration testing. If you would like to write for ZeroSecurity, please click "Contact us" at the top of the page.

Recommended For You

BreachForums Owner Arrested and Charged

by Paul Anderson
March 17, 2023
0
BreachForums Owner Arrested and Charged

On Wednesday afternoon, federal agents arrested a man in Peekskill, New York, for allegedly running a dark web data breach site known as "BreachForums." The suspect, Conor Brian...

Read more

US politicians personal details compromised in hack

by Kyle
March 9, 2023
0
US politicians personal details compromised in hack

A hacker has claimed that personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to several members of the US Congress may have been compromised in a cyberattack on DC Health Link,...

Read more

Acer corporate confirms breach – data being sold for Monero

by Kyle
March 8, 2023
0
Acer corporate confirms breach – data being sold for Monero

Acer, the sixth-largest PC maker in the world, has confirmed that it suffered a data breach in mid-February 2023 that compromised its intellectual property and other sensitive data....

Read more

Stolen credit card market BidenCash leaks over 2 million credit cards

by Paul Anderson
March 3, 2023
0
Stolen credit card market BidenCash leaks over 2 million credit cards

BidenCash, a marketplace that focuses on carding, has leaked a database of 2,165,700 credit and debit cards to celebrate its first anniversary. Instead of keeping the leak a...

Read more

Blackmailing data thieves who targeted thousands of businesses apprehended

by Paul Anderson
February 26, 2023
0
Blackmailing data thieves arrested by Dutch police

The Dutch police recently apprehended three additional suspects in what is considered one of the most significant data extortion cases to date. These suspects, aged between 18 and...

Read more
Next Post
51 UPS Stores Hacked via Malware

51 UPS Stores Hacked via Malware

Related News

NSA intercepting U.S. Routers

NSA intercepting U.S. Routers

June 6, 2014 - Updated on March 17, 2023
Netwire RAT seized by FBI and other worldwide police agencies

Netwire RAT seized by FBI and other worldwide police agencies

March 16, 2023
The Emotet botnet returns and is sending a slew of malicious emails

The Emotet botnet returns and is sending a slew of malicious emails

March 14, 2023
Zerosecurity

We cover the latest in Information Security & Blockchain news, as well as threat trends targeting both sectors.

Categories

  • Crypto
  • Data Breaches
  • DotNet Framework
  • Downloads
  • Exploits
  • Exploits
  • Information
  • Legal
  • Malware
  • Malware Analysis
  • Mobile Security
  • Paper Downloads
  • Piracy
  • Privacy
  • Programming
  • Public
  • Security
  • Security
  • Software & Service Reviews
  • Technology News
  • Tools
  • Tutorials
  • Video Tutorials
  • Whitepapers
  • Zero Security
  • Contact Us
  • List of our Writers

© 2022 ZeroSecurity, All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Security
  • Exploits
  • Data Breaches
  • Malware
  • Privacy
  • Mobile Security
  • Tools
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2022 ZeroSecurity, All Rights Reserved.