Welcome to today's episode of "Cyber War Room." In our top story, the Singing River Health System in Mississippi faces a serious breach from a Rhysida ransomware attack impacting nearly 900,000 individuals, disclosing sensitive personal and medical information. Moving eastward, the Hong Kong College of Technology reels under a cyberattack with over 8,000 students’ data compromised and found on the dark web, stressing the growing cyber threats in educational sectors.

In more technical revelations, researchers uncover a devious social engineering campaign by attackers using Black Basta ransomware, employing spam and false IT communications to infiltrate organizations, reflecting a troubling trend in cyberattack sophistication. Elsewhere, a shift in tactics has cybercriminals using malvertising, deepfakes, and popular platforms like YouTube to perpetrate scams, marking an evolution from traditional phishing approaches to more complex digital deception.

Wrapping up, cybersecurity specialists have flagged a new menace in malware with trojanized versions of the trusted software tools WinSCP and PuTTY - a reminder of the continuous need for vigilance in verifying source authenticity to prevent data theft and ransomware attacks. Stay tuned to "Cyber War Room" as we delve deeper into these issues and more to keep your data safe in the turbulent seas of cyberspace.