The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

This can make them particularly susceptible to social engineering trickery, the trigger for online extortion and fraud campaigns, Bastable told me. BEC campaigns accounted for an estimated $26 billion in cybercrime-related losses reported to the FBI over a three year period. These are soft targets,” he says. It’s simple fraud.”

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

Because Exotic Lily’s methods involved a lot of detail, they are believed to require a level of human interaction that is rather unusual for cybercrime groups focused on large scale operations. The RaaS will provide the encryption software, the contact and leak sites, and negotiate the ransom with the victim. Social engineering.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The methods used by cybercriminals in 2023 varied with cyberattacks, physical attacks, and system errors targeting everything from critical infrastructure to manufacturing to healthcare databases. This signals a new era of cybercrime where private data becomes prized currency, putting every email address and credit card number at risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Encrypt Data at All Points. Another crucial step in securing health care data is encrypting it. HIPAA doesn’t necessarily require encryption, but it is a helpful step in maintaining privacy, as it renders information virtually useless to anyone who intercepts it. Train Employees in Best Practices.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

This alert highlights continuous state-sponsored ransomware activities by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) against organizations in the US healthcare sector and other vital infrastructure sectors. Once it arrives on target networks, it encrypts servers responsible for record-keeping, diagnosing, imaging services, and others.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 4, 2021

During the last year, malicious actors have attacked anything from healthcare organisations and medical trials, to education and the public sector, and even business supply chains. Ransomware leverages social engineering attacks, preying on fears as a way to execute malicious code on devices.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. Healthcare Industry Data Breaches Healthcare is an information-intensive industry.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Introduction Knowledge is our best weapon in the fight against cybercrime. The gang has scored a series of resonant attacks on oil companies, financial services , government agencies and healthcare providers. Single extortion: encrypting data and demanding a ransom just for decryption.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 1, 2021

This is the first factor mentioned in the report and addresses how cybercrime groups might be more organized than you would think. The data that has been stolen or encrypted is essential to operations and without it, even for a short time, the organization could fail. We will take a look at each of these contributing factors.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

As Schrader explained, a malicious actor could take the data corresponding to patient, provider and radiology service provider to infer the location of the individual, which can easily be paired with data from other public sources and social media. All signs point to overall security failings. Impact on patient privacy and security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. The past year — a harrowing period for the world economy — culminated in the spike of cybercrime. Ransomware operators buy access and then encrypt devices on the network.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On July 7, CISA issued an alert, “ North Korean State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Use Maui Ransomware To Target the Healthcare and Public Health Sector “, based on a Stairwell report about Maui ransomware. The most remarkable findings. The original samples were provided by SentinelOne and analysed in collaboration with them.

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SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

Its recent attacks have extended to US healthcare organizations, while also leaking documents from various entities in an effort to cause both psychological and organizational repercussions among its adversaries. The threat actor also abused various security and anti-malware solutions used by the victims.

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