Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The government’s indictment against Ptitsyn should dispel any notion that ransomware gangs only target the largest, richest, most robust corporations on the planet, as one Phobos affiliate allegedly extorted a Maryland-based healthcare provider out of just $2,300—possibly the lowest payment ever recorded. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2025

Westend Dental agreed to settle several violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in a penalty of $350,000. Medusa Locker is a type of ransomware that operates under a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, primarily targeting large enterprises in sectors such as healthcare and education.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Phishing In phishing scams, cybercriminals trick people and businesses into handing over sensitive information like credit card numbers or login details for vital online accounts. Lured in by similar color schemes, company logos, and familiar layouts, victims log in to their account by entering their username and password.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 15, 2024

Following the February 21 attack on Change Healthcare , scores of people in the US have been living with the brutal, real-world effects of ransomware. They are always damaging and they always cause pain, but when they hit the healthcare system, the consequences—particularly the risk to life—are often more immediately obvious and shocking.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

Common attacks to consumer protection Identity theft and fraud Some common types of identity theft and fraud include account takeover fraud , when criminals use stolen personal information such as account numbers, usernames, or passwords to hijack bank accounts, credit cards, and even email and social media accounts.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In an updated #StopRansomware security advisory , the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has warned the healthcare industry about the danger of the ALPHV ransomware group, also known as Blackcat. Don’t get attacked twice.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a flash alert warning of an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks targeting government entities, educational institutions, private companies and the healthcare sector in the US and the UK. law,” the agency notes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. By Tom Neclerio , Vice President of Professional Services at SilverSky.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

On the 14th of May, the Health Service Executive (HSE) , Ireland’s publicly funded healthcare system, fell victim to a Conti ransomware attack, forcing the organization to shut down more than 80,000 affected endpoints and plunging them back to the age of pen and paper. Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts.

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Javvad Malik

JULY 5, 2024

The more I delve into the details of the Synnovis breach, the more I realise that this incident is not an isolated case, but rather a symptom of a larger problem plaguing the healthcare industry. Many healthcare organisations operate on tight budgets, with limited resources to invest in cybersecurity measures.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

United States government agencies recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing information on how North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are actively using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations. What is North Korea up to? Mitigations for Maui ransomware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2022

The Professional Finance Company, PFC, suffered a ransomware attack on February 26 and on July 1 confirmed that over 650 healthcare providers were affected by the breach. According to a notice from PFC, attackers stole confidential patient information including patient names, addresses, and outstanding account balances.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2025

They deploy web shells across subdomains, create admin accounts, and leverage tools like Mimikatz , Fast Reverse Proxy ( FRP ), and Impacket for lateral movement via RDP and PowerShell remoting, ensuring multiple entry points into victim networks. They stage and exfiltrate data, including confidential files and database backups, using SQLCMD.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 23, 2025

Phishing accounted for nearly 25% of all breaches. Healthcare: Insider threats and error-related breaches dominate. Enterprise controls including visibility (logging, EDR), hardening (privileged account management, careful inventory of service accounts), and MFA for domain admin and remote access are paramount.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Early this month, Evgueni Erchov, Director of IR & Cyber Threat Intelligence at Arete Incident Response, told ZDNet that multiple ransomware gangs are cold-calling victims if they don’t pay the ransom and attempt to restore from backups. Patch operating systems, software, firmware, and endpoints. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. Multiple personal and business banking portals; -Microsoft Office365 accounts. Shipping and postage accounts.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 8, 2022

One of the biggest problems in the cybercrime section of the report relates to backups. Specifically: The lack of backups when dealing with hacking incidents. Backups in Brazil: An uphill struggle. Backups are an essential backstop that can help against several forms of attack, as well as mistakes and mishaps.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 9, 2021

Prestigious healthcare systems continue to be at risk for the next devastating ransomware attack or data breach. The Impact of COVID-19 in Healthcare Security Continues. The last year of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a striking proliferation of cyber-criminal activity against the healthcare industry.

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Webroot

AUGUST 27, 2021

Already in 2020, according to the report: 2,4000 governmental agencies, healthcare facilities and schools had been hit with ransomware $350 million had been paid out ransomware actors, a 311% increase over 2019 It was taking 287 days on average for a business to fully recover from a ransomware attack.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The exposed database, containing more than 17 billion records, has raised concerns about the security of sensitive healthcare provider information and negotiated rates for medical procedures. states, Cigna offers an array of healthcare insurance plans, including individual, family, employer-sponsored, Medicare, and Medicaid plans.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2022

While anyone can fall victim to these threat actors, the FBI noted that this malware has been used to target a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure organizations, including defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, technology companies, and especially organizations in the healthcare and medical industries.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH), a major hospital system in northern Florida, has reportedly been experiencing an "IT security issue" since Thursday evening, which impacted some of its IT systems. The hospital provides healthcare across 21 counties in northern Florida and Georgia. Backup your files. Educate your staff.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Finally, here is some interesting data focused on healthcare cloud compromises src: TH8 report Now, go and read the report! Medium Backup] appeared first on Security Boulevard. as usual, shocking but not surprising. this is interesting, SaaS as a stepping stone! Is SaaS — likely SaaS credentials, frankly, your weakest link?]

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Securing the healthcare data warehouses themselves is equally vital to ensure the software applications’ security in their development and maintenance. Use strong access controls: Setting up strict access restrictions is one of the critical elements in securing healthcare data warehouses.

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Spinone

APRIL 7, 2020

Cloud security compliance is a serious challenge, especially when it comes to protecting sensitive data in healthcare. That leads organizations to look for HIPAA compliant cloud backup , antivirus, or data protection software to ensure the safety of vital information. The importance of data in healthcare can not be overestimated.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

North Korea-linked APT groups conduct ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities to fund its activities. Threat actors generate domains, personas, and accounts; and identify cryptocurrency services to conduct their ransomware operations. They communicate with victims via Proton Mail email accounts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

This should be a focus area for organizations to improve their defensive tactics, such as ensuring secure credentials and removing unnecessary privileged accounts. Although the attack against Colonial Pipeline deservedly gained news attention, ransomware attacks have increasingly disrupted the sectors of food, healthcare and transportation.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

These new attacks affect everything from private citizens and businesses to government systems; healthcare organizations; public services; and food, water, and fuel supply chains. QR payments are being tampered with, NFT accounts hacked, digital wallets emptied, and sensitive information compromised. Backup and encryption.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Image Source: AI Generated Recent data breaches have exposed sensitive information from millions of customers across healthcare, financial services, and technology sectors. UnitedHealth Group Change Healthcare Incident The February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare emerged as the largest healthcare data breach in U.S.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 20, 2023

Hackers from the Vice Society ransomware operation managed to access CommScope's network and exfiltrate data backups from the company's intranet and customer portal. The trove of data was discovered April 14th on the Dark Web leak site of Vice Society, available for sale, an indication that ransom demands may not have been met by CommScope.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

For businesses, this means implementing a comprehensive incident response plan that includes secure, immutable backups and regular testing to ensure rapid recovery in the event of an attack. For instance, a ransomware attack on a healthcare provider could lead to data breaches exposing patient information.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. businesses, mainly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware operations. “The actors have leveraged privileged accounts to gain access to VMware vCenter Server and reset account passwords [ T1098 ] for ESXi servers in the environment.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

One of Clop's victims was Community Health Systems (CHS), a Fortune 500 healthcare services provider in the US. Review audit logs and delete suspicious admin or user accounts. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Reset credentials.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

This variant of a screen-lock attack further threatens to erase the phone’s memory, including contacts, pictures and videos, as well as publicly post all of that sensitive personal information to the victim’s go-to social media accounts. Backup your data frequently on hard drives that aren’t connected 24/7 to the internet.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Moving ahead, it’s crucial for SMBs, municipalities and healthcare institutions to prioritize. Focus on implementing robust backup and disaster recovery plans, user training, and the sharing of threat intelligence.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to those few groups, their cybercriminal actions would never include organizations actively involved in healthcare, such as hospitals. Unfortunately, we have seen these type of disruptions in healthcare before. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers.

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