Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

At least 69,000 people have been impacted by a data breach at Kaiser Permanente, a long-running managed healthcare consortium. The latest in a long-running series of healthcare attacks, the road to stolen data began on April 5 this year with an email compromise. Healthcare attacks: big business for fraudsters.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 16, 2021

Cyber attacks against the healthcare industry continue to rise. Their story is an example for other healthcare systems to follow. The hospital system realized they needed to shore up their defenses when routine penetration tests flagged IT operations practices that could allow malicious hackers to capture privileged passwords.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2024

This breach ranks among the largest ever reported for a healthcare provider or health plan in the U.S. It is believed that PII (personally identifiable information) was transmitted to third-party vendors via mobile applications and other website tools used by the healthcare giant. in terms of the number of people impacted.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 5, 2022

In an ideal world, and increasingly in reality, any system or application that contains critical information such as banking information, healthcare, or corporate enterprise intellectual property are protected with multifactor.? Why do we care if a portion of the Instagram population has their usernames and passwords compromised??

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2020

Zoom accounts are flooding the dark web, over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are being sold on hacker forums. Over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are available for sale on the dark web and hacker forums. Cyble confirmed that the accounts’ credentials belonging to some of its clients were valid.

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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. ” WHOLESALE PASSWORD THEFT. Shipping and postage accounts. Prescription management services.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The healthcare sector continues to be a high priority target for malicious threat actors, as it has been throughout the pandemic. Broward Health, a large healthcare system in South Florida, disclosed a data breach that impacts more than 1.3 million of its patients. million of its patients. How is Broward Health handling the incident?

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2024

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: PikaBot malware on the rise: What organizations need to know Malicious meeting invite fix targets Mac users Pig butchering scams, how they work and how to avoid them Airbnb scam sends you to a fake Tripadvisor site, takes your money Facebook bug could have allowed attacker to take over accounts Stopping a targeted attack (..)

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2024

DocGo is a healthcare provider that offers mobile health services, ambulance services, and remote monitoring for patients in 30 US states, and across the United Kingdom. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it. Choose a strong password that you don’t use for anything else.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns of attacks against IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported that threat actors are carrying out attacks against IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. bank accounts.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Software development company Retool was the victim of a smishing attack that resulted in the compromise of 27 accounts of its cloud customers. Software development company Retool revealed that 27 accounts of its cloud customers were compromised as a result of an SMS-based social engineering attack.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2022

Within today's healthcare landscape, consumer experience is more important than ever. Healthcare consumers want improved convenience, personalization, and communication. No more typing out usernames and thinking up passwords. Usernames and passwords also increase your risk of breaches exponentially. Progressive Profiling.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Related: Cyber risks spinning out of IoT Credential stuffing and account takeovers – which take full advantage of Big Data, high-velocity software, and automation – inundated the internet in massive surges in 2018 and the first half of 2019, according to multiple reports. If you’re like the majority of users out there, you reuse credentials.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 17, 2020

As you work from home, you’ve likely had to create a bunch of new accounts for a bunch of new remote applications, programs, and services. You already had way too many passwords to keep track of before, right? Up pops an error message - “Incorrect username or password.” Enter the password manager You may have heard about these.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2021

million cyber attacks on cloud user accounts. And most of them were malware related followed by account hijackings and targeted attacks against vulnerabilities. As per the report, the industries that were majorly targeted include retail, technology, financial, public and healthcare sector along with education and energy.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Epic is one of the leading software providers for systems that manage electronic healthcare records (EHR). Epic’s new flagship EPCS healthcare management mobile apps Haiku and Canto integrate with Cisco Duo to provide multi-factor authentication (MFA). The solution Cisco Duo Security is a leading healthcare MFA provider.

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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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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. Implement network segmentation. law,” the agency notes.

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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. Mitigations for Maui ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 27, 2021

In the latest example of a supply chain attack, cybercriminals delivered malware to customers of the business password manager Passwordstate by breaching its developer’s networks and then deploying a fraudulent update last week, said Passwordstate’s maker, Click Studios.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a simple Google search, anyone could have found the password to one of the compromised, stolen email addresses: a gift to every opportunistic attacker.” Attackers also sent out spam messages through compromised email accounts to make messages appear to be from legitimate sources. . ” continues the post.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

New York City based Sisense has more than 1,000 customers across a range of industry verticals, including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and higher education. ” “We are taking this matter seriously and promptly commenced an investigation,” Dash continued.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 17, 2019

Likening this flu scenario to a data breach, 70 percent of healthcare organizations report that they’re sick and the majority are not taking proven and adequate measures to stay well. Cybercriminals know very well the comparative value of sensitive healthcare data and they’re determined to cash in on any and every vulnerability.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” healthcare organizations. Using hard-to-crack unique passwords to protect sensitive data and accounts, as well as enabling multi-factor authentication.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

“If hard-coded cryptographic keys are used, it is almost certain that malicious users will gain access through the account in question,” according to the alert. The cryptographic key is within a hard-coded string value that is compared to the password.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 4, 2023

Exposed details include user names, email address, screen names, number of followers and date of account creation along with the linked phone number. NOTE- Twitter suffered a similar info breach in 2018 because of a password bug leaking info about around 330m user accounts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The ransomware was originally written in Go language and was employed in attacks aimed at healthcare and education sectors in countries like Thailand and Indonesia. ” Upon executing the malware, the Rust binary prompts an error requiring a password to be passed as an argument. .” AGENDA.THIAFBB.”

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to a recent post on its Facebook account, all of the corporation's public-facing applications have been back online since October 6, 2023, including "the website, Member Portal, eClaims for electronic submission of hospital claims, and EPRS for employer remittances." It was attacked on September 22, 2023.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Trickbot has been used to steal passwords from millions of infected computers, and reportedly to hijack access to well more than 250 million email accounts from which new copies of the malware are sent to the victim’s contacts. On Sunday, Sept.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 28, 2020

How Hackers Steal and Use Your Passwords. You’re probably annoyed with everyone telling you to have a long, complex, unique password for every website, device, and account you own. How Am I Supposed to Remember All These Passwords? The password system is broken. Enter the password manager. #4. Massive U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

The archive included credentials for Zoom accounts belonging to organizations in various industries, including banking, consultancy, healthcare software companies. While some of the accounts “only” included an email and password, others included meeting IDs, names and host keys.”

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

A good start would be to read Mobilizing the C-Suite: Waging War Against Cyberattacks, written by Frank Riccardi, a former privacy and compliance officer from the healthcare sector. LW: You discuss password management and MFA; how big a bang for the buck is adopting best practices in these areas?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Do you have old online accounts that you never use? Those zombie accounts can put your company in danger. The post Zombie Accounts Can Take a Bite Out of Your Business appeared first on Security Boulevard. Here's how to stop it.

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Centraleyes

MAY 20, 2024

The assessment takes into account governance, security, and identity management challenges. This may include: Manage identities Offboarding accounts Checking administrative privileges Data governance involves quality assurance Review privileged user credentials Reduce the number of accounts with privileged access.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

Located in Broward County, Florida, Broward Health currently operates more than 30 healthcare facilities. The healthcare system discovered the security breach on October 19, and reported the incident to local authorities, it also hired a third-party cybersecurity expert to help with the investigations. .”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

27, a new Twitter account “ Contileaks ” posted links to an archive of chat messages taken from Conti’s private communications infrastructure, dating from January 29, 2021 to the present day. The Contileaks account did not respond to requests for comment. hospitals and healthcare providers.”. On Sunday, Feb.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The attackers gained access to Okta’s customer support system by leveraging a service account stored in the system itself. The service account was granted permissions to view and update customer support cases. “The username and password of the service account had been saved into the employee’s personal Google account. .

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