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Inside Ireland’s Public Healthcare Ransomware Scare

Krebs on Security

The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. The unusually candid post-mortem found that nearly two months elapsed between the initial intrusion and the launching of the ransomware.

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Cybersecurity Management Lessons from Healthcare Woes

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. CNN reported the Black Basta ransomware gang performed the attack, although the company hasn’t officially confirmed the information.

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“Substantial proportion” of Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Change Healthcare breach

Malwarebytes

UnitedHealth Group has given an update on the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare , one of its subsidiaries. On Wednesday February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to the cyberattack. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. Take your time.

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Cost-Effective Steps the Healthcare Industry Can Take To Mitigate Damaging Ransomware Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

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.

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Ransomware on Healthcare Organisations cost Global Economy $92 bn

IT Security Guru

Today, Comparitech released the results of its most recent study , looking at the true cost of ransomware on healthcare organisations around the world. It found that, since 2018, there have been 500 publicly-confirmed ransomware attacks; and this excludes those that may have not been disclosed at all.

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Healthcare giant Norton breach leads to theft of millions of patient records

Malwarebytes

Healthcare company Norton says a May breach led to the theft of data of around 2.5 Some people also had their financial account numbers, driver licenses or other government ID numbers, and digital signatures also taken. Our podcast host David Ruiz talked to ransomware expert Allan Liska about the why of the SEC complaint.

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Carbanak malware returned in ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

Researchers at NCC Group reported that in November they observed the return of the infamous banking malware Carbanak in ransomware attacks. The cybersecurity firm NCC Group reported that in November the banking malware Carbanak was observed in ransomware attacks.

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