Identity IQ

AUGUST 20, 2021

University and college databases often store a wide variety of valuable information, everything from loans and bank account information to social security numbers and passport information — even healthcare data. Your connected devices should have updated antivirus, operating software and apps. Improve Your Password Security.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

The collected samples were 64-bit Windows PE (Portable Executable) files and were used to target healthcare and education organizations in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Thailand. Our investigation showed that the samples had leaked accounts, customer passwords, and unique company IDs used as extensions of encrypted files.”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 23, 2023

Certain industries such as education and healthcare face their own distinct set of challenges when it comes to mobile security, namely a diverse amount of endpoints and lackluster budgets and infrastructure. for more tips on improving your organizations mobile and Chromebook security posture. Stay vigilant!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

PYSA ransomware operators focus on large or high-value finance, government and healthcare organisations. Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database. Experts observed a 400% increase in the number of attacks, compared with October, that hit government organizations.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And studies have revealed that the newly developed file-encrypting malware is using an Open-source password management library for encryption and is having capabilities of remaining anonymous, ex-filtrate data, and having abilities to give control to remote servers. The third is something astonishing to read!

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How can a hospital protect an MRI machine with an unchangeable password and still connect it to the network? Industries with very expensive operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as healthcare or industrial manufacturing, can be especially vulnerable. These are not uncommon risks.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

ForrmBook is capable of key logging and capturing browser or email client passwords, but its developers continue to update the malware to exploit the latest Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVS), such as CVE-2021-40444 Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. AZORult's developers are constantly updating its capabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

The group has targeted pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Endpoint Security: Install and update antivirus software on all hosts. Password Policies: Enforce NIST password policy requirements, such as lengthier passwords and the use of password managers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database. Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. newversion file extension instead of .

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 13, 2020

Unfortunately, hardships also make them prime targets for cybercriminals, who tend to seek out vulnerable organization — it's part of the reason the healthcare industry has also struggled against cyberattacks during COVID-19. Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Enforce a strong password policy.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2018

A powerful, easy-to-use password stealing program known as Agent Tesla has been infecting computers since 2014, but recently this malware strain has seen a surge in popularity — attracting more than 6,300 customers who pay monthly fees to license the software.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Initially a stealthy trojan horse program delivered via email and used to steal passwords, Trickbot evolved into “a highly modular malware suite that provides the Trickbot Group with the ability to conduct a variety of illegal cyber activities, including ransomware attacks,” the Treasury Department said. Image: Microsoft.

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SC Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

Further, the Redis server operates on a remote host but is not protected by password authentication. is caused by the Vue platform’s use of cryptographic keys or passwords beyond the established expiration date, “which diminishes its safety significantly by increasing the timing window for cracking attacks against that key.”.

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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. In mid-November 2019, Wisconsin-based Virtual Care Provider Inc.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Other than different antivirus and not allowing RDP connections to the internet they don’t seem to have put any additional safeguards in place. A ridiculous number of businesses — particularly healthcare providers — get hit with ransomware because they leave RDP open to the Internet and secured with easy-to-guess passwords.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Even some of the top consumer antivirus tools have begun to add machine learning-based detection. Hackers can now generate accurate password lists automatically and even customize them according to a specific set of data (e.g., Considering hackers are increasingly targeting healthcare networks, that’s a huge concern.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

Antivirus Inspection Not all RBI products will prioritize this time factor. For example, Cloudflare Zero Trust blocks uploads and downloads of encrypted, password-protected files or files larger than 15MB by default because it cannot scan those files. This can be due to encryption or even size. pdf files, etc.,

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark. Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. Description.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

65K Minnesota Community Care patients added to Netgain breach tally. Minnesota Community Care (MCC) recently notified 64,855 patients that their data was included in the data compromised and stolen during a ransomware attack on Netgain, its third-party cloud-based IT services provider.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

However, in a healthcare-related incident involving DroxiDat around the same time, Nokoyawa ransomware was delivered, along with several other incidents involving Cobalt Strike sharing the same license ID, staging directories and/or C2. Otherwise, the reverse shell is created by the crond backdoor itself.

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Spinone

JANUARY 28, 2020

We recommend using the Kaspersky free removal tool in case your antivirus program can’t detect or delete a screen locker. But for enterprise companies or organizations in the public sector like government or healthcare, the stakes are much higher, so cybercriminals are not inclined to knock off the price. It suits Windows users.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

RedLine Password Theft Malware. The RedLine password theft malware is a hot topic this month with Microsoft’s employee compromise. Passwords: An Easy Target. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

A prime example is the healthcare sector, where the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates encryption to protect patient health information. According to a Ponemon Institute study, the data breach cost for healthcare organizations without encryption was $380 per record, compared to $230 for those with encryption.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Do antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools stop ransomware? Only about 20% of the ransomware tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) used by ransomware attackers are identified out-of-the-box by antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and security information and event management (SIEM) tools.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Examples include GDPR in Europe, HIPAA in healthcare, and PCI DSS for payment card data. Centralize secrets and set storage to private: Keep API keys and passwords in a centralized, secure management system. Apply safe password practices: Ensure strong user authentication, use MFA, and follow safe password practices.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) just issued a joint alert around this type of ransomware attack calling it an "increased and imminent threat" for hospitals and healthcare providers. ?? hospitals and healthcare providers. There is an imminent and increased cybercrime threat to U.S. October 29, 2020.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

First spotted in 2019 , Zeppelin ransomware, or Buran V, primarily targeted large tech and healthcare companies in Europe and the United States. At the time of the first attack, almost 30% of antivirus software couldn't detect this ransomware threat. You should also change passwords frequently to ensure your data is protected.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

While these solutions (such as [Microsoft365]) offer a level of protection and capabilities (antivirus, anti-spam, archiving, etc.), As we reduce the ability of hackers to access our data using weak passwords, the focus on solving the insider problem will become more pronounced.”

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Despite billions of dollars spent on the latest, greatest antivirus suites, firewalls and intrusion detection systems, enterprises continue to suffer breaches that can be traced back to the actions of a single, unsuspecting employee. It is headquartered in Zurich, with a U.S office in Austin, TX.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

The increasingly distributed nature of IT – with data and applications living in and being accessed through the cloud, outside of traditional data centers protected by firewalls and antivirus software – is helping to fuel the zero-trust push, which states that identity is key. How the devices communicated was also a problem.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. The attackers compress stolen files into encrypted and password-protected ZIP archives. Other malware. Prilex: the pricey prickle credit card complex.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

Where required, the MSP will also install software related to the service to be performed (antivirus, network monitoring software, etc.). While MSPs also provide a wide range of business services, here we’ll focus on managed IT and cybersecurity service providers. What Are MSPs Used for in Security?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Cybereason offers endpoint detection and response (EDR), antivirus and managed detection and response services. Additionally, the company has expanded its partnership network into regional markets such as France and Brazil, as well as verticals such as healthcare. Cybereason. Darktrace – Threat detection.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

Where required, the MSP will also install software related to the service to be performed (antivirus, network monitoring software, etc.). While MSPs also provide a wide range of business services, here we’ll focus on managed IT and cybersecurity service providers. What Are MSPs Used for in Security?

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