Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S.

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Webroot

APRIL 5, 2024

Ransomware attacks are targeting healthcare organizations more frequently. Why healthcare needs better cybersecurity Healthcare organizations are especially vulnerable to data breaches because of how much data they hold. On average, the cost of a healthcare data breach globally is $10.93

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2022

Healthcare providers are opting to pay a ransom in the event of ransomware attacks, instead of recovering it from data backups. The reason is as it is easy and guarantees 100% encrypted data return- Of course, as per their perspective!

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. IT should never be the top expense for a healthcare organization. The costs, affected patients, and consequences continue to be tallied.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 10, 2025

Organizationsparticularly those in critical sectors such as energy, healthcare, and financerely on CISA for guidance on emerging threats and best practices. Increased vulnerability: As the nation's cybersecurity defense is stretched thinner, everyday users may face higher risks of cyberattacksfrom data breaches to service disruptions.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2025

Million people Watch out, Veeam fixed a new critical bug in Backup & Replication product U.S. Million people Watch out, Veeam fixed a new critical bug in Backup & Replication product U.S. CISA adds Linux Kernel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog News Flodrix botnet targets vulnerable Langflow servers U.S.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide. As of 2024, the average cost of a data breach in the United States amounted to $9.36 In comparison, the global average cost per data breach was $4.88

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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. These data breaches highlight significant vulnerabilities in vendor relationships and supply chain security. healthcare system.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 20, 2023

CommScope, a network infrastructure company based in North Carolina with more than 30,000 global employees, has suffered a data breach and leak following an apparent ransomware attack last month.

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Javvad Malik

JULY 5, 2024

Oliver’s story is a reminder that behind every data breach, there are real people whose lives are thrown into turmoil. 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.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 4, 2024

As high-profile data breaches and leaks continue making headlines, a new report from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) examines the triple-whammy of factors enabling this tidal wave of personal data theft. These escalations have made ransomware an even more potent data breach threat.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

A ransomware attack on University of Manchester (UoM) has led to the data breach of over a million patients related to NHS and the data includes NHS numbers of those who took treat-ment, the first three letters of their postal codes, patients suffering from terror attacks and those seeking treatment for major trauma.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 23, 2025

In its 17th edition, Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) continues to deliver one of the most comprehensive analyses of cyber incidents worldwide. The DBIR breaks down breach trends across industries: Financial and Insurance: Heavily targeted by credential stuffing and phishing; fastest detection rates.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Further, if a hacker were to use their wrongful access to steal customer data, then a small business might also have to front the cost for sending out data breach notifications, per their states regulations. Hackers frequently buy usernames and passwords on the dark web from prior data breaches.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2022

million patients have been exposed to a ransomware infection after a Colorado-based debt collection firm serving hundreds of medical facilities and hospitals across America was breached. We’ve spoken with several cybersecurity experts to hear their insights about this breach. More than 1.9 ” Tim Prendergrast, CEO, strongDM.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

On Christmas Eve 2018, cloud data hosting firm Dataresolution.net was hit with the Ryuk strain of ransomware. 2, 2019, this blog reported that the company — which had chosen not to pay the ransom and instead restore everything from backups — was still struggling to bring its systems back online.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Reporting data breaches can be a lot like walking on broken egg shells for organizations. On the other hand, publicly admitting to a data breach can create serious blowback on the organization and perhaps damage both reputation and earnings. For the healthcare industry, this became more complicated amidst the pandemic.

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Spinone

MAY 14, 2020

This can include the ever-growing threat of malware such as ransomware and other cybersecurity threats, or it could be the threat posed each and every day from end-users who may mistakenly delete business-critical data. Attackers may infiltrate the perimeter defenses of your infrastructure and gain unauthorized access to your data.

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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. Cigna Health data exposed The exposed database contained a staggering 17,187,743,574 records, spanning across 6.35 terabytes of data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 27, 2021

Third-party risk management is important because failure to assess third-party risks exposes an organization to supply chain attacks , data breaches, and reputational damage. Cybersecurity risk : The risk of exposure or loss resulting from a cyberattack, data breach or other security incidents.

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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. Defending against attacks while staying compliant with patient and data security regulations is difficult, but not impossible if you have the right security tools deployed. Workloads Are the New Attack Surface.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Among the information McQuiggan shares, he discusses how and why healthcare, education, government, and retail are the top industries targeted in ransomware attacks. Bottom line, essentially, when it comes to ransomware, as we know, it's pretty well tied to data breaches," McQuiggan said.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2024

Ransomware attacks are the most significant risk for modern organizations, with the Verizon Data Breach Report 2024 reporting that ransomware is a top threat across 92% of industries. Data Backups protect against ransomware attacks by allowing restoration of encrypted files, eliminating the need to pay the ransom for decryption.

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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. Are Native G Suite/Office 365 Backup Options Enough?

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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. The health data warehouse ecosystem’s integrity and durability depend on software development techniques.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Crooks have had access to the medical records of 42 million Americans since 2016 as the number of hacks on healthcare organizations doubled. Medical records of 42 million Americans are being sold on the dark web since 2016, this information comes from cyberattacks on healthcare providers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, healthcare).

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In 2021, data encryption was successful in 65% of attacks, an increase from the 54% rate reported in 2020. This cost exceeds the average total cost of a data breach, which is USD $4.35 Backup Your Data. Organizations should ensure that backups are stored offline or out-of-band, so that attackers cannot target them.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Availability & Reliability Cloud storage service outages affect business operations and hinder access to crucial data. Downtime limits incident response, increases the risk of data breaches, and can be used as leverage for DDoS attacks. Examples include GDPR in Europe, HIPAA in healthcare, and PCI DSS for payment card data.

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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. Consumers should also take measures like frequently backing up their data to an external drive or cloud solution.

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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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Webroot

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Researchers at CybelAngel have uncovered over 45 million healthcare records on unprotected servers. Amongst the sensitive data was personal health information and other personally identifiable data, all left on servers with a login page that allowed access without credentials. Ransomware strikes city of Independence, Missouri.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2022

Breaching education. Around 490,000 students and 56,000 employees found their data breached by those responsible for the ransomware. The data accessed by criminals, stretching from 2015 to 2019, included a variety of information potentially including: Name School CPS email Employee ID number Battelle for Kids username.

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Spinone

MARCH 18, 2019

In recent years, there has been an explosion of almost unbelievable data breaches making news headlines that have resulted in anything but a positive outcome for the organizations involved. As the world we live in has become much more digital in nature, information and data volumes are increasing exponentially.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2021

We have seen it a few times during the pandemic, with cybercriminals targeting the healthcare sector to steal information on anything related to COVID-19. However, as a result of the Data Breach, both the past lab results and future lab orders that Rubenstein had through July 2021 were inaccessible to him.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 15, 2023

Good backups often restore encrypted systems faster and more effectively than paying a ransom for a decryptor provided by the criminals. For example, for some time researchers were under the impression that SamSam ransomware, one of the earliest "big game" ransomware gangs, specifically targeted healthcare providers.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2023

” While that is good news from a healthcare perspective, the ransomware operators did obtain something of value. There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 30, 2021

We have seen it a few times during the pandemic, with cybercriminals targeting the healthcare sector to steal information on anything related to COVID-19. However, as a result of the Data Breach, both the past lab results and future lab orders that Rubenstein had through July 2021 were inaccessible to him.

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