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Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups.

Krebs on Security

Browse the comments on virtually any story about a ransomware attack and you will almost surely encounter the view that the victim organization could have avoided paying their extortionists if only they’d had proper data backups. “It can be [that they] have 50 petabytes of backups … but it’s in a … facility 30 miles away.…

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Ransomware Bites Dental Data Backup Firm

Krebs on Security

PerCSoft , a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. Cloud data and backup services are a prime target of cybercriminals who deploy ransomware.

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Dental group lied through teeth about data breach, fined $350,000

Malwarebytes

Westend Dental agreed to settle several violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in a penalty of $350,000. The attackers initially gained access to at least one server, but since there was no monitoring software in place, it is unknown how far the attackers were able to infiltrate other systems.

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Payroll/HR Giant PrismHR Hit by Ransomware?

Krebs on Security

based PrismHR handles everything from payroll processing and human resources to health insurance and tax forms for hundreds of “professional employer organizations” (PEOs) that serve more than two million employees. “Prism is the only real option on the PEO software market,” he said. Hopkinton, Mass.-based

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BazarCall Ransomware warning to all insurance firms

CyberSecurity Insiders

A Ransomware called BazarCall seems to target Insurance agents and clients and so Insurance specialist CFC has issued a warning to the companies into similar business and operating across the globe to step-up their defense-line against malware attacks, by proactively taking adequate measures.

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The CrowdStrike Outage and Market-Driven Brittleness

Schneier on Security

As we experienced last week, a single problem in a small piece of software can take large swaths of the internet and global economy offline. Insurance blunts financial losses.) Each piece of software depends on dozens of others, typically written by other engineering teams sometimes years earlier on the other side of the planet.

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Medusa Ransomware Warning: CISA and FBI Issue Urgent Advisory

eSecurity Planet

Since its emergence in 2021, Medusa has targeted over 300 victims across various critical infrastructure sectors, including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing. Maintain offline backups: Store critical data backups offline to ensure recovery in case of an attack, preventing data loss and reducing downtime.