The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2025

Related: PKI and the IoT cloud One quiet but consequential development now taking root in the financial sector could prove pivotal: the emergence of a dedicated Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) framework, tailored to banks and payment networks, guided by the Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9), and being rolled out by DigiCert.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

FBI and the DHS’s CISA agencies published a joint alert to warn hospitals and healthcare providers of imminent ransomware attacks from Russia. hospitals and healthcare providers. . hospitals and healthcare providers. “CISA, FBI, and HHS have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 31, 2024

100 million US citizens officially impacted by Change Healthcare data breach. Slim CD , Evolve Bank , Truist Bank , Prudential , and American Express. Dell notifies customers about data breach (49 million customers) 4. Nearly all AT&T customers had phone records stolen in new data breach disclosure (73 million people).

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

A shocking number of organizations — including banks and healthcare providers — are leaking private and sensitive information from their public Salesforce Community websites, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Huntington Bank has disabled the leaky TCF Bank Salesforce website.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 9, 2021

Hackers gained access to live surveillance cameras installed at Tesla, Equinox, healthcare clinics, jails, and banks, including the Bank of Utah. [.].

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2025

Compromised data includes full names, contact details, ID numbers, banking information, drivers license numbers, medical records and passport details. healthcare providers surged in 2024, with 98 attacks compromising 117 million records. The ransomware group has since leaked the stolen data on its dark web leak site.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2020

Finastra , a company that provides a range of technology solutions to banks worldwide, said it was shutting down key systems in response to a security breach discovered Friday morning. The company employs more than 10,000 people and has over 9,000 customers across 130 countries — including nearly all of the top 50 banks globally.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

BeyondTrust provides Privileged Access Management and secure remote access, serving sectors like government, healthcare, banking, and energy. .” The Treasury Department discovered the security breach on December 8th from its vendor BeyondTrust , according to a letter to lawmakers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2024

OneBlood, a non-profit blood bank serving over 300 U.S. Unfortunately, the attacks against US hospitals and healthcare organizations are growing. In the same period, Wayne Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania was the victim of a cyber attack, Monti gang claimed to have hacked the healthcare infrastructure.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A new alert has been issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding hacker-conducted cyberattacks, which target healthcare payment processors. Millions of dollars have been stolen after the threat actors gained access to customer accounts and redirected their payments to bank accounts controlled by them.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2021

Nowhere is that more apparent than in financial services, where firms like banks and credit unions experience attacks nearly 300x more often than other industries. This is even accounting for the increased risk of cyberattack that schools and healthcare organizations faced as targets of opportunity in the COVID-19 pandemic. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Pro-Russia group Killnet is launching a series of DDoS attacks against the websites of US healthcare organizations and hospitals. The Pro-Russia group Killnet launched a series of DDoS attacks against US healthcare organizations and hospitals. In the last week, the pro-Russia group intensified its activity.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The FBI has issued an alert about threat actors targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. million payments. ” reads the alert.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 19, 2022

That’s right, the photos that you just sent your significant other over WhatsApp, the results of your recent bloodwork, and your bank statements that accessed over the weekend could all leak. So, how could today’s communications leak tomorrow? A single long-forgotten laptop, ZIP disk, CD, or backup tape – or even an old floppy disk!

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about hackers targeting healthcare payment processors to route payments to bank accounts controlled by the attacker. [.].

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

BeyondTrust provides Privileged Access Management and secure remote access, serving sectors like government, healthcare, banking, and energy. .” The Treasury Department discovered the security breach on December 8th from its vendor BeyondTrust , according to a letter to lawmakers.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 24, 2024

For the first time since news broke about a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, the company has released details about the data stolen during the attack. First, a quick refresher: On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to a cyberattack.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Healthcare company Atrium Health disclosed a data breach that impacted 585,000 individuals. These compromised accounts contained sensitive information on patients and employees, including Social Security numbers, bank account details, access credentials, and treatment/diagnosis information.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Bank, JP Morgan Chase, PNC and Citigroup, to name a few.” The latest Ryuk victim is Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune 500 hospital and healthcare services provider that operates more than 400 facilities in the U.S. Both ransomware families have been used in some of the most damaging and costly malware incidents to date.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 24, 2025

Organizations—especially those in critical infrastructure sectors like energy, healthcare, and finance—should remain alert for signs of wiper malware, espionage campaigns, and mobile surveillance activity. RELATED: Israel–Iran Conflict Escalates in Cyberspace: Banks and Crypto Hit, Internet Cut ]

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2025

This multi-layered security approach becomes especially crucial as AI systems take on more autonomous decision-making roles in critical domains such as healthcare, finance, and public safety. We must ensure integrity and reliability at every level of the stack.

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Hot for Security

MAY 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has said in a flash announcement that the Conti ransomware group is responsible for at least 16 attacks targeting US healthcare and first responder networks within the last year.

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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. Prepare for hard battles ahead. ransomware and phishing scams).

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Whether it's financial institutions, healthcare providers, or e-commerce platforms, organizations are prime targets for hackers seeking sensitive data or financial gain. Finance and Banking Financial institutions are prime targets for cyberattacks due to the sensitive nature of the data they hold.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The New York Blood Center faced a ransomware attack on Sunday, forcing the healthcare organization to reschedule appointments. The New York Blood Center (NYBC) is a community, nonprofit blood bank based in New York City. In July 2024, OneBlood, a non-profit blood bank serving over 300 U.S. in New York.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Once the passwords are sold, the new, malicious owners will attempt to use individual passwords for a variety of common online accountstesting whether, say, an email account password is the same one used for a victims online banking system, their mortgage payment platform, or their Social Security portal.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In April 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published research showing that a shocking number of organizations — including banks, healthcare providers and state and local governments — were leaking private and sensitive data thanks to misconfigured Salesforce installations. “One minor screw up there can produce hilarious results.”

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Here are some of the most likely targets for access to consumer data: Healthcare organizations : Healthcare companies are a prime target for cybercrime due to the large amounts of sensitive data they store, which includes personal information and medical records.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2025

This article uses differential privacy in healthcare, finance, and government data analytics to explore the mathematical foundation, implementation strategies, and real-world applications of differential privacy. Data protection in healthcare, finance, and government requires differential privacy rather than pseudonymization.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Widely adopted from healthcare to law enforcement, it can deliver secure, accurate authentication even when the user is wearing a mask; it prevents unauthorized access that can now be done by compromising devices we use as a second factor of authentication. This is because it relies on biometric features that can’t be shared.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Canada Province’s Privacy Commissioner has issued a statement that the healthcare sector in the region was facing immense threats related to identity theft. Province Privacy Commissioner Harvey is urging the populace to keep a tab on their banking information and be vigilant about any unusual activity taking place in their bank statements.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 20, 2022

Organizations that have utilized encryption to protect healthcare information within their possession, for example, could become flagrant violators of HIPAA and face stiff penalties for simply allowing existing backups to remain as is within storage facilities.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2025

Medusind is a company that provides medical billing, coding, and revenue cycle management (RCM) services to healthcare organizations, including medical practices, dental practices, and other providers. Medusind, a medical billing provider, disclosed a data breach that occurred in December 2023 and affected over 360,000 individuals.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 14, 2025

Critical infrastructure under siege: The healthcare and public health sector was the most targeted by ransomware attackers in 2023. domestic bank to finalize the closing. Upon notification, the Recovery Asset Team immediately initiated the process to freeze the fraudulent recipient bank account. billion in losses.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 1, 2022

In addition to the government, military, banking, and telecommunications sectors, Deep Panda is a suspected Chinese threat organization that has been known to target a wide range of businesses. Deep Panda is being held responsible for the infiltration into Anthem, a healthcare corporation.

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Zero Day

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Areas resistant to automation - like legal services and healthcare - are attracting novel applications that could even displace human workers, according to a Bank of America report.

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