SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Ransomware Targets Critical Infrastructure: Ransomware attacks will increasingly focus on critical infrastructure, including healthcare, utilities, and transportation, leading to potentially catastrophic consequences. Identity theft will evolve: Stolen identities will fuel new fraud schemes, like creating crypto accounts in victims names.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2025

The Morocco National Social Security Fund (CNSS), or Caisse Nationale de Scurit Sociale, is a public institution responsible for managing the compulsory social security plan for salaried employees in Morocco’s private sector, covering healthcare, disability, and retirement benefits.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Alarmingly, the database also held sensitive data from banking institutions, healthcare providers, and government portals. Account takeovers (ATOs) : With access to login details, attackers can hijack accounts, leading to identity theft or financial fraud.

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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. The post Health Care Sector facing Identity theft threat in Canada Provinces appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ngo was recently deported back to his home country after serving more than seven years in prison for running multiple identity theft services. One of the names of his identity theft services was findget[.]me,” He now says he wants to use his experience to convince other cybercriminals to use their skills for good.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Synthetic Identity Theft: What It Is and How It Works IdentityIQ You work hard to protect your identity. But despite your diligence, there’s a form of identity theft that’s becoming increasingly prevalent and is notoriously difficult to detect — synthetic identity theft.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2021

Department of Justice announced that Swiss hacker Till Kottmann, 21, has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. A group of US hackers recently claimed to have gained access to footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, healthcare clinics, and prominent organizations.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This drives public awareness of the risks associated with identity theft. As a result, many people rush to protect themselves by subscribing to services that offer credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and fraud alerts. Governments can create a digital identity at birth to replace SSN in its current use.

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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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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2024

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: PikaBot malware on the rise: What organizations need to know Malicious meeting invite fix targets Mac users Pig butchering scams, how they work and how to avoid them Airbnb scam sends you to a fake Tripadvisor site, takes your money Facebook bug could have allowed attacker to take over accounts Stopping a targeted attack (..)

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SC Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

Healthcare has become one of the areas where we feel this friction the most. Despite the heightened privacy and security concerns of healthcare, there are enormous opportunities to better integrate our unique digital identities into the healthcare process and reduce many of these concerns.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

LockBit breached the Community Healthcare Clinic of Maui as they are still rebuilding from the devastating fire last year. The clinic operates with a mission to deliver culturally sensitive healthcare, emphasizing education, prevention, and advocacy regardless of patients’ ability to pay.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 25, 2023

Before You Begin Filing: Protect Yourself from Tax-Related Identity Theft and Scams As digital technologies evolve, we often turn to tax software and other platforms to make our lives easier when filing our taxes. A report from Fornuly found that about 33% of people in the United States have experienced some form of identity theft.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

Located in Broward County, Florida, Broward Health currently operates more than 30 healthcare facilities. The healthcare system discovered the security breach on October 19, and reported the incident to local authorities, it also hired a third-party cybersecurity expert to help with the investigations. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Canadian healthcare organization Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) has disclosed a data breach affecting client data. As we have mentioned before , identity theft is a serious problem, especially when it affects children. Countermeasures BORN states that there are no additional steps you need to take.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Other services impacted by the incident include Healthcare Extensions, UKG TeleStaff, and Banking Scheduling Solutions. A few important things to remember: Keep a close eye on your banking and eMoney accounts. Use the activity alerts that some banks offer. Don’t pay for identity theft protection services.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. This has left victims scrambling to understand the extent of the damage and how to help protect themselves against the evolving threat of identity theft. Protecting yourself from the damages of data breaches and identity theft is paramount.

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SC Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

The compromised information was highly sensitive and varied by individual, including Social Security numbers, bank account and routing numbers, member identification numbers, taxpayer identification, contact details, and other data. The impacted server also contained the data of health care providers and plan producers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2022

As we ring in the new year, I asked my colleagues from around the Digital Identity & Security business to share their thoughts about the technologies that will shape 2022. . Of course, keeping patient data private and secure is paramount as connected healthcare takes off.?. Increased adoption of identity wallets for citizens

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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. They have large student populations with fresh credit histories, plus alumni and employee data. It goes deeper.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Both data privacy and data security play a critical role in helping prevent identity theft, and adopting strong practices in both areas is essential for keeping your personal information safe. IdentityIQ is committed to helping members stay secure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 29, 2022

Second is the news related to Baton Rouge General Health System (GHS), a healthcare service provider that disclosed yesterday that it was hit by a cyber attack in June this year leaking patient details to hackers.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 5, 2024

AI voice cloning enables stunningly realistic impersonation, posing critical fraud and identity theft risks. The recent United Healthcare breach , where hackers claim to have stolen vast amounts of sensitive information including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and medical records, illustrates this risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 10, 2023

This is especially alarming for industries that conduct high-value transactions online, such as banking, healthcare, government, etc., because a person’s most critical information could potentially be exposed. Following such awareness, security needs to be interwoven into all choices application providers are making.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Banks, financial services, and insurance companies are especially vulnerable to fraud due to their access to large amounts of money and sensitive information for customers and employees alike. The healthcare industry is a similarly high-value target thanks to the incredibly sensitive personal details they keep on patients and customers.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

These new attacks affect everything from private citizens and businesses to government systems; healthcare organizations; public services; and food, water, and fuel supply chains. Crimeware is a type of malware that cyber criminals use to commit identity theft or gain financial information to execute transactions.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 17, 2024

The Future of Identity Verification: From Blockchain to Biometrics IdentityIQ Identity verification is a security tool that can help protect individuals and organizations from digital threats, identity theft, and more by limiting access only to authorized persons. This is already common practice with cryptocurrency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 30, 2021

It’s possible that the thieves accessed files containing direct deposit bank account information as well, but McMenamins does not have a clear indication they did so. We’re devastated our people need to do so, but we’re urging them to vigilantly monitor their accounts and healthcare information for anything unusual.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

From data protection laws like GDPR to sector-specific mandates like HIPAA (healthcare) or SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act for publicly traded companies), this type of compliance ensures that organizations meet statutory requirements. HIPAA (healthcare privacy in the U.S.). Regulatory compliance is not optionalits the cost of doing business.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Data breaches caused by weak security measures and procedures result in severe monetary losses, erosion of clients’ trust, and irreversible reputation damage to organizations in the healthcare, financial services, technology, and retail industries, as well as government and public sector entities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It was enacted to prevent and mitigate identity theft, provide notice of security breaches, and enhance law enforcement assistance. Finally, the HIPPA Act only applies to healthcare, setting standard protection measures for personal information stored by the healthcare industry. citizens during any 12 months.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2022

94% of our customers would recommend Delphix, with one $10-30 billion banking customer calling our Continuous Compliance data masking solution the “ Ultimate Solution For All Data Masking Challenges.”. Delphix’s work with Molina Healthcare exemplifies our platform’s ability to solve multiple DevOps TDM issues for our customers.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

All patients will receive complimentary identity monitoring, fraud consultation and identity theft restoration services. Reproductive Biology ransomware attack results in data theft, exposure. No financial account or credit card information was compromised.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In sectors like healthcare, AI is flagging tumors and other irregularities on X-rays and MRIs. In industries like high finance and banking, artificial intelligence is shaping lending and investment decisions and – of course – being used to spot illegal or suspicious behavior before it becomes costly.

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Identity IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Importance of Family Identity Theft Protection IdentityIQ In today’s interconnected world, your family’s digital footprint grows every time you click, post, or shop online. million American children were victims of identity fraud last year? million American children were victims of identity fraud last year?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Firms handling sensitive data or those subject to strict compliance requirements should opt for device-bound passkeys to prevent phishing, man-in-the-middle attacks, and other types of identity theft. When convenience is the priority, synced passkeys are ideal for internal apps or services that don’t handle critical information.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Firms handling sensitive data or those subject to strict compliance requirements should opt for device-bound passkeys to prevent phishing, man-in-the-middle attacks, and other types of identity theft. When convenience is the priority, synced passkeys are ideal for internal apps or services that don’t handle critical information.

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