Webroot

APRIL 5, 2024

From 2018 to 2023, healthcare data breaches have increased by 93 percent. And ransomware attacks have grown by 278 percent over the same period. Healthcare organizations can’t afford to let preventable breaches slip by. Globally, the average cost of a healthcare data breach has reached $10.93

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2023

Western Digital is notifying its customers of a data breach that exposed their sensitive personal information, the incident took place in March. In March 2022, Western Digital was hit by a ransomware attack and in response to the incident, it shut down several of its services.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

As if the scourge of ransomware wasn’t bad enough already: Several prominent purveyors of ransomware have signaled they plan to start publishing data stolen from victims who refuse to pay up. The message displayed at the top of the Maze Ransomware public shaming site. Follow the news!”

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Cost of a Machine Identity Data Breach with Yahoo! Consequences from the Yahoo Data Breach. Though it’s easy to focus on the cost of a data breach, the ramifications of Yahoo!’s s breach were vast and equally as destructive. accounts and other important data were targeted, Yahoo! billion to $4.48

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The City of Dallas, Texas, was hit by a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down some of its IT systems. The IT systems at the City of Dallas, Texas, have been targeted by a ransomware attack. However, CBS News Texas obtained an image the ransomware note dropped by the malware on the infected systems. Source J.D.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang’s internal operations. It continues: “Prior to deploying the ransomware, Snatch threat actors were observed spending up to three months on a victim’s system.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2023

Satellite TV giant Dish Network disclosed a data breach after the February ransomware attack and started notifying impacted individuals. In early February, the company admitted that the outage was caused by a ransomware attack. In early February, the company admitted that the outage was caused by a ransomware attack.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks. Ransomware attacks almost doubled during 2021 over 2020, according to Sophos State of Ransomware 2022 report, affecting 66% of businesses, up from 37%. They have also become increasingly proficient at encrypting data. The average cost of a ransomware attack is $4.54

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 15, 2023

Rubrik, the cybersecurity giant, confirmed a data breach. GoAnywhere is a secure data transfer business solution for encrypted files. The announcement comes after the Clop ransomware published a sample of the stolen data.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

•Social security number •Passport number •Driver’s license •Credit card information •Biometric data (fingerprint, eye scan, facial recognition data) •Health records Bruggeman When demographic information and sensitive information are combined and then inappropriately disclosed, you end up with a data disclosure incident or a data breach.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 19, 2019

Cloud hosting provider iNSYNQ says it is trying to recover from a ransomware attack that shut down its network and has left customers unable to access their accounting data for the past three days. “The attack impacted data belonging to certain iNSYNQ clients, rendering such data inaccessible,” the company said.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

That was followed by a wave of successful ransomware attacks in which attackers targeted healthcare patient date, encrypted that data, and then demanded a ransom to supply a decryption key. Since those attack surges, the healthcare industry has done much to defend direct data breaches, and to repel ransomware attacks.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2023

Ransomware has gone through several game-changing milestones over the course of its decade-long evolution. In 2013, extortionists added encryption to their genre and started locking down victims' files instead of screens or web browsers. Encryption-less" extortion has since created ripples in the ransomware circles.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. The FBI recently published a warning stating that ransomware gang OnePercent Group has been attacking companies in the US since November 2020. Ransomware is then downloaded and the breach is underway. How to spot their scam and protect yourself.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2020

Xerox Corporation is the last victim of the Maze ransomware operators, hackers have encrypted its files and threaten of releasing them. Maze ransomware operators have breached the systems of the Xerox Corporation and stolen files before encrypting them. Blog Link) [link] — Cyble (@AuCyble) June 30, 2020.

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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. And when a breach happens, it creates financial burdens and affects regulatory compliance.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

New version includes 11 important security patches Lightning Framework, modular Linux malware Malware spent months hoovering up credit card details from 300 US restaurants Lock down your Neopets account: Data breach being investigated Demo: Your data has been encrypted! And it did.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

The number-one reported motive for a cyber breach is financial gain, and ransomware 3.0 In Australia, the threat of ransomware attacks has been growing, with the Australian economy reportedly losing up to $2.59 In the final instalment of this series, we cover the rise of ransomware 3.0 The Rise of Ransomware 3.0

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Graham Cluley

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has confirmed that it is continuing to respond to an ongoing ransomware attack that has encrypted files, disrupted systems and seen 1.2 GB of data stolen by cybercriminals. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

BlackCat (aka ALPHV) Ransomware gang introduced an advanced search by stolen victim’s passwords, and confidential documents. Resecurity (USA), a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 companies, has detected a significant increase in the value of ransom demand requests by the notorious Blackcat ransomware gang.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

Lock down your Neopets account: Data breach being investigated. Demo: Your data has been encrypted! Stopping ransomware attacks with Malwarebytes EDR. T-Mobile agrees to pay customers $350 million in settlement over data breach. Simplifying the fight against ransomware: An expert explains.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Though in recent weeks ransomware has firmly been in the forefront of people’s minds, the first documented instance of what we now know as ransomware dates back to Dr. Joseph Popp in 1989. This raises the question, why is ransomware in such clear focus now? Because we’ve all had enough of it.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The number of ransomware attacks has increased by 18% , while the worldwide volume of phishing attacks doubled to 500 million in 2022. billion to data breaches and cybercrime. billion to data breaches and cybercrime. Here are two tools that can protect your data: 1. Cybercrime is on the rise.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 18, 2023

Ransomware activity stayed at steady levels throughout 2022’s fourth quarter (Q4 2022). Since we bid farewell to ever-present groups like Conti, the world of ransomware has remained a game of whack-a-mole: For every group that disappears, there are always several waiting in the shadows to replace it. The 707 tippers mark a 6.5%

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2024

Moreover, since political confrontation now inherently includes cyber-elements, some data breach attacks also occurred amid ongoing conflicts, such as the Israeli-Hamas conflict. For example, the group Cyber Toufan was reported to have claimed dozens of data breaches against Israeli firms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Did you know that human error is the main culprit of 95% of data breaches ? Many people still don’t realize the dangers of phishing, malware, ransomware, unpatched software, and weak passwords. Given that the average cost of a data breach is $3.86

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Payroll software provider Apex Human Capital Management suffered a ransomware attack this week that severed payroll management services for hundreds of the company’s customers for nearly three days. The company declined to specify how much was paid or what strain of ransomware was responsible for the attack. Roswell, Ga.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In January, KrebsOnSecurity examined clues left behind by “ Wazawaka ,” the hacker handle chosen by a major ransomware criminal in the Russian-speaking cybercrime scene. The other handle that appeared tied to Wazawaka was “Orange,” the founder of the RAMP ransomware forum.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 1, 2018

The cyber community is often reminded of past events such as large-scale data breaches and vicious cyberattacks that caused mass destruction and caught the publics’ attention. The devastation caused by these two aggressive ransomware attacks continue to plague businesses.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Thanks to the emergence of today’s hybrid and multi-cloud environments and factors like remote work, ransomware attacks continue to permeate each industry. From there, they can encrypt data, execute a ransomware attack and more.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2022

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

Careful planning and forward-thinking security is the best way to protect your most precious asset – your data – either while it is in transit or at rest. Whether the data breach is from stolen identities or human error, privacy breaches of unencrypted data can result in severe penalties under data protection regulations such as GDPR or CCPA.

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Webroot

JANUARY 13, 2021

Maze ransomware, which made our top 10 list for Nastiest Malware of 2020 (not to mention numerous headlines throughout the last year), was officially shut down in November of 2020. In fact, shortly before the shutdown, Maze accounted for an estimated 12% of all successful ransomware attacks. At least,” he amends, “for now.”.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Verizon just released its 14th edition of the Verizon Data Breach Incident Report (DBIR) covering 2020’s foray into cybersecurity. Most of the top incident threats mirror last year’s report, with an increase in phishing, ransomware and credential theft in the wake of the worldwide pandemic and workforce’s rapid adoption of remote work.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

On March 22, Microsoft confirmed a substantial breach by the LAPSUS$ hacking group. In a blog post detailing its efforts to track and contain the breach, Microsoft described LAPSUS$ as a “large scale social engineering and extortion campaign.” Mid-March, popular game developer Ubisoft reported a data breach.

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