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Change Healthcare data breach impacted over 100 million people

Security Affairs

On February 21, a cyber attack disrupted IT operation of the healthcare organization, more than 100 Change Healthcare applications were impacted. “Change Healthcare can confirm we are experiencing a cybersecurity issue perpetrated by a cybercrime threat actor who has represented itself to us as ALPHV/Blackcat.”

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Change Healthcare data breach exposed the private data of over half the U.S.

Security Affairs

On February 21, a cyber attack disrupted IT operation of the healthcare organization, and more than 100 Change Healthcare applications were impacted. Change Healthcare can confirm we are experiencing a cybersecurity issue perpetrated by a cybercrime threat actor who has represented itself to us as ALPHV/Blackcat.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Richard Staynings

SecureWorld News

I guess my writing in a notebook illuminated by little more than a candle upriver in a longhouse in the Borneo jungle, or in a mountain cabin in the Himalayas was good training for the books and papers I write today, though perhaps not as exciting. This year, cybercrime is expected to cost $10.3 Today, Cybercrime Inc.

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FBI Warning: AI-Driven Impersonation Attacks Target U.S. Officials

SecureWorld News

The FBI's IC3 released its 2024 Internet Crime Report earlier this month, announcing a record-breaking year in cybercrime. AI-driven attacks impersonating senior U.S. Report suspicious activity: Enco urage reporting of any suspicious communications to appropriate security teams and to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

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Cybersecurity, why a hotline number could be important?

Security Affairs

The creation of a dedicated emergency number for cybersecurity could provide an effective solution to this rapidly growing challenge The growing threat of cybercrime is calling for new and innovative defense strategies. First, it would ensure an immediate point of contact for those who find themselves victims of a cyber attack.

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AUTHOR Q&A: China’s spy balloons reflect a cyber warfare strategy America must counter

The Last Watchdog

The attack surface of company networks is as expansive and porous as ever. Related: Preparing for ‘quantum’ hacks That being so, a new book, Fixing American Cybersecurity , could be a long overdue stake in the ground. On the other hand, our cyber systems are attacked all day, every day.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 476 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

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