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News alert: INE Security spotlights healthcare companies facing rising exposure to costly breaches

The Last Watchdog

24, 2025, CyberNewswire – – INE Security , a global provider of cybersecurity training and certification, today announced its initiative to spotlight the increasing cyber threats targeting healthcare institutions. Recent reports show healthcare has endured a record wave of cyber breaches. Cary, NC, Mar.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why penetration testing has become a ‘must-have’ security practice

The Last Watchdog

Let us run you through the various aspects of penetration testing, or pen test, and why it is a critical component to protect a company’s network. A pen test is a simulated cyber attack on your systems to identify the loopholes that hackers can exploit. An annual pen test can streamline compliance.

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Recent Cyber Attacks: Trends, Tactics, and Countermeasures

Hacker's King

In the digital age, cyber-attacks are a growing concern for individuals, businesses, and governments worldwide. These attacks are becoming more sophisticated, targeted, and damaging, threatening data privacy, financial stability, and national security. The rise of AI-generated content has made these attacks even more convincing.

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Case Study: High Security Architecture for Healthcare Networks

Security Boulevard

Cyber attacks against the healthcare industry continue to rise. The recent cautionary tale of the University of Vermont Health Network’s ransomware scare is but one example of how attackers are ramping up to steal data and disrupt services. Their story is an example for other healthcare systems to follow.

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FBI: Millions in Losses resulted from attacks against Healthcare payment processors

Security Affairs

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. The attacker stole $3.1 million payments.

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Penetration Testing: What is it?

NetSpi Executives

Table of Contents What is penetration testing? How penetration testing is done How to choose a penetration testing company How NetSPI can help Penetration testing enables IT security teams to demonstrate and improve security in networks, applications, the cloud, hosts, and physical locations.

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Breach of healthcare debt collection firm exposes 1.9M patients – cyber experts weigh in

CyberSecurity Insiders

The Professional Finance Company, PFC, suffered a ransomware attack on February 26 and on July 1 confirmed that over 650 healthcare providers were affected by the breach. According to a notice from PFC, attackers stole confidential patient information including patient names, addresses, and outstanding account balances. .