Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

Data breaches 88

Data breaches DDOS Artificial Intelligence Ransomware 88

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

Upgrade it now! Unfaithful HackerOne employee steals bug reports to claim additional bounties Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2022 CISA orders federal agencies to patch CVE-2022-26925 by July 22 Tens of Jenkins plugins are affected by zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft: Raspberry Robin worm already infected hundreds of networks.

Cybercrime 84

Cybercrime Data breaches Ransomware Healthcare 84

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to those few groups, their cybercriminal actions would never include organizations actively involved in healthcare, such as hospitals. Unfortunately, we have seen these type of disruptions in healthcare before. Over time, swatting has evolved from a dangerous type of prank to a cybercrime that can be ordered as a service.

Ransomware 76

Ransomware Passwords Backups Healthcare 76

Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2024

The healthcare organization notified law enforcement and hired third-party forensic and information technology experts to assist. The gang announced its has stolen Over 7 terabytes of medical confidentiality data valued at $250,000. “We purposely didn’t encrypt this hospital so as not to interfere with patient care.

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Ransomware Healthcare Encryption Cyber Attacks 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Multiple supply chains potentially impacted Bulgaria hit by a cyber attack originating from Russia Interpol arrested 75 members of the cybercrime ring Black Axe 45,654 VMware ESXi servers reached End of Life on Oct.

Data breaches 65

Data breaches Retail Ransomware Cybercrime 65

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

While investigating a data breach suffered by a healthcare organization, FBI accidentally revealed that it believes that the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine. ” reads the notice of data breach published by the Oregon Anesthesiology Group. “Oregon Anesthesiology Group, P.C.

Ransomware 88

Ransomware Data breaches DDOS Healthcare 88

Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2024

The hospital provides a range of medical services and healthcare facilities to the local community and surrounding areas. The LockBit ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack and on May 1st published stolen confidential data after the hospital refused to pay the ransom.

Cyber Attacks 111

Cyber Attacks Ransomware Healthcare Media 111

Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The City is investigating the scope of the incident with the help of law enforcement, at this time has yet to disclose details on the incident, including the ransomware family that hit its systems and if there is a data breach. However, CBS News Texas obtained an image the ransomware note dropped by the malware on the infected systems.

Ransomware 92

Ransomware Healthcare Education Encryption 92

Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

The BianLian ransomware emerged in August 2022, the malware was employed in attacks against organizations in various industries, including manufactoring, media and entertainment, and healthcare. Security experts noticed that the Go-based ransomware was able to encrypt files at high speeds. ” reads the post published by Avast.

Ransomware 91

Ransomware Malware Antivirus Encryption 91

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The attack disrupted services at several Irish hospitals and resulted in the near complete shutdown of the HSE’s national and local networks, forcing the cancellation of many outpatient clinics and healthcare services. To get up to speed, I interviewed over a dozen of the healthcare security industry’s best and brightest minds.

Healthcare 268

Healthcare Ransomware Antivirus Software 268

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For example, #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, celebrating its 20th anniversary this October, aims to empower people and organizations across every sector to protect critical assets against cybercrime. For example, 37% of the Thales survey respondents are not confident they know where their sensitive data is stored. And only a mere 2.6%

Energy and Utilities 77

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Technology 77

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The command-and-control beacons allowed Royal to prepare the City’s network resources for the May 03, 2023, ransomware encryption attack.” The Royal ransomware is written in C++, it infected Windows systems and deletes all Volume Shadow Copies to prevent data recovery. ” continues the report.

Ransomware 104

Ransomware Surveillance Healthcare Accountability 104

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Still, because of the overwhelming pressure the healthcare sector suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they were left more vulnerable to cybercrime. The Revere Health data breach was small scale compared to the 2020 MEDNAX data breach. The data of over 1.2

Phishing 124

Phishing Healthcare Data breaches Cyber Attacks 124

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of fake warnings of cyberattacks sent from a hacked FBI email server GravityRAT returns disguised as an end-to-end encrypted chat app Intel and AMD address high severity vulnerabilities in products and drivers New evolving Abcbot DDoS botnet targets Linux systems Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed (..)

Spyware 53

Spyware Data breaches Ransomware Retail 53

Malwarebytes

APRIL 27, 2021

According to the company, its password manager is used by more than 29,000 customers across the industries of banking, retail, manufacturing, education, healthcare, government, aerospace, and more. That estimate may increase though, said Click Studios, as it continues to investigate. That attack, which resulted in an $18.5

Password Management 86

Password Management Passwords Malware Retail 86

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Potentially exposed data includes names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information. The attack hit the Kronos Private Cloud service used to host multiple cloud applications, including Banking Scheduling Solutions, Healthcare Extensions, UKG?TeleStaff, TeleStaff, and UKG Workforce Central. “UKG Inc.,

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Healthcare Banking Encryption 83

BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Remember the Marriott and BA data breach cases that came to public attention within weeks of each other in 2019? An attacker calling themselves ‘ransom_man’ published 300 treatment records originally belonging to Vastaamo, a healthcare provider, on Tor. Here’s the blog we wrote about it last year. Another fine mess?

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Ransomware Risk Cyber Risk 52

Digital Shadows

JANUARY 18, 2023

Data-Leak Extortionists Are Here to Stay Data-leak extortionists solely use data exfiltration to squeeze ransom payments from victims, whereas ransomware groups do that and more: stealing, encrypting and posting sensitive data (aka double extortion). Can you see where those facts are heading?

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Accountability Healthcare Data breaches 40

Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, ransomware has increased by 13% over the previous year — a jump greater than the last five years combined. A big target on the healthcare industry The healthcare industry is particularly vulnerable to malicious attacks such as Ransomware 3.0. Ransomware 3.0

Ransomware 94

Ransomware Healthcare Phishing Authentication 94

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

According to the “ The State of Ransomware in the US: Report and Statistics 2022 ” report published by Emsisoft, the number of ransomware attacks against government, education and healthcare sector organizations is quite similar to the number of attacks in previous years. 25 healthcare providers operating 290 hospitals.

Government 87

Government Ransomware Healthcare Education 87

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Overall cybercrime costs are expected to reach $10.5 Additionally, the company has expanded its partnership network into regional markets such as France and Brazil, as well as verticals such as healthcare. The Privafy product was designed to secure “data-in-motion.” billion in funding in 2020. Ubiq Security.

Cybersecurity 109

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Threat Detection Marketing 109

Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Whether it is synchronized files from on-premises to cloud environments or the risk of encryption of cloud email, ransomware is a real threat to your data. In IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2019 cited the following: Lost business is the biggest contributor to data breach costs The average cost of lost business in 2019 was $1.42

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Backups Data breaches Encryption 52

Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

Here’s a closer look at the DarkSide cybercrime gang, as seen through their negotiations with a recent U.S. From today we introduce moderation and check each company that our partners want to encrypt to avoid social consequences in the future.” victim that earns $15 billion in annual revenue. Image: Intel 471.

Ransomware 363

Ransomware Advertising Healthcare Penetration Testing 363

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.

Marketing 107

Marketing Cryptocurrency Malware Ransomware 107

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

Data breaches 88

Data breaches Ransomware Hacking Financial Services 88