Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Today, we are showing readers just what that evolution looked like, in our State of Malware 2021 report. This report provides our most comprehensive analysis of last year’s malware trends, with breakdowns by malware category, malware type, operating system, region, industry, and more.

Malware 125

Malware Scams Spyware Healthcare 125

Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

On the 14th of May, the Health Service Executive (HSE) , Ireland’s publicly funded healthcare system, fell victim to a Conti ransomware attack, forcing the organization to shut down more than 80,000 affected endpoints and plunging them back to the age of pen and paper. ransomware and phishing scams). Adversary profile: Wizard Spider.

Healthcare 118

Healthcare Ransomware Encryption Passwords 118

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2023

TrickGate is a shellcode-based packer offered as a service to malware authors to avoid detection, CheckPoint researchers reported. TrickGate is a shellcode-based packer offered as a service, which is used at least since July 2016, to hide malware from defense programs. ” continues the report. ” concludes the report.

Malware 91

Malware Antivirus Manufacturing Healthcare 91

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

Malware 87

Malware Banking Healthcare Penetration Testing 87

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The impacted hospitals are Bluewater Health , Chatham-Kent Health Alliance , Erie Shores HealthCare , Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare , and Windsor Regional Hospital. The attackers also stole a “limited set” data from Erie Shoes HealthCare including 352 current and past employee social insurance numbers (SIN).

Ransomware 116

Ransomware Healthcare VPN Insurance 116

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2023

By Immanuel Chavoya, Emerging Threat Expert, SonicWall 2022 saw a shifting cybersecurity landscape as rising geopolitical conflicts brought new tactics, targets, and goals for cybercrime. In the wrong hands, AI tools like ChatGPT can be used to create convincing phishing emails, develop malicious code, and perform faster reconnaissance.

Cyber threats 127

Cyber threats Cybercrime Healthcare IoT 127

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp Spotify music converter TuneFab puts users at risk Cyber attacks hit the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania Russia-linked APT28 used new malware in a recent phishing campaign Clash of Clans gamers at risk while using third-party app New Version of Meduza (..)

Artificial Intelligence 105

Artificial Intelligence Cyber Attacks Malware Ransomware 105

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

North Korea has established a hacking group named APT43 to fund its cybercrime activities, aimed at advancing Pyongyang’s geopolitical interests. Since September 2021, the group of cyber criminals has shifted its focus to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

Hacking 105

Hacking Social Engineering Cryptocurrency Manufacturing 105

Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

Because Exotic Lily’s methods involved a lot of detail, they are believed to require a level of human interaction that is rather unusual for cybercrime groups focused on large scale operations. Initially, they were targeting specific industries such as IT, cybersecurity, and healthcare, but that focus has become less stringent.

Ransomware 100

Ransomware Malware Social Engineering Media 100

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

Judge ordered NSO Group to hand over the Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp Cybercrime BlackCat Ransomware Affiliate TTPs American Express credit cards EXPOSED in third-party vendor data breach – account numbers and names among details accessed in hack LockBit 3.0’S

Spyware 90

Spyware Data breaches Hacking Ransomware 90

Webroot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Cybercrime is on the rise. The number of ransomware attacks has increased by 18% , while the worldwide volume of phishing attacks doubled to 500 million in 2022. Depending on the size of the business, one-third to two-thirds of businesses suffer malware attacks in any given year. billion to data breaches and cybercrime.

Encryption 89

Encryption Cyber Insurance Cybercrime Phishing 89

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 89

Ransomware Passwords Backups Healthcare 89

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In October 2022, CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S. businesses, mainly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware operations. The threat actors obtained the VPN credentials through phishing attacks.

Hacking 121

Hacking VPN Ransomware Cybercrime 121

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The infection chain was divided into four stages : The malware was installed through a dropper, a program executed by opening an attachment to a deceptive e-mail, probably a fake pdf or doc file, or executed directly from the Internet, without user interaction, exploiting the exploit described in the point 4. The infection chain.

Malware 101

Malware Computers and Electronics Encryption Ransomware 101

eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. IT should never be the top expense for a healthcare organization. The costs, affected patients, and consequences continue to be tallied.

Healthcare 122

Healthcare Cybersecurity Backups Ransomware 122

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. Phishing complaints were reported over 300,000 times in 2021 to IC3, the only Internet crime to crack 100,000+ complaints. billion in reported losses.

Social Engineering 120

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 120

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Since August, FIN11 started targeting organizations in many industries, including defense, energy, finance, healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and transportation. Researchers from FireEye’s Mandiant observed FIN11 hackers using spear-phishing messages distributing a malware downloader dubbed FRIENDSPEAK.

Ransomware 130

Ransomware Malware Telecommunications Advertising 130

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 90

Cybercrime Data breaches Ransomware Healthcare 90

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

INTERPOL published the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, a report that analyzes evolution of cybercrime in Africa. A new report published by INTERPOL, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021 , sheds the light on cybercrime in Africa.

Cybercrime 76

Cybercrime Scams DDOS Banking 76

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They could be on the other side of the globe, part of a cybercrime regime that will never be discovered, much less brought to justice. Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. But the situation isn’t hopeless.

Ransomware 125

Ransomware Education Financial Services Phishing 125

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Surprisingly, not much has changed, and email is still a popular way to send malware. Even though many consider spam and phishing outdated techniques, they are still employed by cybercriminals today. million individuals was exposed after employees responded to a host of phishing emails. The data of over 1.2

Phishing 124

Phishing Healthcare Data breaches Cyber Attacks 124

SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Phishing attacks are going to become even more sophisticated, since a lot of basic tactics have already been tried this year, and businesses learned to repel those. We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side.

Cybersecurity 133

Cybersecurity Cyber Insurance Cybercrime IoT 133

SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

Critical Start today released its biannual Cyber Intelligence Report, featuring the top threats observed in the first half of 2023 and emerging cybersecurity trends impacting the healthcare, financial services, and state and local government industries. The new Beep malware is top of mind for organizations and individuals.

Cyber threats 71

Cyber threats Malware Phishing Penetration Testing 71

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S.

Ransomware 72

Ransomware VPN Cybercrime Accountability 72

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

. “More specifically, cracked versions of Cobalt Strike allow Defendants to gain control of their victim’s machine and move laterally through the connected network to find other victims and install malware. ” reads the court order. ” Example of an attack flow by threat actor DEV-0243. .” ” concludes the report.

Penetration Testing 87

Penetration Testing Ransomware Malware Hacking 87

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This analysis from Dirk Schrader, Vice President of Security Research, and Michael Paye, Vice President of Research and Development, is based on Netwrix’s global experience across a wide range of verticals, including technology, finance, manufacturing, government and healthcare. Vendor consolidation will continue gaining momentum.

Cybersecurity 116

Cybersecurity Cybercrime Social Engineering Firmware 116

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

April 14 – Crooks target Healthcare facilities involved in Coronavirus containment with Ransomware. PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. April 17 – Gmail blocked 18 Million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in a week.

Scams 106

Scams Malware Phishing Surveillance 106

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. The malware changes the extension of the encrypted files to ‘.royal’. ” reads the alert.

Ransomware 94

Ransomware Healthcare Antivirus Encryption 94

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2021

. “The FBI has identified, as of early November 2021 that Cuba ransomware actors have compromised at least 49 entities in five critical infrastructure sectors, including but not limited to the financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology sectors.” ” states the alert.

Ransomware 139

Ransomware Hacking Malware Encryption 139

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear. What people will eventually come to realize, the sooner the better, is that we will need to flatten the X factor represented by cybercrime.

Social Engineering 175

Social Engineering Cyber Attacks Scams Engineering 175

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

What is malware? The first real instance of malware occurred in the early 1970s — when BBN Technologies engineer Bob Thomas wrote the code behind the so-called “ Creeper worm.” Malware originally targeted computers themselves: logging keystrokes, stealing data, and spreading to other machines whenever possible. As many as 17.6

Small Business 52

Small Business Malware Data breaches Insurance 52

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to a blog post by Group-IB , the company detected and blocked malicious phishing emails originating from Tonto Team that were targeting its employees. The threat actor has been targeting government, military, energy, financial, educational, healthcare, and technology sector companies since 2009.

Phishing 101

Phishing Cybersecurity Healthcare Threat Detection 101

Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2020

“We’ve seen a massive rise in threats and attacks against healthcare systems, but it’s worse if someone dies due to a malicious cyberattack when we have the ability to prevent that. “I’ve never seen this volume of phishing,” Rogers told Reuters. “I ” SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC.

Cybersecurity 308

Cybersecurity Cyber threats Government Phishing 308

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

18, 2021, when an employee on a Windows computer opened a booby-trapped Microsoft Excel document in a phishing email that had been sent two days earlier. Also, most healthcare organizations in the United States are private companies that operate on razor-thin profit margins. Now this is in itself isn’t bad.

Healthcare 274

Healthcare Ransomware Antivirus Software 274

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2023

By Joe Fay Microsoft Demonstrates How KillNet Is Bad for Our Healthcare Sector Microsoft has highlighted a rise in DDoS attacks on healthcare organizations, mapping a three-fold increase in attacks over three months. The healthcare group apparently refused to pay up, and the group began leaking images.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Healthcare Scams Ransomware 52

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. Reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware and malware on CNI will be paramount to the stability of national economies for the years to come.

Energy and Utilities 77

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Technology 77

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4 Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4

Small Business 93

Small Business Password Management VPN Healthcare 93