SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2025

These comforts keep the dark economy humming even as sites vanish in exit scams or police takedowns. We're facing a new era of cybercrime fueled by malware-as-a-service (MaaS), and ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). Vigilance, coupled with timely intelligence, remains the best bargaining chip in the fight against cybercrime.

Phishing

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Revelations linked Chinese intelligence to contractors, Russian GRU officers to data destruction, and Iranian APTs to cybercrime collaboration. As a result, sectors like healthcare and energy are adopting breach-ready defenses, emphasizing microsegmentation to contain impacts and ensure resilience. If the U.S.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Chinese cyber spies targeted phones used by Trump and Vance Irish Data Protection Commission fined LinkedIn €310M for GDPR infringement Change Healthcare data breach impacted over 100 million people OnePoint Patient Care data breach impacted 795916 individuals From Risk Assessment to Action: Improving Your DLP Response U.S.

Data breaches

We Live Security

AUGUST 12, 2025

For example, the cyber-incident suffered by Change Healthcare , a health data processing firm, stopped medical services being provided across practices and hospitals. This isn’t mere speculation – there are real-world examples of cyberattacks that have caused this type of disruption.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Richard Staynings is a renowned thought leader, author, public speaker, and advocate for improved cybersecurity across the Healthcare and Life Sciences industry. I also enjoy tackling new challenges like how to secure the growing internet of things and particularly the healthcare internet of things. Today, Cybercrime Inc.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Expect to see AI-enabled phishing campaigns, deepfake scams, and automated attacks grow in complexity. Ransomware Targets Critical Infrastructure: Ransomware attacks will increasingly focus on critical infrastructure, including healthcare, utilities, and transportation, leading to potentially catastrophic consequences.

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Trend Micro

JUNE 10, 2025

6 Alerts Back Unread All Inside the criminal mind: Trend’s deep dive into cybercrime. Under Attack? close Read report > Cloud security that leads: Centralized, multi-layered protection now named a CNAPP Leader by IDC.

Cyber Risk

Trend Micro

JULY 2, 2025

6 Alerts Back Unread All Inside the criminal mind: Trend’s deep dive into cybercrime. Under Attack? close Read report > Cloud security that leads: Centralized, multi-layered protection now named a CNAPP Leader by IDC.

Cyber Risk

Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2025

Tech Support Scam, Arrests Key Operatives in Noida Call Center BaitTrap – The rise of baiting news sites behind online investment fraud FBI Atlanta Seizes Major Video Game Piracy Websites GLOBAL GROUP: Emerging Ransomware-as-a-Service, Supporting AI Driven Negotiation and Mobile Control Panel for Their Affiliates Former U.S.

Data breaches

Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. In the third week of February, a cyber intrusion at Change Healthcare began shutting down important healthcare services as company systems were taken offline. There are indications that U.S.

Healthcare

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to the latest figures (PDF) released by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the reported losses from BEC scams continue to dwarf other cybercrime loss categories, increasing to $1.86 All lines of business except for: – Healthcare. billion in 2020. Image: FBI. – Canada. – Australia.

Ransomware

Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2020

These restrictions have created a burgeoning underground market for reshipping scams, which rely on willing or unwitting residents in the United States and Europe — derisively referred to as “ reshipping mules ” — to receive and relay high-dollar stolen goods to crooks living in the embargoed areas.

Cybercrime

SecureWorld News

MARCH 7, 2024

The unprecedented cyberattack on healthcare giant Change Healthcare has taken a chaotic turn, with allegations that the prolific BlackCat ransomware gang conducted an "exit scam"—shutting down operations after receiving a $22 million ransom payment from the company without paying their own affiliate hacker.

Healthcare

SecureWorld News

MARCH 6, 2024

The unprecedented cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a major revenue cycle management firm, has thrown the U.S. healthcare system into disarray. Menlo Security's Ngoc Bui alleged the attack is linked to the prolific BlackCat ransomware gang, speculating they pulled an "exit scam" after getting paid to avoid law enforcement.

Healthcare

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

When COVID-19 cases first began spiking in several countries, cybercriminals preyed upon people’s fears mercilessly, with an avalanche of coronavirus phishing emails and scams. And as people adapted to their “new normal,” scammers exploited their isolation with a resurgence in tech support scams.

Malware

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. But our visibility showed otherwise. Key trends.

Cybercrime

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

Ryan Dellone , a healthcare worker in Fresno, Calif., Rasch said it could be that Dellone’s stolen crypto was seized as part of a government asset forfeiture, but that either way there is no reason Uncle Sam should hold some cybercrime victims’ life savings indefinitely. asserts that thieves stole his bitcoin on Dec.

Cryptocurrency

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

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

These scams rely on the failure of a subordinate employee to recognize a cleverly spoofed email directive. BEC campaigns accounted for an estimated $26 billion in cybercrime-related losses reported to the FBI over a three year period. No arrests have been made. The FBI refers to this type of grift as Business Email Compromise, or BEC.

Scams

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Once payments are collected from the victims, they make previously created resources vanish and set up the next new campaign – this is why investigators named the group “Digital Smoke” According to the latest report by FTC released last week called “The Top Scams of 2022” people reported losing $8.8

Scams

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

April 14 – Crooks target Healthcare facilities involved in Coronavirus containment with Ransomware. April 14 – FTC says $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams. Consumer reports received since January 2020 revealed that that approximately $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams, FTC says.

Scams

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

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

Related: Coronavirus scams leverage email As we get deeper into dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, the need for authorities and experts to communicate reliably and effectively with each other, as well as to the general public, is vital. I agree wholeheartedly with Levin on this, as I imagine most folks would.

Social Engineering

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns of attacks against IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported that threat actors are carrying out attacks against IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector.

Social Engineering

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

million Australians who used the MediSecure prescription delivery service during the approximate period of March 2019 to November 2023 are impacted by this Incident based on individuals’ healthcare identifiers. The company warns that the stolen data can be used to carry out scams, phishing attacks, and identity theft against Australians.

Data breaches

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

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Data breaches

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2024

GootLoader is still active and efficient Hackers stole OpenAI secrets in a 2023 security breach Hackers leak 170k Taylor Swift’s ERAS Tour Barcodes Polyfill.io GootLoader is still active and efficient Hackers stole OpenAI secrets in a 2023 security breach Hackers leak 170k Taylor Swift’s ERAS Tour Barcodes Polyfill.io

Data breaches

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. There are dozens if not hundreds of types of scams out there, but we’re going to focus on the scams most likely to affect a business, such as phishing or business email compromise (BEC). In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 costing an estimated $18.88

Social Engineering

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. Local governments, small and medium-sized businesses, large international corporations, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions are the common targets. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day.

Ransomware

SecureWorld News

MAY 20, 2020

At the start of COVID-19, much of cybersecurity focused on a rise in attacks against the healthcare industry. Now another significant cybercrime target is emerging: state unemployment benefit systems. Hackers scam Washington State's unemployment insurance. Most mules seem to have [been involved in] romance scams.".

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2020

From vulnerabilities in remote work solutions , to online retail fraud , to hackers profiting from the pandemic through phishing scams and healthcare cyberattacks , SecureWorld has revealed the increased digital threat posed by this worldwide crisis. And the Secret Service hopes to mitigate complex cyber-enabled financial crimes.

Cybercrime

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

According to a recent analysis conducted by Freshbooks on the rise of Covid scams, email remains one of the most vulnerable outlets for cybercriminals. Still, because of the overwhelming pressure the healthcare sector suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they were left more vulnerable to cybercrime. The data of over 1.2

Phishing

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2023

Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers Russian APT BlueBravo targets diplomatic entities with GraphicalProton backdoor CoinsPaid blames North Korea-linked APT Lazarus for theft of $37M worth of cryptocurrency Monitor Insider Threats but Build Trust First Zimbra fixed actively exploited zero-day CVE-2023-38750 in ZCS DepositFiles exposed (..)

Surveillance

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The profile for a Maryann Robles claims to be the CISO at ExxonMobil: If you look in the About section, you'll notice it describes the person as "Deputy CISO of the world's largest health plan," which is interesting considering the use of the word deputy and that ExxonMobil is not a healthcare provider. of spam and scam.".

CISO

SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

the number of victims of healthcare data leaks grew by more than 1.5 It’s also important to keep in mind that certain wearables, like Apple Watch, don’t just track healthcare data, but also location and movements. Telehealth will remain an important topic in the healthcare sector for years to come. Conclusion.

Phishing

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This is also true for victims of cybercrimes, too. Other cyber scams where children's data can be vulnerable. With the rise in ransomware attacks on government and healthcare organizations, as well as schools, this will continue to be a significant challenge. Unfortunately, there is no perfect profile for a cybercriminal.

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