Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

If a company you do business with becomes part of a data breach, cybercriminals may have full access to your confidential information. Unfortunately, data breaches are on the rise and affecting more companies and consumers than ever. billion people received notices that their information was exposed in a data breach.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The healthcare industry has poured vast resources into cybersecurity since 2015, when a surge of major breaches began. While the nature of these breaches has evolved over the last four years, the growth in total healthcare incidents has unfortunately continued unabated. Related: How to get of HIPAA hit list.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

At least 69,000 people have been impacted by a data breach at Kaiser Permanente, a long-running managed healthcare consortium. The latest in a long-running series of healthcare attacks, the road to stolen data began on April 5 this year with an email compromise. The direct path to data.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

The tech giant may have used this data for targeted advertising, according to Blue Shield, which is one of the largest health insurers in the US. In a data breach notice on its website, Blue Shield says it had begun notifying certain members of a potential data breach that may have included elements of their protected health information.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2024

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) tracked 1,041,312,601 data breach victims in Q2 2024, an increase of 1,170% over Q2 2023 (81,958,874 victims). Because both of these breaches were announced/updated in the second quarter of 2024 they have a huge impact on the numbers. 2FA that relies on a FIDO2 device can’t be phished.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2022

SuperCare Health, a California based healthcare firm that deals with patients suffering from respiratory ailments, has posted a data breach notice on its website. The post About 300,000 patient data leaked in data breach of SuperCare Health appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

UC San Diego Health, a California based healthcare service provider, reportedly suffered a data breach early this year, and it notified the 450,000 victims from September 7th, 2021. The post California Hospital data breach crisis deepens appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 27, 2025

They often arrive via phishing emails, malicious websites, or bundled with cracked software. The stolen credentials fuel credential stuffing attacks (where an attacker uses reused logins stolen from one service to access another), account takeovers, identity theft, corporate espionage, and targeted phishing campaigns.

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Webroot

APRIL 5, 2024

Ransomware attacks are targeting healthcare organizations more frequently. Why healthcare needs better cybersecurity Healthcare organizations are especially vulnerable to data breaches because of how much data they hold. On average, the cost of a healthcare data breach globally is $10.93

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Allegedly, Acuity had a data breach. That's the context that accompanied a massive trove of data that was sent to me 2 years ago now. One of the first things I do after receiving a data breach is to literally just Google it: acuity data breach. The other 3, however.

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Threatpost

MAY 13, 2020

Logins, personal information and tax info were all exfiltrated ahead of the ransomware attack, thanks to a phishing email.

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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.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Qilin ransomware group listed CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, a nonprofit health care treatment organization, as one of their latest victims. Qilin seems to have a preference for healthcare and support organizations. As ThreatDown reported earlier in 2024, 70% of all known attacks on healthcare happen in the US.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2024

UnitedHealth Group has given an update on the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare , one of its subsidiaries. On Wednesday February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to the cyberattack. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. Take your time.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Details are in that the data leak of students pursuing Economics PH.D Hackers can use stolen data for launching social engineering attacks such as phishing. The post Data Breach occurs at Stanford University appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Phishing In phishing scams, cybercriminals trick people and businesses into handing over sensitive information like credit card numbers or login details for vital online accounts. In phishing attacks, there never is a genuine problem with a users account, and there never is a real request for information from the company.

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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.

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Dark Reading

MAY 13, 2020

The healthcare company has informed affected employees of a data breach on a single corporate server.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The company acted quickly, pausing billing operations to assess the extent of the damage and protect customer data. The American Water cyber breach underscores the risk of cyber threats in various sectors traditionally seen as less vulnerable compared to industries like finance or healthcare.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

million patients have been impacted by a health care data breach so far in 2021, a whopping 185% increase from the same time period last year where just 7.9 Further, the number of breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services during the first six months of 2021 increased by 27% year-over-year. More than 22.8

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2022

Over the last few years, particularly since the start of the pandemic, malicious threat actors have increasingly targeted the healthcare sector. It's often a lucrative situation for cybercriminals, as sensitive medical data can fetch a high price on the Dark Web. But why do we keep seeing these data breaches from large organizations?

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) security team (the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center or HC3) released a report detailing how Royal ransomware has been used to target the healthcare sector. Since the beginning of the pandemic, cyberattacks targeting healthcare have increased dramatically.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 24, 2024

For the first time since news broke about a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, the company has released details about the data stolen during the attack. First, a quick refresher: On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to a cyberattack. Check the vendor’s advice. Take your time.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide. As of 2024, the average cost of a data breach in the United States amounted to $9.36 In comparison, the global average cost per data breach was $4.88

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Image Source: AI Generated Recent data breaches have exposed sensitive information from millions of customers across healthcare, financial services, and technology sectors. These data breaches highlight significant vulnerabilities in vendor relationships and supply chain security. healthcare system.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 9, 2025

Additionally, a distributed workforce, ranging from remote maintenance technicians to cabin crews, multiplies entry points for social-engineering tactics like phishing. Aircraft themselves are nodes on data networks, constantly transmitting telemetry, engine performance metrics, and passenger connectivity data.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Healthcare company Norton says a May breach led to the theft of data of around 2.5 In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Friday, Norton said that on May 9, 2023, it discovered an “external system breach.” They also filed a SEC complaint about one of their victims for failing to disclose a breach.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Ask yourself: if my organization suffers a data breach as the result of a cyberattack, what will it actually cost? New Ponemon Institute research reveals that the average cost of a data breach is higher than ever before. Key findings from Ponemon IBM Cost of a Data Breach report. million), then phishing ($4.65

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Verizons Data Breach Investigations Report showed that 74% of security breaches involve a human element, with system administrators and developers accounting for most of these errors. These tools will help companies stay compliant with evolving regulations while minimizing the risk of data breaches.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: ClickFix vs. traditional download in new DarkGate campaign Cybercrime gets a few punches on the nose Microsoft advertisers phished via malicious Google ads The DeepSeek controversy: Authorities ask where does the data come from and how safe is it?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Security experts at Symantec linked the massive Singapore Healthcare breach suffered by SingHealth to the ‘Whitefly’ cyberespionage group. In 2018, the largest healthcare group in Singapore, SingHealth, has suffered a massive data breach that exposed personal information of 1.5 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

The group has extended its operations to countries in Asia and targets various sectors, including healthcare, real estate, construction, IT, food, and manufacturing.” ” reads a report published by Halcyon.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 10, 2025

Organizationsparticularly those in critical sectors such as energy, healthcare, and financerely on CISA for guidance on emerging threats and best practices. Increased vulnerability: As the nation's cybersecurity defense is stretched thinner, everyday users may face higher risks of cyberattacksfrom data breaches to service disruptions.

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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.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

Phishing scams can take many forms, and ransomware is one of the most dangerous. Addresses can easily lead to phone numbers, making people easy targets for phishing scams. Our researchers felt that downloading it would be an ethical breach , as they would then illegally own personally identifiable data sets without peoples’ consent.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

2023: A Year of Record-Breaking Data Breaches IdentityIQ This past year has been an eye-opening year in the realm of digital security. Data breaches reached an all-time high, leaving a trail of identity theft cases. Businesses faced constant threats with phishing scams , malware , and other tactics.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

CISA adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ESET detailed a flaw that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot in UEFI systems Russia-linked APT Star Blizzard targets WhatsApp accounts Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach Clop Ransomware exploits Cleo File Transfer flaw: dozens (..)

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