Security Boulevard

JANUARY 4, 2025

Vulnerabilities and Malware Primarily includes severe and exploited vulnerabilities in devices or software used by end users (ex: a major router firmware flaw). For EOL devices, depending on model and/or submodel, users may be able to flash firmware (such as OpenWRT) to extend the life of the device.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 7, 2025

Secure Updates: Firmware and software updates must utilize secure delivery methods, such as signed updates with verification mechanisms to prevent tampering. Encryption Protocols: Compliance with robust encryption standards like TLS 1.3 authentication, encryption) that products can implement.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. ” reads the joint advisory. “The

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Malwarebytes

JULY 20, 2022

Malwarebytes recently reported on the North Korean APT that targets US healthcare sector with Maui ransomware. According to court documents, in May 2021, North Korean hackers used a ransomware strain called Ransom.Maui to encrypt the files and servers of a medical center in the District of Kansas. Create a cybersecurity response plan.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. Use case 1: Fortune 500 Healthcare Company.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 5, 2023

Tens of thousands of new security vulnerabilities are discovered each year; the value of CISA’s KEV catalog is that it helps organizations prioritize the software and firmware flaws that threat groups are actively exploiting — and many of those exploited flaws are older ones that users have failed to apply patches for.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. businesses, mainly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware operations. Below are the mitigations provided in the alert: Install updates for operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as they are released. administrative?accounts,

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Also known as Gozi, Ursnif has evolved over the years to include a persistence mechanism, methods to avoid sandboxes and virtual machines, and search capability for disk encryption software to attempt key extraction for unencrypting files. Ursnif Ursnif is a banking Trojan that steals financial information. Enforce MFA. Maintain offline (i.e.,

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Modern-day attacks increasingly target the firmware and boot stages of computing systems, aiming to compromise devices long before the operating system is fully functional. Firmware Integrity Checks: Firmware sits between the hardware and software, making it an attractive target for attackers.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2022

While anyone can fall victim to these threat actors, the FBI noted that this malware has been used to target a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure organizations, including defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, technology companies, and especially organizations in the healthcare and medical industries.

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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

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2025

Use modern encryption standards. Keep firmware updated. Adopt secure, centralized logging, encrypt logging traffic and store logs offsite. Remove direct internet access to device management interfaces, restricting admins to internal and secure management networks.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) just issued a joint alert around this type of ransomware attack calling it an "increased and imminent threat" for hospitals and healthcare providers. ?? hospitals and healthcare providers. There is an imminent and increased cybercrime threat to U.S. October 29, 2020.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 11, 2022

Healthcare organizations are increasingly targeted by criminals. The healthcare industry continued to be one of the the most targeted sector in 2021 , witnessing a 51% increase in breaches since 2019. In 2020 alone, 560 healthcare facilities in the U.S. Healthcare organizations need to invest in machine identity management.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

The group has targeted pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Encrypt backup data to ensure the data infrastructure’s immutability and coverage. Patch operating systems, software, and firmware on a regular basis.

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Jane Frankland

JULY 17, 2023

Being asmall non-profit organisation, serving more than 800 children and families annually from 40 counties throughout the state of New York, their staff is comprised of social workers, therapists, counsellors, healthcare professionals, administrators, and teachers. They are a leading healthcare provider in the Southwest of England.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In July, we reported a rootkit that we found in modified Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, the code that loads and initiates the boot process when the computer is turned on. The attackers compress stolen files into encrypted and password-protected ZIP archives. Mobile statistics. Targeted attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data. Secure remote access : Enables encrypted connections between internal network resources and remote users using a variety of methods.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A pivotal moment came when the FBI obtained over 7,000 decryption keys, allowing victims to unlock their encrypted data for free. Despite these setbacks, LockBit attempted to maintain its operations, quickly adapting by changing encryption methods and shifting its leak site strategy.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The malware stole data and encrypted files to block remediation attempts. “The malware that exploited the vulnerability discovered by Guan was designed to steal information from infected computers and to encrypt files on them if a victim attempted to remediate the infection. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2023

Encryption needs to be done for the environment, and that means that key management is another very complex process. Maybe big banks and healthcare systems can afford to do this because they can’t afford not to, but smaller companies and those with less critical IT needs often cannot financially afford to do this.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

a lack of firmware updates, important for security and performance. Conti typically steals victims' files and encrypts the servers and workstations in an effort to force a ransom payment from the victim. The FBI issued a warning in the United States about the Conti gang targeting at least 16 healthcare networks there.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

Early this year the group announced that it will no longer attack organizations in the healthcare industry, companies involved in the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, and funeral service organizations. Update software , including operating systems, applications, and firmware on IT network assets, in a timely manner.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Operational technology often has consequences that go far beyond IT security, especially in critical infrastructure such as food management, healthcare, and water treatment. Outdated devices are also dangerous because they can’t be updated to the most recent firmware, which means they won’t have the latest security controls.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Hive also compromised a California healthcare nonprofit later in the month. To penetrate and encrypt as many systems as possible, some threat groups have started writing ransomware code using cross-platform programming languages like Python, Rust, or Golang. Noteworthy April attacks.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Lastly, the pump runs its own custom Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and firmware on a M32C microcontroller. Attacks on healthcare settings are increasing with the FBI estimating a cyberattack using “Ryuk” ransomware took in $61 million over a 21-month period in 2018 and 2019. Figure 6: Disposable Data.

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

Vulnerable devices were either misconfigured or missing the latest firmware version with the required settings. At the same time, ransomware operators, having already started to steal victims’ data before encryption, also turned their eyes on DDoS as an extortion tool. Nor was Q1 without political DDoS attacks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The proliferation of connected devices offers enormous business benefit, across industries as diverse as manufacturing, healthcare and automotive. A strong PKI security architecture together with encryption and code signing are core technology investments for organizations building a trusted IoT ecosystem.

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