Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2024

Merck has resolved a dispute with insurers regarding a $1.4 Merck and its insurers have agreed with a $1.4 billion insurance claim for the losses caused by the NotPetya attack that took place in 2017. Merck had not taken out specific insurance to cover cyber attacks, it only had insurance coverage against general risks.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It is perhaps best known for selling virtual private networking (VPN) software that lets users remotely access networks and computers over an encrypted connection. Iranian hackers recently have been blamed for hacking VPN servers around the world in a bid to plant backdoors in large corporate networks.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 7, 2019

based Complete Technology Solutions (CTS), was hacked, allowing a potent strain of ransomware known as “Sodinokibi” or “rEvil” to be installed on computers at more than 100 dentistry businesses that rely on the company for a range of services — including network security, data backup and voice-over-IP phone service.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Black Basta ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the UK water utility Southern Water, a major player in the UK water industry. In early January, independent security research and consulting team SRLabs discovered a vulnerability in Black Basta ransomware’s encryption algorithm and exploited it to create a free decryptor.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that Venus ransomware attacks were targeting a number of U.S. ”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Recently emerged HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost. For those who have cyber insurance against ransomware attacks. But since the sneaky insurance agent purposely negotiates so as not to pay for the insurance claim, only the insurance company wins in this situation.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2019

The Dark Overlord hacking group claims to have stolen a huge trove of documents from the British insurance company Hiscox, Hackers stole “hundreds of thousands of documents,” including tens of thousands files related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. We hacked Lloyds of London and Silverstein Properties.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco. Related: Uber hack shows DevOps risk. In 2014, a JP Morgan Chase hack exposed 76 million households. How could a breach like this continue for four years?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

As of February 2025, Medusa developers and affiliates have impacted over 300 victims from a variety of critical infrastructure sectors with affected industries including medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing.” The attackers are also spotted manually disabling and encrypting virtual machines.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 9, 2020

To date, the company can confirm that whilst there has been some data encryption, there is no evidence that structured personal customer data has been encrypted. The hackers claim to have six months’ worth of sensitive customer data containing birthdates, credit card information, and insurance numbers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2025

” CHC pointed out that threat actors did not delete or encrypt patients’ information. The exposed data may include patient name, birth date, contact info, diagnoses, treatments, test results, Social Security number, and health insurance details. The compromised data varies for each individual.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

million users lifted from DriveSure data on the Raidforums hacking forum late last month. While security pros consider bcrypt a strong encryption technique relative to older methods such as MD5 and SHA1, it is still vulnerable to brute-force attacks depending on the password strength. Hackers published data on 3.2 The post Data on 3.2

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

Merck, the Pharma giant from New Jersey, has won a legal battle with its insurer for covering costs related to the NotPetya ransomware attack that crippled its computer networks to the core incurring losses in millions. Merck was one of the company that was targeted by the said file encrypting malware gang.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 22, 2025

Take the Vastaamo data breach , one of the more devastating healthcare hacks. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), enacted in 1996, established national standards to safeguard sensitive patient health information (PHI) and prevent unauthorized disclosures.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

.” According to the University, the ransomware encrypted only 0.02% of the data stored on its servers. University of Utah officials explained that the university’s cyber insurance policy covered part of the ransom. SecurityAffairs – hacking, University of Utah). ” continues the statement. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2020

Maze Ransomware operators claim to have hacked the network of the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica Banco BCR and to have stolen internal data, including 11 million credit card credentials. SecurityAffairs – Banco BCR, hacking). According to Maze, the bank’s network remained unsecured at least since February 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2024

A team of researchers released a suite of tools that could help victims to decrypt data encrypted with by the Black Basta ransomware. Independent security research and consulting team SRLabs discovered a vulnerability in Black Basta ransomware’s encryption algorithm and exploited it to create a free decryptor.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The agency launched an investigation into the incident with the help of an external security firm and its insurance company. At the time of writing the family of ransomware that hit the agency has yet to be revealed, it is also not clear if the threat actors have stolen some data before encrypting the servers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

. “On June 3, 2021, CMG experienced a ransomware incident in which a small percentage of servers in its network were encrypted by a malicious threat actor. CMG discovered the incident on the same day, when CMG observed that certain files were encrypted and inaccessible.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2024

The attackers gained access to patients’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses or government-issued identification numbers, medical record numbers, medical treatment and condition information, medical diagnoses, medication information, and health insurance information.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

Screens then started to display a ransom demand, which said files had been encrypted by the NetWalker ransomware virus. Cyber Insurer Provides Help. As Spectra Logic had the foresight to take out cyber insurance , Chubb representatives were professional and helpful, according to Mendoza. The ransom demand was $3.6

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2023

Going forward, let us list out the victims who have been impacted by the attack after the hack-ers gained control of Moveit file transfer software worldwide, a business unit of Progress Software. The post List of victimized companies of MOVEit Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

With digital transformation leading to a boom in the use of digital certificates, our bedrock authentication and encryption framework is at an inflection point, where the demand and adoption of automation is set to rapidly accelerate to keep up with technology requirements.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2021

The company uses air-gapped networks and was able to restore encrypted files from backups. The company is going to offer affected people five years of credit monitoring with $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance at no cost. SecurityAffairs – hacking, water facility). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Also nabbed on the lam is Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov , a senior Ukrainian member of a transnational cybercrime group that stole tens of millions of dollars over nearly a decade from countless hacked businesses. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked. ” SEPTEMBER.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2018

The criminals who hacked into Pune, India-based Cosmos Bank executed their two-pronged heist the following day, sending co-conspirators to fan out and withdraw a total of about $11.5 The Blacksburg bank is now suing its insurance provider for refusing to fully cover the loss. The FBI put out its alert on Friday, Aug.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The compromised databases included names, addresses, dates of birth, insurance policy details, medical record numbers, account balances and dates of service — of both guarantors and patients. In early 2015, health insurer A nthem Inc. AccuDoc kept payment records from several Atrium Health locations. Sticky problem.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

Many companies now offer insurance policies that can help you recoup lost money, and even help you through the reporting and recovery process. It does this through encryption, making life difficult for malicious actors. If a company is hacked, you’re essentially out of luck.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

And this often happens when the hacker, the so-called threat actor, starts encrypting the computer systems. Encrypting computer systems can bring business operations to a standstill, partially because attacks usually occur when the company is least ready to respond e.g., at Christmas, during the summer, and on weekends.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 23, 2023

As the company failed to pay them the demanded ransom, the cyber crooks have leaked addresses, passports, and national insurance numbers and are threatening to leak more sensitive information in the coming weeks, if the victim cannot pay them the demanded ransom. Play Ransomware gang is suspected to be behind the incident.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

According to the CISA’s report , Iranian hackers from an unnamed APT group are employing several known web shells, in attacks on IT, government, healthcare, financial, and insurance organizations across the United States. SecurityAffairs – hacking, web shells). Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Fidelity National Financial (FNF), one of the largest title insurance providers in the United States, announced on November 21 that it fell victim to a sophisticated cyberattack. The group is linked to the Colonial Pipeline hack that caused gas prices to spike in 2021 and the hack of MGM Resorts earlier this year.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

VPNs encrypt data , making it much harder to intercept when transmitted through a shared or suspect internet connection. SSLs ensure all data is encrypted. A green or gray padlock icon in your browser’s address bar also indicates that information, like credit card numbers, is encrypted when transmitted. Look for the lock.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The threat actors also claim to have stolen over 27 TB of corporate data and encrypted the company’s VMWare ESXi virtual machines during the attack.” Immediately after detecting the intrusion, the company launched an investigation with the help of leading third-party cybersecurity experts and is also coordinating with its insurers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Interestingly, the accessed records by the threat actors include health info, health insurance records, Social Security Numbers, and Driving License numbers of customers. Last is the news about the Russian-Ukraine war.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

are subject to laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act), as well as regulations such as the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA). Healthcare Data Privacy Laws. Health data and patient data in the U.S.

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