Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 6, 2022

A new ransomware family called 'GwisinLocker' targets South Korean healthcare, industrial, and pharmaceutical companies with Windows and Linux encryptors, including support for encrypting VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines. [.].

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Related: Hackers relentlessly target healthcare providers. However, healthcare data ranks at the top of the list for needing improvements in security and privacy protections. There are many reasons for the vulnerable state of healthcare data. Healthcare data security and privacy is a problem that continues to grow.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2022

Healthcare providers are opting to pay a ransom in the event of ransomware attacks, instead of recovering it from data backups. The reason is as it is easy and guarantees 100% encrypted data return- Of course, as per their perspective!

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 14, 2022

An emerging cybercriminal group linked with Conti has expanded its partial encryption strategy and demonstrates other evasive maneuvers, as it takes aim at healthcare and other sectors.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2022

US authorities have issued a joint advisory warning of North Korea-linked APTs using Maui ransomware in attacks against the Healthcare sector. Treasury Department issued a joint advisory that warn of North-Korea-linked threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks aimed at organizations in the Healthcare sector. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Family Medical Center (FMC) of Michigan, a healthcare center supported by government funding, was targeted by a ransomware attack in July this year. The post Ukraine hackers spread ransomware to US Healthcare Company appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Royal Ransomware is the latest file encrypting malware that is on the prowl and is, for now, encrypting only networks related to the healthcare sector of America. NOTE – Ransomware is a kind of software that encrypts data on a database until a ransom is paid to hackers in cryptocurrency, like Bitcoins.

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Cytelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The healthcare industry has witnessed a rapid digital transformation, with hospitals, clinics, and medical practices relying heavily on technology to store and manage patient data, streamline operations, and improve patient care. Patient records, insurance information, and intellectual property are just a few examples.

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The Hacker News

JULY 7, 2022

cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned about the use of Maui ransomware by North Korean government-backed hackers to target the healthcare sector since at least May 2021. In a new joint cybersecurity advisory, U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 19, 2021

Highly placed sources report that the IT systems of the healthcare organization were hit by a ransomware on August 15th,2021 affecting emergency services at over 64 clinics and three hospitals- Selby General, Sistersville General and Marietta Memorial. In another incident related to ransomware targeting healthcare organization, St.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

and South Korean cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warned in a joint advisory that North Korean hackers are launching ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities to fund illicit activities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns healthcare organizations of Royal ransomware attacks. The Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware of attacks against the Healthcare and Public Healthcare (HPH) sector. The malware changes the extension of the encrypted files to ‘.royal’. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Security analysts found 33 weak points in MMQT, a frequently used protocol that rarely involves authentication or encryption. The post Kaspersky: Many wearables and healthcare devices are open to attack due to vulnerable data transfer protocol appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

The shift to remote care and the widespread adoption of EHR solutions by health systems have shaped digital transformation in healthcare. For example, imagine a healthcare professional opening what appears to be an invoice of medical services performed on a patient, but it’s an attachment with a malicious ransomware virus.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Securing the healthcare data warehouses themselves is equally vital to ensure the software applications’ security in their development and maintenance. Use strong access controls: Setting up strict access restrictions is one of the critical elements in securing healthcare data warehouses.

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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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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

State-backed hackers from North Korea are conducting ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure facilities to fund illicit activities, U.S. The attacks, which demand cryptocurrency ransoms in exchange for recovering access to encrypted files, are designed to support North Korea's

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been a couple of decades since data tapes delivered by trucks made encryption a standard enterprise cybersecurity practice. Yet even as technology has changed, sending and receiving data remains a major vulnerability, ensuring encryption’s place as a foundational security practice. What is Encryption?

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recently released staggering figures revealing a significant increase in healthcare data breaches affecting 88 million Americans in 2023 alone. Even more alarming is that data was successfully encrypted in 75% of these incidents.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

To accelerate the ransomware encryption process and make it harder to detect, cybercriminal groups have begun using a new technique: intermittent encryption. Intermittent encryption allows the ransomware encryption malware to encrypt files partially or only encrypt parts of the files. Others are automated.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

State-sponsored North Korean threat actors have been targeting the US Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector for the past year using the Maui ransomware, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) from the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of the Treasury. – CSA Alert (AA22-187A).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 26, 2023

Thales partners with Hint AG to provide managed security services for the Swiss healthcare sector madhav Thu, 07/27/2023 - 04:32 Analysts from Statista are projecting that the Healthcare market in Switzerland will need to invest 1.3 billion Swiss Franks in cybersecurity and IT by 2027.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2022

The Professional Finance Company, PFC, suffered a ransomware attack on February 26 and on July 1 confirmed that over 650 healthcare providers were affected by the breach. If companies want to stand up to data-related extortion then data-in-use encryption is the technology of choice for unmatched immunity. More than 1.9

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 13, 2021

Healthcare facilities are currently a favorite target of criminals who use ransomware (aka malicious software) to launch attacks. Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations also tie up hundreds of IT staff hours responding and recovering, impact multiple branches and clinics, and damage hard-earned business reputations.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Royal Ransomware operators added support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The Royal Ransomware gang is the latest extortion group in order of time to add support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The malware changes the extension of the encrypted files to ‘.royal’.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Comparitech released the results of its most recent study , looking at the true cost of ransomware on healthcare organisations around the world. Not only can they encrypt key systems, they can put personal data at risk of theft and exploitation. Place this scenario in a healthcare environment, and the stakes are much higher.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That means that besides encrypting files, the gang also threaten to publish the stolen data on a so-called “leak site”, and at times, threaten their victims with DDoS attacks. million in previous cybersecurity attacks against the healthcare sector. Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Change Healthcare, a major provider of IT services to hospitals, continues to battle the BlackCat ransomware syndicate. BlackCat has made the healthcare industry a prime target over the past year, victimizing providers, insurers, and now healthcare IT suppliers like Change Healthcare, a unit of Optum. authorities.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

United States government agencies recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing information on how North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are actively using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations. The only required argument is a folder path, which Maui will parse and encrypt identified files.".

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2022

Ireland Health Service (HSE) was cyber-attacked by CONTI Ransomware group in mid last year and news is now out that 80% of the data been stored on the servers of the healthcare services provider was encrypted by the said a gang of criminals. And the result on whether the information truly belonged to HSE is awaited! .

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2023

HIPAA (Data Privacy) vs 21st Century Cures Act (Interoperability): Reducing the Conflict in the Healthcare Industry Interoperability in healthcare is essential for creating a more connected, patient-centered healthcare system that delivers better patient outcomes, improves efficiency, and reduces costs. Ready for more?

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Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a flash alert warning of an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks targeting government entities, educational institutions, private companies and the healthcare sector in the US and the UK.

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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. Earlier versions appended the.CONTI extension to encrypted files.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As a result of a cloud breach, one in four healthcare organization was fined for non-compliance and 1 in 10 was sued, Netwrix study finds. . February 24, 2021 – Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy , today announced findings for the healthcare sector from its global 2021 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2021

It is no secret that healthcare systems around the globe are facing unprecedented challenges. Beyond the obvious spectre of the pandemic, health services need to provide a growing, increasingly elderly, population, with quality healthcare despite rising costs. How healthcare has transformed during the pandemic.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. We discussed why encrypted flash drives have become established as a must-have portable business tool in the digital age. Park: Exactly.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 8, 2022

Assuming the attackers don’t just vanish into the night, the business may decide to pay the ransom and recover the encrypted files. Healthcare and law enforcement are good examples of this. The report notes that various initiatives already exist to get people talking about the need for both encryption and backing up.

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