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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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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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.

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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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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

Hive ransomware operators have improved their file-encrypting module by migrating to Rust language and adopting a more sophisticated encryption method. The most important change in the latest Hive variant is the encryption mechanism it adopts. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. ” continues Microsoft. .

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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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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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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. Detect intrusions.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Security firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware to allow victims of the malware to recover locked files. The BianLian ransomware emerged in August 2022, the malware was employed in attacks against organizations in various industries, including manufactoring, media and entertainment, and healthcare.

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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. Using the ransomware-as-a-service model, BlackCat developers sell access to their malware tools in exchange for a cut of ransoms extracted from victims. authorities. has faced added friction and delays.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 8, 2021

Trickbot banking malware is back in news for inducing a new ransomware variant into the wild. Researchers from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has have found that the new malware strain is acting similar to that of Conti Ransomware with a change that it Asymmetric encryption algorithms unlike other file encrypting malware variants.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

But it’s coming, in the form of driverless cars, climate-restoring infrastructure and next-gen healthcare technology. They outlined why something called attribute-based encryption, or ABE, has emerged as the basis for a new form of agile cryptography that we will need in order to kick digital transformation into high gear.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that deployed multiple malware families, including ransomware and information stealers (i.e. AgentTesla ). Attackers used a spoofed address mimicking the World Health Organization (noreply@who[.]int) Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Today, we are showing readers just what that evolution looked like, in our State of Malware 2021 report. This report provides our most comprehensive analysis of last year’s malware trends, with breakdowns by malware category, malware type, operating system, region, industry, and more.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

The common wisdom goes that Linux malware is rare, and for the most part this is true. Thanks to its built-in security defenses, strict user privilege model, and transparent source code, Linux enjoys far fewer malware infections than other operating systems. encrypt extension being appended to affected files. Cloud Snooper.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. “We’ve found someone who can crack the encryption.” Then came the unlikely call from an FBI agent. “Don’t pay,” the agent said.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Unpatched vulnerabilities and configuration errors made it easy for hackers to steal info and encrypt data on the servers related to the cloud. Sophos has compiled a report and released it stating 67% of IaaS cloud providers were hit by ransomware this year and the numbers to increase by a double fold this year.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 8, 2022

Ransomware Trends Show Lockbit Most Active, New Tactics, Healthcare Hit Hard. LockBit likes to boast that its malware StealBit, which automates data exfiltration, has the fastest and most efficient encryption among its competition, as noted by TrendMicro. Healthcare under attack in 2021: most likely to pay ransom.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” healthcare organizations. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible. “The Venus group has problems getting paid,” Holden said.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The main reasons to rewrite malware in Rust is to have lower AV detection rates, compared to malware written in most common languages, and to target multiple architectures. The ransomware was originally written in Go language and was employed in attacks aimed at healthcare and education sectors in countries like Thailand and Indonesia.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. The infection chain. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Check Point security researchers recently described the Azov ransomware as an “effective, fast, and unfortunately unrecoverable data wiper,” noting that the malware seems far more focused on destroying data than on any effort to demand a ransom. Venus Ransomware Targets Healthcare. As Check Point’s Ji?í

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 4, 2023

The Crown Princess Mary Cancer Center is the healthcare facility that is in discussion and federal government agencies are trying to contain the incident on the servers of the facility, which is part of the Sydney West Cancer Network. Therefore, all users of the device should focus on getting their device installed with the latest update.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 27, 2021

In the latest example of a supply chain attack, cybercriminals delivered malware to customers of the business password manager Passwordstate by breaching its developer’s networks and then deploying a fraudulent update last week, said Passwordstate’s maker, Click Studios.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Like other ransomware gangs, Lorenz operators also implement double-extortion model by stealing data before encrypting it and threatening them if the victim doesn’t pay the ransom. The group is known to have a role for its affiliates that prohibits attacking healthcare organizations. Other ransomware attacks recently hit US hospitals.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 26, 2023

The gang has apologized in the past for causing inconvenience to the entire human race during the Covid-19 pandemic by hitting a healthcare R&D service provider and bringing vaccine research to a halt with digital disruption. If these tactics fail, it transforms the malware tool into a data wiping software.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2022

A news resource that only covers details related to the healthcare sector has confirmed that data related to 16 of StaffPlan and Caresys customers were accessed and stolen by hackers. For the past two years, hackers are seen targeting healthcare companies as often such companies pay ransom to free up their patient data from leaking online.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 23, 2023

Since a breach of violation was witnessed regarding the Washington Consumer Protection Act, the lawsuit obtained importance and could revolutionize the future course of action taken against all cyber-criminal gangs that spread file-encrypting malware and encrypt the servers until a ransom is paid in cryptocurrency.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

However, even with the best planning, organizations can find a few users, machines, or systems that were overlooked or whose backup may be corrupted or encrypted. These steps are covered in more depth in How to Recover From a Ransomware Attack , so for now, we’ll simply presume the attackers and malware are under control.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2021

The file encrypting malware group has also released a decryption key for zero cost to help victims clean up their databases. Coming to Hive Ransomware, FBI has released an alert about the said file encrypting malware spreading group that targeted healthcare firm Memorial Health System last week.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 1, 2022

For the first time in cyber history, two ransomware groups were found fighting inside a victim’s computer network, trying their best to encrypt each others ransom note and trying to hijack the ransom paid. Going forward with the details, a Canadian Healthcare Organization (HCO) was targeted by Conti and Karma ransomware gangs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 14, 2022

Microsoft Exchange Servers are being targeted by those spreading BlackCat Ransomware and information is out that the hackers are seen exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities on the systems to induct the said file encrypting malware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 6, 2022

What’s surprising in this finding is that the said file-encrypting malware is being spread since May 2021 and was being targeted mainly at healthcare and public healthcare organizations.

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