IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Phishing and Social Engineering: These tactics manipulate individuals to disclose sensitive information. Bioterrorism, the deliberate spread of viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens, can cripple a nation by overwhelming healthcare systems, creating widespread panic, and causing substantial economic harm.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Why Free Tools Don’t Cut It While consumer grade and free communication tools like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal offer end-to-end encryption, and can help in crises, they do fall short when it comes to enterprise level security and compliance.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Initially focused on government and industrial sectors, the group has recently turned its attention to healthcare , which poses significant risks due to the sensitive nature of medical data and the potential for disruptions to life-saving operations. Increase employee training on recognizing phishing and other social engineering attacks.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In 2023, major ransomware incidents targeted healthcare providers, educational institutions, and large corporations. These attacks often involve encrypting data and demanding a ransom for its decryption. The rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) platforms has made it easier for less-skilled cybercriminals to deploy these attacks.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Industries most affected by these breaches include healthcare, finance, and retail, where sensitive data is routinely shared with vendors for operational efficiency. The healthcare sector has been particularly hard-hit, accounting for over 30% of the total breaches.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Industries from healthcare and education to construction and even sports have begun experimenting with AI and VR in siloed functions, with products ranging from immersive learning material to cutting-edge home renovation tools and play-at-home golf simulation systems.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX says it has more than 600,000 customers and 12 million users in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, healthcare and hospitality. Mandiant found the compromised 3CX software would download malware that sought out new instructions by consulting encrypted icon files hosted on GitHub. Microsoft Corp.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In 2020, organizations seeking our assistance represented a wide spectrum of business sectors, industry, finance, government, telecoms, transportation and healthcare. of true positive cases, the incidents were caused by encrypted files. Share of incident responses by vertical and industry, 2020. Tools and exploits.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Alarmingly, the database also held sensitive data from banking institutions, healthcare providers, and government portals. The anatomy of the breach The exposed database was neither encrypted nor password-protected, making it easily accessible to anyone who stumbled upon it.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 14, 2025

Traditional protections like firewalls, encryption, MFA, and IDS/IPS continue to be crucial, but these are reactive methods to an extent, and their effectiveness heavily depends on how well they are configured. If they remain static in a dynamic environment, they'll become irrelevant very quickly.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

This can make them particularly susceptible to social engineering trickery, the trigger for online extortion and fraud campaigns, Bastable told me. Social engineering trigger While no fancy malware is needed to pull off a BEC scam, technology does come into play. These are soft targets,” he says. It’s simple fraud.”

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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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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Here are some of the most likely targets for access to consumer data: Healthcare organizations : Healthcare companies are a prime target for cybercrime due to the large amounts of sensitive data they store, which includes personal information and medical records. This makes it accessible to a worldwide network of criminals.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Data Level: Encrypting sensitive data at rest and in transit is crucial to securing information. A prime example is the healthcare sector, where the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates encryption to protect patient health information.

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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. UnitedHealth Group Change Healthcare Incident The February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare emerged as the largest healthcare data breach in U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Tropic Trooper spies on government entities in the Middle East The threat actor Tropic Trooper, active since 2011, has historically targeted government, healthcare, transportation and high-tech sectors in Taiwan, the Philippines and Hong Kong.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. As BianLian follows the process of dividing the encrypted content in 10 bytes of data, it easily evaded detection by antivirus products.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 18, 2022

The RaaS will provide the encryption software, the contact and leak sites, and negotiate the ransom with the victim. Initially, they were targeting specific industries such as IT, cybersecurity, and healthcare, but that focus has become less stringent. Social engineering. Their initial attack vector was email.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. Social Tactics.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Targeted Phishing and Social Engineering: In some cases, attackers may employ targeted phishing emails or social engineering techniques to gain initial access to a system within the target network. By using specific search queries, an attacker can identify systems that are potentially susceptible to EternalBlue.

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Veracode Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In late October, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) co-authored an advisory report on the latest tactics used by cybercriminals to target the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. Because it???s

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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. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Encrypt Data at All Points. Another crucial step in securing health care data is encrypting it. HIPAA doesn’t necessarily require encryption, but it is a helpful step in maintaining privacy, as it renders information virtually useless to anyone who intercepts it. Train Employees in Best Practices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

. “Between October 16 and November 12, 2019, Proofpoint researchers observed the actor sending malicious email messages to organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States, targeting no particular vertical but with recipients that were heavily weighted towards business and IT services, manufacturing, and healthcare.”

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

However, P8 contains many built-in functions and redesigns of the communication protocol and encryption algorithm, making it a well-designed and powerful espionage platform. The access management software facilitates access to the encrypted partition of the drive. There are also some changes to the victimology.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

That could open the door for mass harvesting of information that could be leveraged for high-volume – but very targeted — phishing or social-engineering efforts, although USPS says that there’s no evidence that the flaw was exploited,” Tara Seals wrote for ThreatPost.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 4, 2024

Proliferation of dangerous ransomware variants While ransomware itself is not new, Madnick highlights the emergence of more virulent and destructive strains that go beyond just encrypting data for extortion. Infostealer attacks are on the rise, focusing on data collection rather than just hiding data behind encryption.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2025

Threat actors used AI tools to orchestrate highly convincing and scalable social engineering campaigns, making it easier to deceive users and infiltrate systems. This trend, among other AI-powered social engineering attacks, will amplify identity compromise, ransomware, and data exfiltration in 2025.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? Comprehensive training should include basic security knowledge like how to create a strong password and identify possible social engineering attacks as well as more advanced topics like risk management. Encrypt data in motion and at rest.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

These malicious encryption attacks that take your data hostage are the most financially harmful attacks for companies. It’s not uncommon for most data to remain encrypted or corrupted. That’s why it’s often combined with Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM) to sign and encrypt emails. Rampant Ransomware Attacks. East Coast.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2023

Latest email security trends Phishing and spear-phishing attacks: Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where cybercriminals use deceptive emails to trick recipients into divulging sensitive information or downloading malware. These attacks often rely on social engineering tactics and email spoofing.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 26, 2023

Many of today's most dangerous threats are delivered through social engineering, i.e., by tricking users into giving up their data, or downloading malware from an infected email attachment. Bonus points for healthcare or banking organizations with logins that use passkeys , a hardware key , or behavioral biometrics.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 4, 2021

During the last year, malicious actors have attacked anything from healthcare organisations and medical trials, to education and the public sector, and even business supply chains. Ransomware leverages social engineering attacks, preying on fears as a way to execute malicious code on devices.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Failure to enforce security regulations and implement appropriate encryption may result in accidental data exposure. Examples include GDPR in Europe, HIPAA in healthcare, and PCI DSS for payment card data. Insider risks can be attributed to a lack of awareness, employee unhappiness, or social engineering attacks.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A standard ransomware attack asks for payment in order to release the hijacked, encrypted files. At this time, we do not believe that employee healthcare and payroll have been impacted, and safety and emergency mechanisms remain in place.". This messaging was reinforced by the Los Angeles Unified Twitter account on September 30.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2024

There’s also growing pressure on lawmakers to tighten regulations and implement mandatory cybersecurity standards for telecom and broadband providers, much like those imposed on the financial and healthcare sectors. authorities to mitigate the fallout.

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