Krebs on Security

AUGUST 14, 2020

The company has more than 19,000 employees and contracts with at least 750 healthcare organizations nationwide. Defray was first spotted in 2017, and its purveyors have a history of specifically targeting companies in the healthcare space. “The phishing emails the authors use are well-crafted,” Trend Micro wrote.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Cyberattacks targeting the healthcare sector have surged because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting rush to enable remote delivery of healthcare services. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) has uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign actively exploiting ConnectWise ScreenConnect, a widely-used remote support and administration tool.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2025

They continue to monitor for potential data misuse and urge vigilance against fraud, phishing, and identity theft. healthcare providers surged in 2024, with 98 attacks compromising 117 million records. The company engaged top cybersecurity and forensic experts, informed authorities, and is actively supporting affected stakeholders.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 14, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated remote access trojan called ResolverRAT that has been observed in attacks targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.

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Webroot

APRIL 5, 2024

Ransomware attacks are targeting healthcare organizations more frequently. Why healthcare needs better cybersecurity Healthcare organizations are especially vulnerable to data breaches because of how much data they hold. On average, the cost of a healthcare data breach globally is $10.93

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 27, 2024

The post Three Nation-State Campaigns Targeting Healthcare, Banking Discovered appeared first on Security Boulevard. Researchers have identified three distinct nation-state campaigns leveraging advanced highly evasive and adaptive threat (HEAT) tactics.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Qilin ransomware group listed CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, a nonprofit health care treatment organization, as one of their latest victims. Qilin seems to have a preference for healthcare and support organizations. As ThreatDown reported earlier in 2024, 70% of all known attacks on healthcare happen in the US.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 1, 2023

Mobile phishing is an issue plaguing the masses and a growing concern for enterprises, particularly as 2022 had the highest percentage of mobile phishing encounter rates ever, according to Lookout ‘s Global State of Mobile Phishing report. have been exposed to at least one malicious phishing attack every quarter.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A recent phishing attack that was intercepting Zoom users to get their Microsoft exchange credentials was unraveled. This email attack aimed at over 21,000 users targeting the National Healthcare Company and managed to bypass Microsoft Exchange Email Security (a mail and calendaring server used by millions of businesses around the world).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bad ops of operators of a phishing campaign exposed credentials stolen in attacks and made them publicly available through Google queries. . Check Point Research along with experts from cybersecurity firm Otorio shared details on their investigation into a large-scale phishing campaign that targeted thousands of global organizations.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While achieving compliance with industry standards is the minimum, it’s not enough to prevent insider threats, supply chain attacks, DDoS, or sophisticated cyberattacks such as double-extortion ransomware, phishing, business email compromise (BEC), info-stealing malware or attacks that leverage the domain name system (DNS).

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Dark Reading

MAY 11, 2023

New "Greatness" phishing-as-a-service used in attacks targeting manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and other sectors.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. IT should never be the top expense for a healthcare organization. The costs, affected patients, and consequences continue to be tallied.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2024

UnitedHealth Group has given an update on the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare , one of its subsidiaries. On Wednesday February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to the cyberattack. Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. Take your time.

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GlobalSign

APRIL 30, 2024

In April we’re still dealing with the fallout of the Change Healthcare attack, along with a cyberattack in the UK and the dissolution of an international phishing platform.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Your main business is healthcare, so your excuse when you get hacked is that you didnt have the budget to secure your network. In the Canadian healthcare system, a Personal Health Number (PHN) is a unique lifetime identifier that is used to share a patient’s health information among healthcare providers. Am I right?

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2023

OpenAI’s widely popular ChatGPT can write phishing emails that are almost as convincing as those created by humans and can write them exponentially faster, according to research from IBM that is sure to ramp up corporate worries about generative AI chatbots. Big Blue’s X-Force security team ran an A/B experiment with a healthcare company in.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“According to the indictment, Ptitsyn facilitated the worldwide use of a dangerous ransomware strain to target corporations and various organizations, including government agencies, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 21, 2022

To obtain Microsoft Office 365 and Outlook credentials, a new phishing operation has been targeting U.S. firms in the military, security software, manufacturing supply chain, healthcare, and pharmaceutical sectors. The newly-uncovered operation, according […].

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 17, 2022

In this new instance of the campaign, the threat actor has targeted users in US-based organizations in specific verticals including software security, US military, security solution providers, healthcare / pharmaceutical, and the manufacturing supply chain. Figure 7: Captcha displayed by the phishing page. Key points. URL analysis.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 24, 2024

For the first time since news broke about a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, the company has released details about the data stolen during the attack. First, a quick refresher: On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to a cyberattack. 2FA that relies on a FIDO2 device can’t be phished.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 27, 2025

They often arrive via phishing emails, malicious websites, or bundled with cracked software. The stolen credentials fuel credential stuffing attacks (where an attacker uses reused logins stolen from one service to access another), account takeovers, identity theft, corporate espionage, and targeted phishing campaigns.

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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. It has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. ” reads the report published by HHS.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

The group has extended its operations to countries in Asia and targets various sectors, including healthcare, real estate, construction, IT, food, and manufacturing.” ” reads a report published by Halcyon.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I would like to opt-out of here to reduce the SPAM and Phishing emails. That last one seems perfectly reasonable, and fortunately, DemandScience does have a link on their website to Do Not Sell My Information : Dammit! If, like me, you're part of the 99.5%

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While American Water has not disclosed the exact method of attack, such incidents often involve tactics like ransomware or phishing , where hackers gain access to sensitive systems and either steal or encrypt data, demanding a ransom in return for restoring access.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Which immediately yielded this top result from June : Ah, so Acuity is a healthcare company. But wait - here's the next result : That's not about healthcare, that's Acuity Brands. One of the first things I do after receiving a data breach is to literally just Google it: acuity data breach. The other 3, however.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

A senior government official from UAE has alleged that the chat-based platform is being used by criminals to launch phishing and ransomware attacks. They are also using the platform to write phishing emails and launching them with a 63% suc-cess rate. If it is used for a good cause, then it can yield relative results and vice versa.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Healthcare company Norton says a May breach led to the theft of data of around 2.5 Some forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) can be phished just as easily as a password. 2FA that relies on a FIDO2 device can’t be phished. million of its patients, as well as employees and their dependents. Watch out for fake vendors.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Healthcare company Atrium Health disclosed a data breach that impacted 585,000 individuals. Atrium Health recently disclosed another incident , in April attackers accessed employee email accounts via phishing attacks. The company notified the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). added Atrium Health.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2022

A new phishing campaign targeting PayPal users aims to get extensive data from potential victims. PayPal phishing sites are a dime a dozen due to the number of people and companies using it as another form of payment method. This was evident after Akamai found an attacker had planted a phishing kit on its WordPress honeypot.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The attackers that savaged Jon’s company managed to phish credentials and a multi-factor authentication token for some tools the company used to support customers, and in short order they’d seized control over the servers and backups for a healthcare provider customer.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Strengthening identity security Enforce phishing-resistant MFA for all privileged accounts. Cybersecurity awareness and incident response Train employees to recognize phishing attempts and social engineering. Patching and vulnerability management Apply timely security updates to operating systems, software, and firmware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 18, 2025

Robust Authentication Offers phishing-resistant MFA options (e.g., Contingency Planning Offers scalability to handle sudden increases in authentication requests during emergencies or crisis situations, ensuring uninterrupted access to critical healthcare systems. FIDO2 devices, smart cards) to prevent unauthorized access to ePHI.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In 2023, major ransomware incidents targeted healthcare providers, educational institutions, and large corporations. Phishing and Social Engineering : Phishing remains a popular attack method, leveraging emails, fake websites, and social media to deceive users into providing sensitive information.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Phishing remains one of the top cyber threats faced by organizations, and as phishing scams become more sophisticated, security leaders need clearer insights into phishing risks across their industry and geography to prioritize defenses. million users across more than 35,000 global organizations that use KnowBe4's platform.

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