Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

CISA adds Craft CMS and Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Atlassian fixed critical flaws in Confluence and Crowd Salt Typhoon used custom malware JumbledPath to spy U.S.

Scams

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Notably, 2024 was unprecedentedly precarious with the second largest in history National Public Data breach and the biggest healthcare data breach to date with the massive attack on Change Healthcare. Cybercrime has been steadily on the rise for the past years. Nearly 3 billion records were stolen in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.,

Marketing

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023. A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk.

DDOS

BH Consulting

JUNE 30, 2025

“Stolen data fuels the digital underworld, powering a criminal ecosystem that spans from online fraud and ransomware to child exploitation and extortion,” the agency said. Once inside, attackers can move laterally through a network, steal more data, and carry out scams using the victim’s identity.” It found nearly 2.45

Scams

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Despite Russias selective crackdowns on ransomware groups, this trend poses escalating risks. treats ransomware as state-sponsored terrorism, countermeasures could become far more aggressive, reshaping the fight against cyber threats. If the U.S. Many businesses were forced to shut down operations post-attack.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Chinese cyber spies targeted phones used by Trump and Vance Irish Data Protection Commission fined LinkedIn €310M for GDPR infringement Change Healthcare data breach impacted over 100 million people OnePoint Patient Care data breach impacted 795916 individuals From Risk Assessment to Action: Improving Your DLP Response U.S.

Data breaches

SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2025

These comforts keep the dark economy humming even as sites vanish in exit scams or police takedowns. Once they gain access through phishing or other channels, adversaries plant malware or ransomware. We're facing a new era of cybercrime fueled by malware-as-a-service (MaaS), and ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS).

Phishing

We Live Security

AUGUST 12, 2025

For example, the cyber-incident suffered by Change Healthcare , a health data processing firm, stopped medical services being provided across practices and hospitals. This isn’t mere speculation – there are real-world examples of cyberattacks that have caused this type of disruption.

Cyber Insurance

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Richard Staynings is a renowned thought leader, author, public speaker, and advocate for improved cybersecurity across the Healthcare and Life Sciences industry. I also enjoy tackling new challenges like how to secure the growing internet of things and particularly the healthcare internet of things.

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Expect to see AI-enabled phishing campaigns, deepfake scams, and automated attacks grow in complexity. Ransomware Targets Critical Infrastructure: Ransomware attacks will increasingly focus on critical infrastructure, including healthcare, utilities, and transportation, leading to potentially catastrophic consequences.

Cybersecurity

Trend Micro

JUNE 26, 2025

Under Attack?

Security Awareness

Trend Micro

JUNE 10, 2025

Worldwide 2023 Email Phishing Statistics and Examples BERT Ransomware Group Targets Asia and Europe on Multiple Platforms See all articles Trend Vision One™ - Proactive Security Starts Here.

Cyber Risk

Trend Micro

JUNE 10, 2025

Respond to Threats Agilely Maximize effectiveness with proactive risk reduction and managed services Learn more Operationalizing Zero Trust Operationalizing Zero Trust Understand your attack surface, assess your risk in real time, and adjust policies across network, workloads, and devices from a single console Learn more By Role By Role By Role Learn (..)

Cybersecurity

BH Consulting

JULY 31, 2025

The UK NHS determined that a ransomware infection at Synnovis, a pathology service provider, contributed to a patient’s death. Ironically, weeks before that, The Lancet warned that cybersecurity in healthcare hasn’t advanced as quickly as other industries. MORE A map of known SMS blasters: fake towers for spreading scam texts.

Ransomware

Trend Micro

JULY 2, 2025

Respond to Threats Agilely Maximize effectiveness with proactive risk reduction and managed services Learn more Operationalizing Zero Trust Operationalizing Zero Trust Understand your attack surface, assess your risk in real time, and adjust policies across network, workloads, and devices from a single console Learn more By Role By Role By Role Learn (..)

Cyber Risk

Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2025

Fortinet FortiWeb flaw CVE-2025-25257 exploited hours after PoC release Authorities released free decryptor for Phobos and 8base ransomware Anne Arundel Dermatology data breach impacts 1.9 Tbps assault U.S.

Data breaches

Zero Day

JULY 31, 2025

PT Reviewed by Elyse Betters Picaro NordVPN / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways NordVPN can detect a scam call before you answer it. The Scam Call Protection is only for NordVPN Premium Android users. Or it could be a scam call. Here's how to set it up. Should you pick it up? It could be important.

Scams

Zero Day

JUNE 30, 2025

"I've observed the same cycle in the legal field, in healthcare, marketing, and finance," said Gekht. It aced my programming tests - thanks to GPT-4 It's also possible that there may be a glut of applicants for certain jobs, which isn't unique to computer engineering.

Software

Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. In the third week of February, a cyber intrusion at Change Healthcare began shutting down important healthcare services as company systems were taken offline. There are indications that U.S.

Healthcare

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. ” This attacker’s approach may seem fairly amateur, but it would be a mistake to dismiss the threat from West African cybercriminals dabbling in ransomware. billion in 2020.

Ransomware

Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

The Change Healthcare ransomware attack has taken a third cruel twist. Change Healthcare is one of the largest healthcare technology companies in the USA, responsible for the flow of payments between payers, providers, and patients. ” The announcement follows a series of events that require some unpacking. .”

Healthcare

SecureWorld News

MARCH 7, 2024

The unprecedented cyberattack on healthcare giant Change Healthcare has taken a chaotic turn, with allegations that the prolific BlackCat ransomware gang conducted an "exit scam"—shutting down operations after receiving a $22 million ransom payment from the company without paying their own affiliate hacker.

Healthcare

Malwarebytes

MARCH 15, 2024

Following the February 21 attack on Change Healthcare , scores of people in the US have been living with the brutal, real-world effects of ransomware. There are thousands of “big game” ransomware attacks like this every year—large scale cyberattacks that can bring entire organisations to a halt.

Healthcare

Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

The Change Healthcare ransomware attack has taken a third cruel twist. Change Healthcare is one of the largest healthcare technology companies in the USA, responsible for the flow of payments between payers, providers, and patients. ” The announcement follows a series of events that require some unpacking. .”

Healthcare

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. Threat profile: Conti ransomware.

Healthcare

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.

Healthcare

SecureWorld News

MARCH 6, 2024

The unprecedented cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a major revenue cycle management firm, has thrown the U.S. healthcare system into disarray. Menlo Security's Ngoc Bui alleged the attack is linked to the prolific BlackCat ransomware gang, speculating they pulled an "exit scam" after getting paid to avoid law enforcement.

Healthcare

SecureWorld News

APRIL 24, 2024

UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum and Change Healthcare, has confirmed that it paid the ransom demands of the cybercriminals behind the late February incident that led to widespread service outages in the U.S. healthcare industry. Following these events, the U.S. billion.

Healthcare

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape. Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch inch diskettes. inch diskettes. FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013.

Ransomware

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

of all Mac detections in 2020—the rest can be attributed to Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and Adware ThiefQuest tricked many researchers into believing it was the first example of ransomware on macOS since 2017, but the malware was hiding its real activity of massive data exfiltration. In short, in 2020, cyberthreats evolved.

Malware

Bleeping Computer

MARCH 4, 2024

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang has shut down its servers amid claims that they scammed the affiliate responsible for the attack on Optum, the operator of the Change Healthcare platform, of $22 million. [.]

Ransomware

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In episode 353, we discuss the February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, resulting in the largest data breach of protected health information in history. In […] The post Fallout from the Change Healthcare Breach, Mortgage Wire Fraud What You Need To Know appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

Healthcare

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

Related : How ransomware became a scourge Ransomware attacks and email fraud have spiked to record levels across the U.S. These scams rely on the failure of a subordinate employee to recognize a cleverly spoofed email directive. Texas, coincidentally, also happens to be the latest poster child for ransomware victimization.

Scams

Webroot

APRIL 13, 2021

Ransomware attacks generate big headlines when the targets are government entities, universities and healthcare organizations. But there’s one increasingly frequent target of ransomware attacks that tends to slip under the radar. The post Why SMBs are Under Attack by Ransomware appeared first on Webroot Blog.

Ransomware

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

An alert issued on September 22nd, 2021 by FBI and CISA on a joint note says that the Conti Ransomware has become super-active in recent months as their analysis showed that the said malware spreading gang was involved in over 400 attacks on companies operating in United States and abroad.

Ransomware

Threatpost

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Between ransomware attacks on healthcare devices, malware-laced “medical” apps, and fraud services available on the dark net, attackers are pushing the boundaries on targeting healthcare.

Healthcare

Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2024

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher. Our prediction?

Ransomware