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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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. Learn network security best practices to strengthen your security measures further and avoid such breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Examples include GDPR in Europe, HIPAA in healthcare, and PCI DSS for payment card data. Failure to meet regulatory requirements can jeopardize data security, subjecting businesses to legal action and reputational harm. Insider risks can be attributed to a lack of awareness, employee unhappiness, or social engineering attacks.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The gang has scored a series of resonant attacks on oil companies, financial services , government agencies and healthcare providers. The gang infamously uses complex tactics and techniques to penetrate victim networks, such as exploitation of software vulnerabilities and social engineering.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Despite all the advances in cybersecurity, email remains the starting point for the vast majority of cyberattacks, as phishing, malware and social engineering remain effective attack techniques. That makes email security software a worthwhile investment for organizations of all sizes.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“As organizations quickly adopt technologies like Okta Fastpass which uses biometrics for authentication instead of passwords, … we expect an increase in two areas: breaches caused by social engineering (already on the rise), and breaches caused by Insiders (already over 40% of all breaches).

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SecureList

MAY 7, 2025

Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver attacks continue Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) is an increasingly prevalent technique used in ransomware attacks to bypass security defenses and gain kernel-level access on Windows systems.

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