CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Preliminary analysis made by security experts of AAH revealed hackers accessed the following info, such as IP address, dates and times of scheduled appointments, gist of patient’s medical history, insurance data and proxy account info. million patients. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Healthcare services provider HMG Healthcare has disclosed a data breach that impacted 40 affiliated nursing facilities. In November 2023, the Healthcare services provider HMG Healthcare discovered a data breach that exposed personal health information related to residents and employees at HMG affiliated nursing facilities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after it was a victim of a ransomware attack in May. Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack that hit the organization on May 9, 2023. Norton Healthcare is a healthcare system based in Louisville, Kentucky (US).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Anna Jaques Hospital is a not-for-profit community healthcare facility located in Newburyport, Massachusetts. On January 19, the Money Messageransomware gang added the healthcare organization to its Tor leak site claiming the theft of 600GB of sensitive data, including PII and diagnoses.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Tianfeng worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co.,

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Healthcare system Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of 3,000,000 patients. The US-based hospital healthcare system Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of 3,000,000 patients. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Advocate Aurora Health).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Healthcare company Atrium Health disclosed a data breach that impacted 585,000 individuals. Impacts vary depending on users’ browsers, cookies, and third-party account activity. The company pointed out that no Social Security numbers, financial accounts, or credit/debit card information were affected. added Atrium Health.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Amid fears that the newly mutated & detected Omicron variant of Corona could trigger a lockdown across the world, security experts warn that some group of threat actors probably funded by adversary governments are threatening to disrupt the healthcare services and vaccine supply meant to contain the spread of COVID-19 on a global note.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

WebTPA, a third-party administrator that provides healthcare management and administrative services, disclosed a data breach. WebTPA is a third-party administrator that provides healthcare management and administrative services. The US company disclosed a data breach that impacted almost 2.5 million people.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2024

billing and electronic payment system operated by Change Healthcare, a big division of UnitedHealth Group, is only the latest, but maybe greatest, example. RELATED: Hospitals Seek Federal Help as Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Disrupts Payments ] The attack has left hundreds, if not thousands, of providers all over the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

healthcare system. The legislation is a direct response to a surge in cyberattacks targeting healthcare providers, breaching patient privacy, and disrupting care delivery across the nation. The legislation could potentially lower costs associated with recovery from breaches and improve public trust in healthcare services.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

But in all likelihood, there will be more than a handful of domain subscribers who take issue with that volume of people data sitting there in one corpus easily downloadable via a clear web hacking forum.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2020

Zoom accounts are flooding the dark web, over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are being sold on hacker forums. Over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are available for sale on the dark web and hacker forums. Cyble confirmed that the accounts’ credentials belonging to some of its clients were valid.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The government’s indictment against Ptitsyn should dispel any notion that ransomware gangs only target the largest, richest, most robust corporations on the planet, as one Phobos affiliate allegedly extorted a Maryland-based healthcare provider out of just $2,300—possibly the lowest payment ever recorded.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 18, 2024

UnitedHealth Group, the Minnesota-based health insurance giant, recently announced its second quarter results, revealing a stark financial impact from the cyberattack on Change Healthcare. The breach, which came to light in early 2024, involved sophisticated hacking techniques that targeted the company's extensive database and infrastructure.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

The crime gang announced it was closing up shop after its servers were seized and someone drained the cryptocurrency from an account the group uses to pay affiliates. The word ‘ransomware’ has been put on a par with a number of unpleasant phenomena, such as geopolitical tensions, extortion, and government-backed hacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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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. Using hard-to-crack unique passwords to protect sensitive data and accounts, as well as enabling multi-factor authentication.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The FBI has issued an alert about threat actors targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. million payments. ” reads the alert.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Amid the hack, fewer eyes were on the heart monitors — normally tracked on a large screen at the nurses’ station, in addition to inside the delivery room. They’re certainly never going to be held accountable. “I need u to help me understand why I was not notified.” ” [The mother] Ms.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore, recently proposed the Algorithmic Accountability Act, legislation that would require companies to assess their automated systems for accuracy, bias, and privacy risks. This includes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems that are increasingly used in healthcare. for SecureWorld News.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2025

Victims included organizations from different segments, including electronics, academia, religious organizations, defense, healthcare, technology, IT/MSP vendors, and government agencies. Resecurity identified 8 associated MEGA accounts used by the group to manage stolen victims data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 22, 2025

HHS Office for Civil Rights Proposes Measures to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Health Care Under HIPAA madhav Thu, 01/23/2025 - 06:25 Data Breaches in Healthcare: Why Stronger Regulations Matter A data breach involving personal health information isnt just about stolen filesits a gut punch to trust and a serious shake-up to peoples lives.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Software development company Retool was the victim of a smishing attack that resulted in the compromise of 27 accounts of its cloud customers. Software development company Retool revealed that 27 accounts of its cloud customers were compromised as a result of an SMS-based social engineering attack.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2020

Here’s a look at part of the job description, which includes (not pictured) a description of the healthcare plans and other benefits allegedly offered to Vasty employees. Money mule scammers specialize in hacking employer accounts at job recruitment Web sites like Monster.com, Hotjobs.com and other popular employment search services.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. “On Feb.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. By Tom Neclerio , Vice President of Professional Services at SilverSky.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Recently, Politico revealed its research on data breaches affecting the healthcare industry In their analysis of data captured by the U.S. […]. The post CRM data breach leaks personal info tied to crypto accounts; Healthcare security breach affects 100K appeared first on BlackCloak | Protect Your Digital Life™.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2025

Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) is a healthcare institution based in Staten Island, New York. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,data breach)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns of attacks against IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported that threat actors are carrying out attacks against IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. bank accounts.”

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A decade and a bit ago during my tenure at Pfizer, a colleague's laptop containing information about customers, healthcare providers and other vendors was stolen from their car. So, someone did that 167 million times, dumped the data and shared it on a popular hacking forum. Not hacked: Gravatar was not hacked.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2024

The healthcare industry has had a rough time when it comes to cybersecurity. Over the last few years, the number of data breaches in the healthcare industry has gradually increased. Clearly, there’s still a lot of work to be done to improve cybersecurity measures in healthcare.

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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. In many cases, the phony profiles spoofed chief information security officers at major corporations , and some attracted quite a few connections before their accounts were terminated.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2023

HCA Healthcare disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of roughly 11 million patients. HCA Healthcare this week announced that the personal information of roughly 11 million patients was compromised in a data breach. ” In response to the incident, HCA Healthcare disabled user access to the storage location.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2025

They deploy web shells across subdomains, create admin accounts, and leverage tools like Mimikatz , Fast Reverse Proxy ( FRP ), and Impacket for lateral movement via RDP and PowerShell remoting, ensuring multiple entry points into victim networks. Talos researchers published Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) on their GitHub repository.

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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. Nobody wants to be part of the organization that got hacked because they simply forgot to update their software.

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