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

APRIL 2, 2020

Microsoft is sending notifications to dozens of hospitals about vulnerable VPN devices and gateways exposed online in their network. Microsoft is warning dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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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. Consider installing and using a VPN.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In October 2022, CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S. businesses, mainly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware operations. The threat actors obtained the VPN credentials through phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

CISA adds Array Networks AG and vxAG ArrayOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Thai police arrested Chinese hackers involved in SMS blaster attacks Zyxel firewalls targeted in recent ransomware attacks Malware campaign abused flawed Avast Anti-Rootkit driver Russia-linked APT TAG-110 uses targets Europe and Asia Russia-linked threat (..)

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Each year, the first week of March (March 2-8) is recognized as National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW).

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory with information about "Daixin Team," a cybercrime group actively targeting U.S. The biggest target is the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector, according to the advisory. "As businesses with ransomware and data extortion operations.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Akira ransomware targets Finnish organizations GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia ’s 2024 Presidential Election Researchers created a PoC for Apache OFBiz flaw CVE-2023-51467 Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes (..)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

CISA adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ESET detailed a flaw that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot in UEFI systems Russia-linked APT Star Blizzard targets WhatsApp accounts Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach Clop Ransomware exploits Cleo File Transfer flaw: dozens (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Iranian hacker group has been attacking corporate VPNs over the past months, they have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world targeting Pulse Secure , Fortinet , Palo Alto Networks , and Citrix VPNs. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2024

The Qilin ransomware group has been active since at least 2022 but gained attention in June 2024 for attacking Synnovis , a UK governmental service provider for healthcare. The attackers breached the organization via compromised credentials for a VPN portal that lacked multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2022

In July 2021, Mango told Stern that the group was placing ads on several Russian-language cybercrime forums to hire more workers. They also show with terrifying precision how adeptly a large, organized cybercrime group can pivot from a single compromised PC to completely owning a Fortune 500 company. It took the HSE until Sept.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

Attackers are targeting organizations in the healthcare industry via malspam campaigns using malicious attachments. Some of them like DoppelPaymer and Maze groups announced that they would no target healthcare organizations during the pandemic. ” reads a press release published by the Interpol.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 11, 2021

Both the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued warnings about an ongoing cybercrime campaign that is using Avaddon ransomware. In a separate advisory (pdf) , the ACSC says it is also aware of an ongoing ransomware campaign using the Avaddon Ransomware malware. Additional threats.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2023

anti-cybercrime (Ofac).” The authorities reported that from June 2021 through at least November 2022, threat actors targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including Government Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Information Technology, and especially Healthcare and Public Health (HPH).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

. “The impact of these updates is far-reaching, considering that Hive is a RaaS payload that Microsoft has observed in attacks against organizations in the healthcare and software industries by large ransomware affiliates like DEV-0237.” key files.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2024

The BlackSuit ransomware has targeted various critical infrastructure sectors, including commercial facilities, healthcare, government, and manufacturing. of incidents), exploiting vulnerabilities in public-facing applications and using initial access provided by access brokers and harvesting VPN credentials from stealer logs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2024

Day: Exploiting Localhost APIs From the Browser BlackHat USA 2024 – Listen-Up: Sonos Over-The-Air Remote Kernel Exploitation and Covert Wiretap ‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections E.U.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points.

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Ransomware Cyber Attacks Technology Manufacturing 140

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4 Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4

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Small Business Password Management VPN Healthcare 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2023

The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M

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Data breaches Malware Retail VPN 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The methods used by cybercriminals in 2023 varied with cyberattacks, physical attacks, and system errors targeting everything from critical infrastructure to manufacturing to healthcare databases. This signals a new era of cybercrime where private data becomes prized currency, putting every email address and credit card number at risk.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Cybercrime Social Engineering 90

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

The authorities reported that from June 2021 through at least November 2022, threat actors targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including Government Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Information Technology, and especially Healthcare and Public Health (HPH).

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Ransomware VPN Manufacturing Healthcare 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The authorities reported that from June 2021 through at least November 2022, threat actors employed the Hive ransomware in attacks aimed at a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including Government Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Information Technology, and especially Healthcare and Public Health (HPH).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

It didn’t only affect the financial datasets of business sectors but also the medical records maintained by healthcare institutions such as hospitals. According to Juniper Research , up to 13% of the cybercrime market thrives because of the small business. You might wonder, why?

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

To prevent attacks via RDP, it is recommended to hide RDP servers behind a VPN or disable UDP port 3389. That said, a VPN is no panacea if it too is vulnerable to amplification attacks. In Q1 2021, for instance, attackers went after Powerhouse VPN servers. Nor was Q1 without political DDoS attacks.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Hackers who are on the lookout for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities (1-days) in internet facing software, such as VPN appliances or email gateways. There is, of course, a documented porosity between the ransomware ecosystem and other cybercrime domains such as carding or point-of-sale (PoS) hacking. Access sellers.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 29, 2025

Prediction 3: Critical sectors will face persistent targeting by ransomware groupsManufacturing, healthcare, education, and energy will remain primary targets for ransomware, with no slowdown in attacks expected in 2025. It underscores a continuous shift in ransomware strategies toward more efficient and high-impact methods.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of fake warnings of cyberattacks sent from a hacked FBI email server GravityRAT returns disguised as an end-to-end encrypted chat app Intel and AMD address high severity vulnerabilities in products and drivers New evolving Abcbot DDoS botnet targets Linux systems Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed (..)

Spyware 55

Spyware Data breaches Ransomware Hacking 55

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

It found the most common intrusion tactics are phishing emails containing malware, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) brute forcing, and exploiting Virtual Private Network (VPN) vulnerabilities. The report also sheds light on the growing professionalism of cybercrime groups, with many organising through affiliate programmes.

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