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Inside Ireland’s Public Healthcare Ransomware Scare

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. The unusually candid post-mortem found that nearly two months elapsed between the initial intrusion and the launching of the ransomware.

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Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin.

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North Korean-sponsored ransomware attacks target US healthcare companies

Tech Republic Security

JULY 7, 2022

Since May of 2021, state-sponsored attackers have been deploying Maui ransomware in an attempt to encrypt sensitive records and disrupt services for vulnerable healthcare organizations. The post North Korean-sponsored ransomware attacks target US healthcare companies appeared first on TechRepublic.

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110 Nursing Homes Cut Off from Health Records in Ransomware Attack

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A ransomware outbreak has besieged a Wisconsin based IT company that provides cloud data hosting, security and access management to more than 100 nursing homes across the United States. based Saint Francis Healthcare System began notifying patients about a ransomware attack that left physicians unable to access medical records prior to Jan.

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GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Related: Hackers relentlessly target healthcare providers. However, healthcare data ranks at the top of the list for needing improvements in security and privacy protections. There are many reasons for the vulnerable state of healthcare data. Healthcare data security and privacy is a problem that continues to grow.

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Change Healthcare outages reportedly caused by ransomware

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On Wednesday February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare—a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group—experienced serious system outages due to a cyberattack. In a Form 8-K filing the company said it: “identified a suspected nation-state associated cyber security threat actor had gained access to some of the Change Healthcare information technology systems.”

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REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim Data

Krebs on Security

JUNE 2, 2020

The criminal group behind the REvil ransomware enterprise has begun auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies hit by its malicious software. A partial screenshot from the REvil ransomware group’s Dark Web blog. and Europe in early March.” So it’s a double vig.”

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North Korea-linked APTs use Maui Ransomware to target the Healthcare industry

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2022

US authorities have issued a joint advisory warning of North Korea-linked APTs using Maui ransomware in attacks against the Healthcare sector. Treasury Department issued a joint advisory that warn of North-Korea-linked threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks aimed at organizations in the Healthcare sector.

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New ransomware group demands Change Healthcare ransom

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. .”

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part I: Evasion

Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

A Ukrainian security researcher this week leaked several years of internal chat logs and other sensitive data tied to Conti , an aggressive and ruthless Russian cybercrime group that focuses on deploying its ransomware to companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue. hospitals and healthcare providers.”. 23, 2020.

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Ukraine hackers spread ransomware to US Healthcare Company

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Family Medical Center (FMC) of Michigan, a healthcare center supported by government funding, was targeted by a ransomware attack in July this year. IDX launched a comprehensive investigation confirmed that the data breach on the Family Medical Centre took place, but failed to identify the suspects’ gang behind the ransomware incident.

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Healthcare organizations are a focus of ransomware attacks

Cisco Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

The shift to remote care and the widespread adoption of EHR solutions by health systems have shaped digital transformation in healthcare. The challenge now is to understand how hospitals and care centers expect to protect patient information and maintain network performance when threats like Ransomware are lurking.

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New GwisinLocker ransomware encrypts Windows and Linux ESXi servers

Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 6, 2022

A new ransomware family called 'GwisinLocker' targets South Korean healthcare, industrial, and pharmaceutical companies with Windows and Linux encryptors, including support for encrypting VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines. [.].

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Trending ransomware attacks on healthcare sector

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 19, 2021

Memorial Health System, based in Ohio, is trending on Google for becoming a recent victim to a ransomware attack. In another incident related to ransomware targeting healthcare organization, St. Joseph/Candler is yet to confirm whether it is going to pay a ransom to free up its database from encryption.

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CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, US Marshalls are latest ransomware targets

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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New ransomware group demands Change Healthcare ransom

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. .”

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Healthcare Now Third-Most Targeted Industry for Ransomware

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have sharply increased in 2024, as shown by recent research from Safety Detectives. Compared to 2023, healthcare providers are facing a higher frequency of ransomware incidents, impacting their ability to deliver essential services and protect sensitive patient data.

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Healthcare providers prefer paying ransom in ransomware attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2022

Healthcare providers are opting to pay a ransom in the event of ransomware attacks, instead of recovering it from data backups. The reason is as it is easy and guarantees 100% encrypted data return- Of course, as per their perspective!

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Threat spotlight: Conti, the ransomware used in the HSE healthcare attack

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.

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Rebranded Knight Ransomware Targeting Healthcare and Businesses Worldwide

The Hacker News

JUNE 5, 2024

An analysis of a nascent ransomware strain called RansomHub has revealed it to be an updated and rebranded version of Knight ransomware, itself an evolution of another ransomware known as Cyclops. ransomware first arrived in May 2023, employing double extortion tactics to steal and encrypt victims' data for financial gain.

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Ransomware’s appetite for US healthcare sees known attacks double in a year

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.

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Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

As if the scourge of ransomware wasn’t bad enough already: Several prominent purveyors of ransomware have signaled they plan to start publishing data stolen from victims who refuse to pay up. The message displayed at the top of the Maze Ransomware public shaming site. Follow the news!”

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On the Irish Health Services Executive Hack

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

It had no documented cyber incident response runbooks or IT recovery plans (apart from documented AD recovery plans) for recovering from a wide-scale ransomware event. The antivirus server was later encrypted in the attack). There was a lack of effective patching (updates, bug fixes etc.)

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North Korean APT targets US healthcare sector with Maui ransomware

Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

State-sponsored North Korean threat actors have been targeting the US Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector for the past year using the Maui ransomware, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) from the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of the Treasury. Check it out @ [link].

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious. The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.”

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Ransomware Groups Turn to Intermittent Encryption to Speed Attack Times

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

To accelerate the ransomware encryption process and make it harder to detect, cybercriminal groups have begun using a new technique: intermittent encryption. Intermittent encryption allows the ransomware encryption malware to encrypt files partially or only encrypt parts of the files.

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North Korean Maui Ransomware Actively Targeting U.S. Healthcare Organizations

The Hacker News

JULY 7, 2022

cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned about the use of Maui ransomware by North Korean government-backed hackers to target the healthcare sector since at least May 2021. In a new joint cybersecurity advisory, U.S.

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New Hive ransomware variant is written in Rust and use improved encryption method

Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

Hive ransomware operators have improved their file-encrypting module by migrating to Rust language and adopting a more sophisticated encryption method. ” These upgrades prove that Hive is one of the fastest evolving ransomware families in the cybercrime ecosystem. . ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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ALPHV is singling out healthcare sector, say FBI and CISA

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In an updated #StopRansomware security advisory , the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has warned the healthcare industry about the danger of the ALPHV ransomware group, also known as Blackcat.

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US HHS warns healthcare orgs of Royal Ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns healthcare organizations of Royal ransomware attacks. The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. The malware changes the extension of the encrypted files to ‘.royal’.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

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.

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3 healthcare organizations that are building cyber resilience

Webroot

APRIL 5, 2024

From 2018 to 2023, healthcare data breaches have increased by 93 percent. And ransomware attacks have grown by 278 percent over the same period. Healthcare organizations can’t afford to let preventable breaches slip by. Globally, the average cost of a healthcare data breach has reached $10.93 Read the full case study.

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Bitdefender released a decryptor for the ShrinkLocker ransomware

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Bitdefender released a decryptor for the ShrinkLocker ransomware, which modifies BitLocker configurations to encrypt a system’s drives. ShrinkLocker ransomware was first discovered in May 2024 by researchers from Kaspersky. Then, it re-encrypts the system using a randomly generated password.

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Royal Ransomware is after the healthcare sector of the United States

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Day to day a new ransomware emerges on the web giving us a feeling that the threat seems to be a never-ending saga and is going through evolution with time. Royal Ransomware is the latest file encrypting malware that is on the prowl and is, for now, encrypting only networks related to the healthcare sector of America.

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RansomHub Ransomware Group Targets 210 Victims Across Critical Sectors

The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Threat actors linked to the RansomHub ransomware group encrypted and exfiltrated data from at least 210 victims since its inception in February 2024, the U.S. government said.

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A glimmer of good news on the ransomware front, as encryption rates plummet

Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 17, 2024

No-one would be bold enough to say that the ransomware problem is receding, but a newly-published report by Microsoft does deliver a slither of encouraging news amongst the gloom. And boy do we need some good news - amid reports that 389 US-based healthcare institutions were hit by ransomware last year - more than one every single day.

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Ransomware at IT Services Provider Synoptek

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Synoptek , a California business that provides cloud hosting and IT management services to more than a thousand customer nationwide, suffered a ransomware attack this week that has disrupted operations for many of its clients, according to sources. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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More and More Companies Are Getting Hit with Ransomware

Heimadal Security

AUGUST 24, 2021

The increasing frequency and size of ransomware attacks are becoming a huge concern for thousands of organizations globally. All over the world, threat actors take advantage of security vulnerabilities and encrypt data belonging to all sorts of organizations: from private businesses to healthcare facilities and governments.

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Conti Ransomware attack on Ireland HSE encrypted 80% of data

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2022

Ireland Health Service (HSE) was cyber-attacked by CONTI Ransomware group in mid last year and news is now out that 80% of the data been stored on the servers of the healthcare services provider was encrypted by the said a gang of criminals. And the result on whether the information truly belonged to HSE is awaited! .

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Royal Ransomware Puts Novel Spin on Encryption Tactics

Dark Reading

DECEMBER 14, 2022

An emerging cybercriminal group linked with Conti has expanded its partial encryption strategy and demonstrates other evasive maneuvers, as it takes aim at healthcare and other sectors.

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UHS hospitals hit by Ryuk ransomware attack

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Universal Health Services (UHS) healthcare providers has reportedly shut down systems at healthcare facilities after a Ryuk ransomware attack. Universal Health Services (UHS) is an American Fortune 500 company that provides hospital and healthcare services, in 2019, its annual revenues were $11.37 billion in 2019.

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Experts spotted a variant of the Agenda Ransomware written in Rust

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Researchers spotted a new variant of the Agenda ransomware which is written in the cross-platform programming language Rust. Trend Micro researchers have spotted a new variant of the Agenda ransomware (aka Qilin) that is written in Rust Language. The researchers estimated that combined revenue surpasses US$550 million. AGENDA.THIAFBB.”

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Researchers released a free decryption tool for the Rhysida Ransomware

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Researchers discovered a vulnerability in the code of the Rhysida ransomware that allowed them to develop a decryption tool. Cybersecurity researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) discovered an implementation vulnerability in the source code of the Rhysida ransomware.

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The Lorenz ransomware group hit Texas-based Cogdell Memorial Hospital

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The Lorenz ransomware gang has been active since April 2021 and hit multiple organizations worldwide demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom to the victims. At the time of this writing, the Loren group has started uploading the stolen data (95%) US Healthcare organizations continue to be a privileged target of ransomware gangs.

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Inside Ireland’s Public Healthcare Ransomware Scare

Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Trending Sources

North Korean-sponsored ransomware attacks target US healthcare companies

110 Nursing Homes Cut Off from Health Records in Ransomware Attack

GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

Change Healthcare outages reportedly caused by ransomware

REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim Data

North Korea-linked APTs use Maui Ransomware to target the Healthcare industry

New ransomware group demands Change Healthcare ransom

Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part I: Evasion

Ukraine hackers spread ransomware to US Healthcare Company

Healthcare organizations are a focus of ransomware attacks

New GwisinLocker ransomware encrypts Windows and Linux ESXi servers

Trending ransomware attacks on healthcare sector

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, US Marshalls are latest ransomware targets

New ransomware group demands Change Healthcare ransom

Healthcare Now Third-Most Targeted Industry for Ransomware

Healthcare providers prefer paying ransom in ransomware attacks

Threat spotlight: Conti, the ransomware used in the HSE healthcare attack

Rebranded Knight Ransomware Targeting Healthcare and Businesses Worldwide

Ransomware’s appetite for US healthcare sees known attacks double in a year

Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up

On the Irish Health Services Executive Hack

North Korean APT targets US healthcare sector with Maui ransomware

New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Ransomware Groups Turn to Intermittent Encryption to Speed Attack Times

North Korean Maui Ransomware Actively Targeting U.S. Healthcare Organizations

New Hive ransomware variant is written in Rust and use improved encryption method

ALPHV is singling out healthcare sector, say FBI and CISA

US HHS warns healthcare orgs of Royal Ransomware attacks

SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

3 healthcare organizations that are building cyber resilience

Bitdefender released a decryptor for the ShrinkLocker ransomware

Royal Ransomware is after the healthcare sector of the United States

RansomHub Ransomware Group Targets 210 Victims Across Critical Sectors

A glimmer of good news on the ransomware front, as encryption rates plummet

Ransomware at IT Services Provider Synoptek

More and More Companies Are Getting Hit with Ransomware

Conti Ransomware attack on Ireland HSE encrypted 80% of data

Royal Ransomware Puts Novel Spin on Encryption Tactics

UHS hospitals hit by Ryuk ransomware attack

Experts spotted a variant of the Agenda Ransomware written in Rust

Researchers released a free decryption tool for the Rhysida Ransomware

The Lorenz ransomware group hit Texas-based Cogdell Memorial Hospital

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