Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Nearly every piece of data that is presently protected through the use of encryption may become vulnerable to exposure unless we take action soon. While quantum computers already exist, no devices are believed to yet exist that are anywhere near powerful enough to crack modern encryption in short order.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been a couple of decades since data tapes delivered by trucks made encryption a standard enterprise cybersecurity practice. Yet even as technology has changed, sending and receiving data remains a major vulnerability, ensuring encryption’s place as a foundational security practice. What is Encryption?

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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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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This includes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems that are increasingly used in healthcare. Senate Committee on Finance from February 8, and a snippet from it: "There's no doubt that some of this technology is already making our health care system more efficient. Here is Sen. for SecureWorld News.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Navigating the Multicloud Maze: Insights from the Thales Data Threat Report, Healthcare Edition madhav Wed, 10/25/2023 - 04:39 In the ever-evolving landscape of data security, the healthcare industry stands at a critical juncture. According to the Thales report, healthcare organizations are now embracing an average of 2.42

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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. A lack of investment in effective security technologies could be a precursor to disrupted systems for periods on end. Over the past year and a half that’s been tremendously beneficial.

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Cytelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The healthcare industry has witnessed a rapid digital transformation, with hospitals, clinics, and medical practices relying heavily on technology to store and manage patient data, streamline operations, and improve patient care. Patient records, insurance information, and intellectual property are just a few examples.

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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. Others are automated.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2022

The Professional Finance Company, PFC, suffered a ransomware attack on February 26 and on July 1 confirmed that over 650 healthcare providers were affected by the breach. If companies want to stand up to data-related extortion then data-in-use encryption is the technology of choice for unmatched immunity. More than 1.9

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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. The only required argument is a folder path, which Maui will parse and encrypt identified files.".

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 26, 2023

Thales partners with Hint AG to provide managed security services for the Swiss healthcare sector madhav Thu, 07/27/2023 - 04:32 Analysts from Statista are projecting that the Healthcare market in Switzerland will need to invest 1.3 billion Swiss Franks in cybersecurity and IT by 2027.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As a result of a cloud breach, one in four healthcare organization was fined for non-compliance and 1 in 10 was sued, Netwrix study finds. . February 24, 2021 – Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy , today announced findings for the healthcare sector from its global 2021 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report. .

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Homomorphic encryption has long been something of a Holy Grail in cryptography. Related: Post-quantum cryptography on the horizon For decades, some of our smartest mathematicians and computer scientists have struggled to derive a third way to keep data encrypted — not just the two classical ways, at rest and in transit.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2021

It is no secret that healthcare systems around the globe are facing unprecedented challenges. Beyond the obvious spectre of the pandemic, health services need to provide a growing, increasingly elderly, population, with quality healthcare despite rising costs. How healthcare has transformed during the pandemic.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

But it’s coming, in the form of driverless cars, climate-restoring infrastructure and next-gen healthcare technology. They outlined why something called attribute-based encryption, or ABE, has emerged as the basis for a new form of agile cryptography that we will need in order to kick digital transformation into high gear.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 20, 2022

There is little doubt that quantum computing will ultimately undermine the security of most of today’s encryption systems , and, thereby, render vulnerable to exposure nearly every piece of data that is presently protected through the use of encryption. Such an attitude is not alarmist – it is reality, whether we like it or not.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare Organizations Need to Adapt Their Data Protection Policies to the New Threat Environment. Healthcare providers are at the epicenter of the fight against coronavirus. Given this, healthcare organizations need to advance their security efforts to adapt to this shifting environment. Tue, 11/17/2020 - 06:44. ransomware).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 25, 2019

healthcare organizations are nearly universal in the adoption of digital transformation technologies (cloud, SaaS applications, big data, IoT, digital payments, containers, and blockchain). This year’s Thales Data Threat Report-Healthcare Edition shows that cloud usage in the U.S. But results showed that today, U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

Healthcare’s IT evolution has brought numerous security challenges including regulations, the use of digitally transformative technologies that have created huge amounts of data to store and protect, and the extraordinary value of electronic personal health information (ePHI) to cybercriminals. Regulations. Almost all (96%) of U.S.

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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. ” they wrote.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, industries reliant on shared devices—such as healthcare, retail, and manufacturing—face unique challenges. For example, in healthcare, constant authentication interruptions can impact both patient care and productivity. These fast-paced environments need a more flexible approach to balance security, speed, and user privacy.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 8, 2022

Ransomware Trends Show Lockbit Most Active, New Tactics, Healthcare Hit Hard. The group’s largest number of victims were in manufacturing (see: Bridgestone Americas confirms ransomware attack ), technology, education and the public sectors. Healthcare under attack in 2021: most likely to pay ransom. brooke.crothers.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Change Healthcare, a major provider of IT services to hospitals, continues to battle the BlackCat ransomware syndicate. BlackCat has made the healthcare industry a prime target over the past year, victimizing providers, insurers, and now healthcare IT suppliers like Change Healthcare, a unit of Optum. authorities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 4, 2021

The Cloud Trust Paradox: Keeping Control of Data & Encryption Keys in the Cloud. With customers increasingly being less trusting of how companies store and process their data in the cloud, encrypting this data and controlling the encryption keys is essential for building trust. Thu, 03/04/2021 - 09:38.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Unpatched vulnerabilities and configuration errors made it easy for hackers to steal info and encrypt data on the servers related to the cloud. But isn’t it a workload of the operator or a CSP…? The post Most Infrastructure as a Service Cloud providers hit by ransomware this year appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Joe Biden and his administration seems be on a forward thinking gear for quantum technology linked cyber attacks leading to data breaches. NOTE 1- According to a discussion on Reddit, a 128 bit encryption standard can take at least 3 months to break and a 256-bit key might take even longer. isn’t it? .

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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. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible. “The Venus group has problems getting paid,” Holden said. ”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2024

The group targeted multiple industries, including media and communications, telecoms, technology, healthcare, and education and government entities. The new variant of the StealthVector, while similar to the 2021 version, uses AES encryption instead of the customized ChaCha20. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 11, 2018

Whether offering instant access to patient records, allowing remote diagnosis of treatment, or giving access to lifestyle management and monitoring apps, it’s undeniable that the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected services are revolutionising the healthcare industry.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a groundbreaking move, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that aims to safeguard the state's critical infrastructure, specifically its healthcare sector. This proactive approach will undoubtedly strengthen patient trust and confidence in New York's healthcare system.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2024

The healthcare organization notified law enforcement and hired third-party forensic and information technology experts to assist. “We purposely didn’t encrypt this hospital so as not to interfere with patient care. Unfortunately, Lockbit affiliates continue to target healthcare organizations.

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Spinone

MARCH 19, 2020

Encryption is one of the tried and true security mechanisms for keeping data secure and private both on-premises and in the cloud. It allows masking data with mathematical algorithms that scramble the data so that it is unreadable without the encryption key. However, there is a weakness with traditional encryption techniques.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Wearable technologies continuously monitor vital signs such as heart rate, while larger equipment like dialysis machines and ventilators operate tirelessly to support critical bodily functions. New security solutions are now aiding healthcare organizations' IT teams in promptly resolving issues, even with devices from various manufacturers.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

One last comment: there was a story published earlier this year titled Our Investigation of the Pure Incubation Ventures Leak and in there they refer to "encrypted passwords" being present in the data. " True story, told uncensored here because I want to impress on the audience how I feel when my data turns up somewhere publicly.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 4, 2021

The company that is in discussion is Advanced Technology Ventures(ATV) that is worth $1.8 billion in assets and was targeted by the file encrypting malware spreading gang on July 9th of this year. From 1979, ATV invests huge on companies involved in technology, communications, software and healthcare sector.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

HIPAA mandates that healthcare providers, insurers, and business associates implement robust security measures to safeguard patient data. This includes administrative, physical, and technical safeguards like encryption and access controls. HIPAA also requires organizations to conduct regular risk assessments and report data breaches.

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