Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

They provide healthcare services including: primary care, geriatric medicine, vision care, behavioral health services, pediatrics, womens health, pediatric medicine, family planning and dental services. healthcare providers surged in 2024, with 98 attacks compromising 117 million records. Ransomware attacks on U.S.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2020

FBI and the DHS’s CISA agencies published a joint alert to warn hospitals and healthcare providers of imminent ransomware attacks from Russia. The government agencies receive information about imminent attacks, threat actors are using the TrickBot botnet to deliver the infamous ransomware to the infected systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Memorial Hospital and Manor is a community hospital and healthcare facility that serves Decatur County and surrounding areas in southwest Georgia. It offers a range of healthcare services, including emergency care, inpatient and outpatient services, surgical care, and specialized medical services. Ransomware attacks on U.S.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Under-resourced Information Security Managers were not performing their business as usual role (including a NIST-based cybersecurity review of systems) but were working on evaluating security controls for the COVID-19 vaccination system. There was a lack of effective patching (updates, bug fixes etc.)

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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. The security breach exposed personal information belonging to patients, employees, and dependents.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For a second consecutive year, the time for Kaspersky to make its predictions for the healthcare sector comes amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. A 2021 report by Constella Intelligence found that the number of personal data leaks in healthcare grew by half when compared to 2019. Several factors contributed to that.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

Healthcare firm HealthEquity disclosed a data breach caused by a partner’s compromised account that exposed protected health information. Healthcare fintech firm HealthEquity disclosed a data breach after a partner’s compromised account was used to access its systems. ” continues the Form 8-K.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2024

A cyberattack hit the US Healthcare giant Ascension and is causing disruption of the systems at hospitals in the country. Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by the number of hospitals as of 2019. ” reads the notice of security incident.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In particular, the need for smart technology that manages who can access what and when is at high demand within the healthcare industry. This balancing act often leaves healthcare providers with a series of obstacles during critical circumstances. Consumer Expectations. Data’s Lifetime Impact.

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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. The company is notifying the impacted individuals.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2023

Health-ISAC, a nonprofit, private sector, member-driven organization, has released its annual cyber threat report on current and emerging threat activity in the healthcare industry, in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Threat Intelligence.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The US Healthcare provider Ardent Health Services disclosed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack last week. Ardent Health Services is a healthcare company that operates hospitals and other medical facilities in the United States. The healthcare provider disclosed that it has suffered a ransomware attack on November 23. .”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 4, 2023

The Crown Princess Mary Cancer Center is the healthcare facility that is in discussion and federal government agencies are trying to contain the incident on the servers of the facility, which is part of the Sydney West Cancer Network. The post Information Security News headlines trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2024

CISA adds NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Health industry experts say the findings should prompt a larger review of how security — or the lack thereof — may be impacting patient outcomes. Or how many hospitals and practices experienced delays in getting test results back needed to make critical healthcare decisions.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

ConnectOnCall disclosed a data breach impacting over 900,000 individuals, exposing their personal information. ConnectOnCall is a telehealth platform and after-hours on-call answering service designed to enhance communication between healthcare providers and patients. concludes the notice.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

healthcare organizations of targeted ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware attacks. healthcare organizations of targeted attacks conducted by ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware attacks. This alert aims at organizations in the healthcare sector because ALPHV Blackcat affiliates have been observed primarily targeting this sector.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Black Basta has targeted at least 12 critical infrastructure sectors, including Healthcare and Public Health. The alert provides Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) obtained from law enforcement investigations and reports from third-party security firms. reads the CSA.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Omni Family Health is a nonprofit organization that provides healthcare services to communities in California, focusing on underserved populations. Omni Family Health aims to improve access to quality healthcare and address health disparities in the regions they serve.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

” NKTsKI recommends organizations to strengthen monitoring of threats and information security events in systems provided by LANIT. LANIT Group (Laboratory of New Information Technologies) is one of Russia’s largest IT service and software providers.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In episode 353, we discuss the February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, resulting in the largest data breach of protected health information in history. In […] The post Fallout from the Change Healthcare Breach, Mortgage Wire Fraud What You Need To Know appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The hospital revealed that the security breach exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients. Anna Jaques Hospital is a not-for-profit community healthcare facility located in Newburyport, Massachusetts. On December 25, 2023, a ransomware attack hit the Anna Jaques Hospital.

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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. Healthcare organizations would need to evaluate their AI for accuracy, fairness, and security—similar to testing new drugs for safety and efficacy before they reach patients. for SecureWorld News.

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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

MAY 8, 2023

NextGen Healthcare suffered a data breach, the security incident exposed the personal information of approximately 1 million individuals. Healthcare solutions provider NextGen Healthcare suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of informing approximately one million individuals.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2023

St Vincent’s Health Australia, the largest Australian healthcare provider, suffered a data breach after a cyber attack. St Vincent’s Health Australia is the largest non-profit healthcare provider in the country, The healthcare system was hit by a cyberattack that resulted in a data breach.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

and New Jersey, as well as organizations in the healthcare and other sectors nationwide. On or about May 27, 2022, the man and his Hive coconspirators allegedly hit a nonprofit behavioral healthcare organization in New Jersey. The attacks hit law enforcement agencies in Washington, D.C.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Bleeping Computer reported that a threat actor using the moniker ‘nears’ (previously near2tlg) claimed to have had access to patient records of over 1,500,000 people following the hack of multiple healthcare organizations in France. We wish to clarify that the health data concerned was not hosted by the Softway Medical Group.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) hospital in Florida was forced to take offline its systems after a cyberattack. The Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) hospital has taken its IT systems offline and suspended non-emergency procedures after a cyberattack. See our 12 pm update below.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“According to the indictment, Ptitsyn facilitated the worldwide use of a dangerous ransomware strain to target corporations and various organizations, including government agencies, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Hulea pleaded guilty to computer fraud conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy on June 20 for his role in the NetWalker ransomware attacks against organizations worldwide, including healthcare during COVID-19. The man admitted to extorting 1,595 bitcoin (~$21.5M) in ransom payments. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2025

.” reported Veriti “35% of companies analyzed were unprotected due to misconfigured Intrusion Prevention Systems in their NextGenFirewall or WebApplicationFirewall” Attacks also targeted financial and healthcare firms in Germany, Thailand, Indonesia, Colombia, and the UK. ” conclude the report.“Security

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

The gang’s leaders saw an opportunity to create widespread panic — if not also chaos — by deploying their ransomware simultaneously to hundreds of American healthcare organizations already struggling amid a worldwide pandemic. hospitals and healthcare providers.”. “There will be panic. 428 hospitals.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The healthcare center discovered that a threat actor accessed and encrypted files on their systems between September 5, 2024 and September 8, 2024. On September 8, 2024, Great Plains Regional Medical Center (Oklahoma) suffered a ransomware attack. The experts believe that the attackers also copied some of those files.

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