eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. IT should never be the top expense for a healthcare organization. The costs, affected patients, and consequences continue to be tallied.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2021

According to a new report published by Check Point, organizations in the healthcare industry have faced a 45% increase in attacks since November. Check Point researchers reported a surge in the number of attacks against organizations in the healthcare industry , +45% since November. SecurityAffairs – hacking, healthcare industry).

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The healthcare industry might be known for the work it does to treat patients. With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable.

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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

APRIL 13, 2025

healthcare providers surged in 2024, with 98 attacks compromising 117 million records. High-profile breaches include Change Healthcare (100M records), Summit Pathology (1.8M), OnePoint Patient Care (796K), and Boston Childrens Health Physicians (909K). Ransomware attacks on U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2020

In the attacks observed by Symantec, the REvil ransomware operators used the Cobalt Strike penetration testing toolkit to deploy their malware. The attack was successful in three cases against companies from the services, food, and healthcare industry sectors. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. UNC1860 and the Temple of Oats: Iran’s Hidden Hand in Middle Eastern Networks Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Ptitsyn and his conspirators used a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model to distribute their malware to a network of affiliates. The attacks were observed as recently as February 2024, they targeted government, education, emergency services, healthcare, and other critical infrastructure sectors.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Researchers at ESET say this job offer from a phony HSBC recruiter on LinkedIn was North Korean malware masquerading as a PDF file. 3CX says it has more than 600,000 customers and 12 million users in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, healthcare and hospitality. Image: Mandiant.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2023

Threat actors are targeting organizations in the Australian healthcare sector with the Gootkit malware loader. Trend Micro researchers warn that Gootkit Loader is actively targeting the Australian healthcare industry. Threat actors also used healthcare providers across Australia. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Researchers at NCC Group reported that in November they observed the return of the infamous banking malware Carbanak in ransomware attacks. The cybersecurity firm NCC Group reported that in November the banking malware Carbanak was observed in ransomware attacks. ” reads the report published by NCC Group.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

National Security Agency (NSA) began a weeks-long operation in which it seized control over the Trickbot botnet , a malware crime machine that has infected millions of computers and is often used to spread ransomware. Conti is one of several cybercrime groups that has regularly used Trickbot to deploy malware. 428 hospitals.”

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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. The malware changes the extension of the encrypted files to ‘.royal’. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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 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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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. Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The threat actors exploited vulnerabilities in networking devices used by businesses to gain a foothold by installing custom malware. Sophos researchers speculate the attack was part of an intelligence-gathering campaign aimed at developing malware for network devices.

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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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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The malware then disables default protections to prevent accidental encryption and uses the ‘-UsedSpaceOnly’ flag for faster encryption of only occupied disk space. Bitdefender observed an attack on a healthcare organization, where threat actors encrypted Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server devices, including backups.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. In August 2020, Guardicore Labs researchers published a detailed analysis of the threat, at the time the malware infected over 500 servers in the U.S. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Pro-Russia group Killnet is launching a series of DDoS attacks against the websites of US healthcare organizations and hospitals. The Pro-Russia group Killnet launched a series of DDoS attacks against US healthcare organizations and hospitals. In the last week, the pro-Russia group intensified its activity.

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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

APRIL 17, 2020

Google says that the Gmail malware scanners have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in just one week. Google announced that its anti-malware solutions implemented to defend its Gmail users have blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last seven days.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

And industries like healthcare face persistent targeting due to their outdated systems and high-value data. CISA updated its Secure by Design guidance, and the EUs Cyber Resilience Act and NIS2 added new requirements. Proactive collaboration and cyber risk quantification are key to ensuring operational resilience and security.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Cisco Talos researchers tracked the campaign as Operation Blacksmith, the nation-state actors are employing at least three new DLang -based malware families. Two of these malware strains are remote access trojans (RATs), respectively tracked as NineRAT and “DLRAT” The former relies on Telegram bots and channels for C2 communications.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2025

HHS warned that the Everest ransomware gang was increasingly targeting healthcare organizations across the U.S. The group has increasingly targeted the healthcare industry since 2021, and claimed responsibility for a recent incident impacting a surgical facility in the United States.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In December, 2022, the Office of Information Security and Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued an extensive Analyst Note which identified BlackCat as a "relatively new but highly-capable" ransomware threat to health care providers. million in previous cybersecurity attacks against the healthcare sector.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 14, 2022

“Information security analyst” tops the U.S. The list ranks the 100 best jobs across 17 sectors including business, healthcare and technology, taking into account factors such as growth potential, salary and work-life balance. News & World Report 2022 Best Jobs list. Tough Contenders.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

The group has extended its operations to countries in Asia and targets various sectors, including healthcare, real estate, construction, IT, food, and manufacturing.” . “Cloak primarily targets small to medium-sized businesses in Europe, with Germany as a key focus. ” reads a report published by Halcyon.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2025

“The botnet exploits this vulnerability by injecting a payload that downloads and executes a cleartext shell dropper named dropbpb.sh, responsible for downloading the malware binaries and executing them on the compromised device.” 70) via HTTP on port 81. It processes encrypted data over a RAW socket, limiting further analysis.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2025

The researchers observed overlaps that include Crowdoor Loader and SparrowDoor malware. UAT-5918 mainly targets Taiwan’s telecom, healthcare, IT, and critical infrastructure sectors. The researchers noticed that tools are usually downloaded as archives and extracted before execution.

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