The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Killware is a type of malware deployed to cause physical harm: contaminate community water supplies, exploit and obstruct networks used by hospitals and healthcare facilities, jam air traffic control networks, contaminate gasoline supplies, and, in some instances, deliberately cause death where and when it is least expected.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. A cyber catastrophe may seem inevitable, but there are basic practices and actionable steps any healthcare organization can take to begin reducing the clear and present risk of being impacted by a cybersecurity event. Educate employees. Develop plans and playbooks.

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Healthcare Cyber Attacks Education Social Engineering 214

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 also revealed that hackers are also attempting to impersonate government authorities and healthcare organizations, including the WHO, to trick victims that are in smart working.

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Phishing Malware Government Small Business 145

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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Cybercrime Ransomware Healthcare Education 114

Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

While achieving compliance with industry standards is the minimum, it’s not enough to prevent insider threats, supply chain attacks, DDoS, or sophisticated cyberattacks such as double-extortion ransomware, phishing, business email compromise (BEC), info-stealing malware or attacks that leverage the domain name system (DNS).

Healthcare 116

Healthcare DNS DDOS Phishing 116

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

The unauthorized actor gained access to Magellan’s systems after sending a phishing email on April 6 that impersonated a Magellan client,” The healthcare giant reported the incident to the US authorities and retained experts from cybersecurity firm Mandiant to help with the investigation into the cyber attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Healthcare Ransomware Identity Theft 144

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Trickbot Malware that started just as a banking malware has now emerged into a sophisticated data stealing tool capable of injecting malware like ransomware or serve as an Emotet downloader. Note- In September 2020, many of the hospitals and healthcare firms operating in United States were infected by RYUK ransomware.

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Malware Social Engineering Banking Phishing 122

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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Malware Ransomware Banking Healthcare 136

Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

Crooks are using a fake Cisco “critical security advisory” in a new phishing campaign aimed at stealing victims’ Webex credentials. The Cofense’s phishing defense center has uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign that uses a Cisco security advisory related to a critical vulnerability as a lure. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Phishing Advertising Healthcare Cyber Attacks 145

Security Boulevard

JUNE 27, 2024

The post Three Nation-State Campaigns Targeting Healthcare, Banking Discovered appeared first on Security Boulevard. Researchers have identified three distinct nation-state campaigns leveraging advanced highly evasive and adaptive threat (HEAT) tactics.

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Healthcare Banking Social Engineering Engineering 128

The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Social engineering, especially phishing, continues to trigger the vast majority of breach attempts. Lucy’s’s software allows companies to easily set-up customizable mock attacks to test employees’ readiness to avoid phishing, ransomware and other attacks with a social engineering component. It is headquartered in Zurich, with a U.S

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bad ops of operators of a phishing campaign exposed credentials stolen in attacks and made them publicly available through Google queries. . Check Point Research along with experts from cybersecurity firm Otorio shared details on their investigation into a large-scale phishing campaign that targeted thousands of global organizations.

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Phishing Passwords Manufacturing Healthcare 145

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.

Healthcare 103

Healthcare Ransomware Encryption Malware 103

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.” ” reads a report published by Halcyon.

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Ransomware Hacking Social Engineering VPN 101

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Today, we are showing readers just what that evolution looked like, in our State of Malware 2021 report. This report provides our most comprehensive analysis of last year’s malware trends, with breakdowns by malware category, malware type, operating system, region, industry, and more.

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Malware Scams Spyware Healthcare 132

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Zeppelin sprang onto the crimeware scene in December 2019 , but it wasn’t long before James discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the malware’s encryption routines that allowed him to brute-force the decryption keys in a matter of hours, using nearly 100 cloud computer servers.

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Ransomware Encryption Backups Manufacturing 354

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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Healthcare Social Engineering Accountability Passwords 98

Threatpost

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Amid an uptick in attacks on healthcare orgs, malware families, Kegtap, Singlemalt and Winekey are being used to deliver the Ryuk ransomware to already strained systems.

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Malware Ransomware Healthcare Phishing 114

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Strengthening identity security Enforce phishing-resistant MFA for all privileged accounts. Cybersecurity awareness and incident response Train employees to recognize phishing attempts and social engineering. Patching and vulnerability management Apply timely security updates to operating systems, software, and firmware.

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Ransomware IoT Encryption Social Engineering 110

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Microsoft Teams, a chat based service is in news for spreading malware these days and the Satya Nadella led company has taken a note of the situation and has acknowledged it with a fix. The post Microsoft Teams Chat acting as a malware spread point appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Malware Healthcare Media Software 124

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. By Tom Neclerio , Vice President of Professional Services at SilverSky.

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Healthcare Ransomware Social Engineering Backups 105

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. ransomware and phishing scams). Prepare for hard battles ahead.

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Healthcare Ransomware Encryption Passwords 132

Threatpost

APRIL 14, 2020

Cybercriminals aren't sparing medical professionals, hospitals and healthcare orgs on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic when it comes to cyberattacks, ransomware attacks and malware.

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Healthcare Ransomware Malware Phishing 89

The Hacker News

MAY 12, 2023

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing phishing campaign that makes use of a unique attack chain to deliver the XWorm malware on targeted systems. The attack campaign has been leveraging rather

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Malware Manufacturing Healthcare Phishing 100

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Security experts at Symantec linked the massive Singapore Healthcare breach suffered by SingHealth to the ‘Whitefly’ cyberespionage group. In 2018, the largest healthcare group in Singapore, SingHealth, has suffered a massive data breach that exposed personal information of 1.5 ” continues the analysis.

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Healthcare Data breaches Hacking Advertising 104

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Short-lived phishing sites often offered to see the premieres before the eagerly awaited movie or television show was scheduled to hit the screen. At the beginning of that year, we still observed phishing attacks that used the themes of infection and prevention as the bait.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 118

CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 8, 2021

Trickbot banking malware is back in news for inducing a new ransomware variant into the wild. Researchers from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has have found that the new malware strain is acting similar to that of Conti Ransomware with a change that it Asymmetric encryption algorithms unlike other file encrypting malware variants.

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Malware Ransomware Encryption Healthcare 110

Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2020

“We’ve seen a massive rise in threats and attacks against healthcare systems, but it’s worse if someone dies due to a malicious cyberattack when we have the ability to prevent that. “I’ve never seen this volume of phishing,” Rogers told Reuters. “I ” SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC.

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Cybersecurity Cyber threats Government Phishing 340

IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Initial Compromise: Malefactors first gain access to the victims credentials through phishing, brute force attacks, or dark web marketplaces. Many organisations, including financial institutions and healthcare providers, have fallen victim to MFA fatigue attacks.

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Social Engineering Authentication Risk Accountability 119

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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Ransomware Media Financial Services Retail 222

Threatpost

MAY 13, 2020

Logins, personal information and tax info were all exfiltrated ahead of the ransomware attack, thanks to a phishing email.

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Data breaches Healthcare Ransomware Phishing 110

Security Through Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. In a 2022 report they state that they have “received multiple reports of cyber criminals increasingly targeting healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments.” How does it affect healthcare? In one case, $3.1 In one case, $3.1

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Social Engineering Healthcare Engineering Phishing 64

SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Based on limited telemetry, we believe with medium to low confidence that some of the initial infections were spear-phishing emails. We also found Cobalt Strike beacons and several traces tying this actor to the ShadowPad malware and UNC2643 activity, which is in turn associated with the HAFNIUM threat actor.

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Malware Government Software Spyware 116

Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. COVID-19 definitely affected phishing in very visible ways.

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Threat Reports Phishing Ransomware Backups 119

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

April 14 – Crooks target Healthcare facilities involved in Coronavirus containment with Ransomware. PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. April 17 – Gmail blocked 18 Million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in a week.

Scams 140

Scams Malware Phishing Surveillance 140

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Cybercrime 70

Cybercrime Firewall Social Engineering Ransomware 70

Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2020

Security experts are poring over thousands of new Coronavirus-themed domain names registered each day, but this often manual effort struggles to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus to promote malware and phishing sites, as well as non-existent healthcare products and charities.

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Cyber threats Phishing Data collection Government 321