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Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

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Conti ravaged the healthcare sector throughout 2020, and leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group show the gang had access to more than 400 healthcare facilities in the U.S. alone by October 2020. In June 2021, the HSE’s director general said the recovery costs for that attack were likely to exceed USD $600 million.

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Google warned users of 33,015 nation-state attacks since January

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Google delivered over 33,000 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of attacks from nation-state actors. Google delivered 33,015 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of phishing attacks, launched by nation-state actors, targeting their accounts.

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research

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According to a report published by Kaspersky Lab in January 2020, in the two years the North Korea-linked APT group has continued to target cryptocurrency exchanges evolving its TTPs. Now Kaspersky researchers revealed to have spotted new attacks that were carried out by the APT group in September and October 2020.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, someone leaked several years of internal chat logs from the Conti ransomware gang , and those logs show Megatraffer was working with the group to help code-sign their malware between July and October 2020. WHO IS MEGATRAFFER? At least my laptop is sure of it.” Image: Archive.org.

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Operation Pangea: Europol dismantles criminal gangs selling coronavirus medicine, surgical masks

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Operation Pangea, coordinated by INTERPOL and involved 90 countries worldwide, took place between 3 and 10 March 2020.” link] — EC3 (@EC3Europol) March 23, 2020. . “Europol has supported a global operation to target trafficking counterfeit medicines. ” reads the press release published by the Europol.

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Top 5 Life Sciences predictions in 2020

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This blog looks at how digital technology is going to shape every stage of the drug lifecycle for life science and pharma companies in 2020. The post Top 5 Life Sciences predictions in 2020 appeared first on OpenText Blogs. With the patient taking center stage, digitization is gaining pace within Life Sciences.

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FBI warns US companies on the use of Chinese Tax Software

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. “Compromise of the pharmaceutical supply chain provides malicious actors opportunities for theft of US intellectual property, while public disclosure can cause cascading effects including loss of public trust in both chemical and healthcare institutions.” ” reads the alert.