Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Black Basta ransomware gang infected over 300 victims accumulating ransom payments exceeding $100 million since early 2022. The Black Basta ransomware group has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. ” reads the Elliptic’s report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Recently emerged HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost. The HardBit ransomware group first appeared on the threat landscape in October 2022, but unlike other ransomware operations, it doesn’t use a double extortion model at this time. Very important!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In February 2022, the American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was the victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January 2022. Now News Corp revealed that the threat actor behind the security breach first gained a foothold in the company infrastructure in February 2020.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2022

Organisations must always look for cost-effective ways to address the cyber security risks they face. With more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches last year , and organisations spending almost £3 million on average responding to security incidents , effective risk management is a top priority. The benefits of cyber insurance.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Black Basta ransomware affiliates have breached over 500 organizations between April 2022 and May 2024, FBI and CISA reported. 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

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Cyber Insurance: US cyber insurance premiums soared by 50% in 2022, reaching $7.2 million unfilled cyber security jobs, showing a big need for skilled professionals. million per breach.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Australian government announced sanctions for a member of the REvil ransomware group for the Medibank hack that occurred in 2022. The man is responsible for the cyber attacks that in 2022 hit the Australian insurance provider Medibank. “ In November 2022, Medibank announced that personal data belonging to around 9.7M

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

The threat actor systematically utilized software distributed by security vendors to sideload ShadowPad and PlugX variants.” The attackers focused on the hijacking of programs belonging to security vendors, including Symantec, TrendMicro, BitDefender, McAfee and Kaspersky. .”Once Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2023

New York, NY, July 27, 2023 – QBE North America today announced the launch of a cyber insurance program with new MGA, Converge, acting as program administrator. The program will be broken down into two separate distribution structures, each with a distinct revenue focus and cyber security data access formation.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Managing Cybersecurity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Clearview AI Faces €30.5M

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. For that reason, most experts now recognize that a complete cybersecurity strategy not only includes technological solutions aimed at preventing, detecting, and mitigating attacks, it should also include cyber insurance to help manage the associated financial risks. That’s a 29.1%

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2024

MediSecure is a company that provides digital health solutions, particularly focusing on secure electronic prescription delivery services in Australia. “MediSecure has identified a cyber security incident impacting the personal and health information of individuals. ” reads the statement published by the company.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 362 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. Patch them now! Patch them now! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2022

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. is optimized to automatically bypass censorship A massive cyberattack hit Albania Watch out for the CVE-2022-30136 Windows NFS Remote Code Execution flaw Graff paid a $7.5M

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 4, 2022

In April 2022, two states enacted insurance data security legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Insurance Data Security Model Law (MDL-668).

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 23, 2024

Australian Insurer Expects Years of Litigation Related to 2022 Hack Australia's largest provider of private health insurance says it expects to spend a total of AU$126 million, or $84.78 million, over a three-year period to upgrade its IT security. A Russia-based cybercriminal group hacked Medibank in October 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Morley thereafter began collecting contact information needed to provide notice to potentially affected individuals, which was completed in early 2022.” ” reads security incident notification sent by the company. On January 18, 2022, it was confirmed that your information was involved. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The security breach took place on October 21, 2022, when the internal security team detected unusual activity on its computer network. Health insurance information. Social Security numbers (in some cases). In some limited instances, patients’ Social Security numbers were also included. Payment information.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

” Exposed data include name, Social Security Number, and health or medical insurance plan number. According to the Data Breach Notification, the security breach impacted a total of 4,961 employees. In December 2022, the American identity and access management giant revealed that its private GitHub repositories were hacked.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The attack took place from at least September 27, 2022 through the morning of September 29, 2022. The malicious installer was used to infect organizations in multiple sectors, including the industrial, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, insurance and telecommunications sectors in North America and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to a statement published by Wabtec, threat actors breached the company network and infected internal systems as early as March 15th, 2022. The unusual activity was detected by the company on June 26th, then the rail giant launched an investigation into the security incident. ” concludes Wabtec. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2024

148 in the Fortune 500 in 2022. The company launched an investigation into the security breach with the help of external experts and will notify the impacted customers, BleepingComputer first reported. The company pointed out that the incident doesn’t impact social security numbers, health or financial information.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

The company discovered an anomalous behavior from the partner’s personal device and immediately launched an investigation that led to the discovery of the security breach. Some key facts about HealthEquity: As of July 2022, HealthEquity managed 7.5 The intruders have stolen protected health information from the company systems.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2024

Independent security research and consulting team SRLabs discovered a vulnerability in Black Basta ransomware’s encryption algorithm and exploited it to create a free decryptor. A joint research by Elliptic and Corvus Insurance revealed that the group accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

Bitmarck, one of the largest IT service providers for social insurance carriers in Germany, announced yesterday that it has suffered a cyber attack. The incident impacted statutory health insurance companies that have their IT operated by BITMARCK. Our early warning systems have reported an attack on BITMARCK’s internal systems.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2023

But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasn’t shifted much since is that very few of these companies list any security professionals within their top executive ranks. But organizations that do not offer this coverage to their security leaders are unlikely to list those positions in their highest ranks, Schreider said.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

billion in revenue for fiscal year 2022 and had approximately 44,000 employees. The company discovered the security breach on February 21 and immediately launched an investigation into the incident. ” Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Cencora, Inc. The Company had $238.6

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The chief executive of insurance giant Zurich warns that cyber attacks, rather than natural catastrophes, will become uninsurable. Mario Greco, chief executive of insurer giant Zurich, has warned that cyber attacks will become soon “uninsurable.”. What will become uninsurable is going to be cyber,” Mario Greco told the Financial Times.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 9, 2022

On May 27, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.515 515 , making Vermont the twenty-first state to enact legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“MDL-668”). Information Security Program Requirements.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 17, 2023

The forum’s administrator “ Pompompurin ” has been a thorn in the side of the FBI for years, and BreachForums is widely considered a reincarnation of RaidForums , a remarkably similar crime forum that the FBI infiltrated and dismantled in 2022. In April 2022, U.S. Image: News 12 Westchester.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2024

For example, the government estimates that 560,000 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims originated from compromised Internet addresses, resulting in a confirmed fraudulent loss exceeding $5.9 The prices page for 911 S5, circa July 2022. $28 28 would let users cycle through 150 proxies on this popular service.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Black Basta ransomware group has been active since April 2022 , like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. A joint research by Elliptic and Corvus Insurance revealed that the group accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

HackerOne customers praised the results of the bug bounty programs, 70% of them stated that the bug bounty programs helped them to increase their cyber security and avoid a significant cyber incident. “The Hacker-Powered Security Report makes clear that hackers are actively growing their skillsets to meet emerging threats.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2023

The gang states that the attack took place on December 3rd, 2022 and the attack was disclosed on January 6, 2023. employees info (social security numbers, emails, addresses, phone numbers, photos, insurances info, payments, etc.), The security breach was also confirmed by the victim in a notice published on its website.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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