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MAY 6, 2022

HHS HC3 Report Spotlights How Threat Actors' TTPs Are Changing Financially motivated and state-sponsored threat actors continue to evolve their tactics, techniques and procedures for successful attacks against healthcare and public health sector entities, federal authorities warn in a new report on the latest ransomware trends in healthcare.

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APRIL 7, 2022

EDR Vendors Face 'an Existential Crisis' as Businesses Increasingly Use the Cloud CrowdStrike, Microsoft and Trend Micro sit atop the Forrester Wave for endpoint detection and response as vendors grapple with business data increasingly moving to the cloud.

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APRIL 13, 2022

ISACA's Jon Brandt Discusses Workforce Efforts, Resources and Cyber Operations The 2022 ISACA State of Cybersecurity report reveals trends in the cybersecurity workforce and the threat landscape, including understaffing and retention.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

Ransomware, Phishing Incidents, Vendor Hacks Prevail Hacking incidents, including ransomware and phishing attacks, as well as security incidents involving vendors dominated the federal tally of major health data breaches in 2020.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Learning From Difficult Recoveries and Advice in Government Alerts As ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector continue to surge, entities should heed the lessons emerging from these incidents as well as the advice provided in alerts from government agencies, security experts say.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Criminals Increasingly Leak Stolen Data to Force Bitcoin Payoff As if ransomware wasn't already bad enough, more gangs are now exfiltrating data from victims before leaving systems crypto-locked.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Victims Include at Least 70 Organizations Across 23 Countries Security researchers say they've spotted a hacking campaign with a strong focus in Southeast Asia that could be the work of Chinese state hacking contractor iSoon, the company whose February internal data leak threw a spotlight on a network of private sector companies hacking on behalf of (..)

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JULY 19, 2021

Ransomware Attacks, Vendor Incidents Continue to Dominate Ransomware attacks and breaches of vendors continue to account for the biggest health data breaches added to the official federal tally so far this year.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Can't Stop the Crypto-Locking Malware Attacks? Criminals Keep Hitting Big Targets Ransomware gangs continue to innovate: Recently, reports have emerged of collaboration between the Maze and Lockbit gangs, and REvil not just leaking stolen data for free, but auctioning it off to the highest bidder.

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JULY 6, 2020

In Latest Case, Florida Practice Sued for Damages, and Security Mandates Sought A lawsuit seeking damages as well as security mandates has been filed against a Florida-based orthopedic group in the wake of a ransomware incident.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Crypto-Malware Trackers Report a Surge in Known Ransomware Victims at End of 2023 Ransomware-wielding attackers show no signs of stopping, and experts report December 2023 was the second-worst month on record for known victims. Lately, Akira-wielding attackers have been hitting Finland hard, and Medusa has been behind a rising number of attacks.

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OCTOBER 3, 2020

Researchers Note Similarities to Sekhmet Crypto-Locking Malware Security researchers with Appgate are warning about a recently uncovered ransomware variant called Egregor that appears to have infected about a dozen organizations worldwide over the past several months.

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JULY 11, 2024

Midyear Analysis of HHS OCR 'Wall of Shame' Shows Hacks, Vendor Breaches Top List Hacks and vendor incidents continue to dominate major health data breach trends in 2024, but a handful of large incidents involving "unauthorized access or disclosure" also top the list of major health data breaches reported to federal regulators so far this year.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Forrester's Sandy Carielli Shares Highlights From API Security Report Forrester analyst Sandy Carielli highlights key API security aspects in Forrester's report titled The Eight Components of API Security," which covers governance, discovery, testing, authentication and protection from API breaches as many organizations are grappling with the maturity (..)

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JUNE 9, 2020

Can't Stop the Crypto-Locking Malware Attacks? Criminals Keep Hitting Big Targets Ransomware gangs keep innovating: Maze has begun leaking data on behalf of both Lockbit and RagnarLocker, while REvil has started auctioning data - from victims who don't meet its ransom demands - to the highest bidder.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of how cybercriminals are ditching banking Trojans in favour of ransomware attacks. Also featured: Defending against deepfakes; supporting a dispersed workforce.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

$5,400 Is the Average Price for Access to Hacked Networks, Kela Reports The rise of ransomware as a criminal moneymaking powerhouse parallels the services offered by initial access brokers, who continue to offer affordable access to victims' networks - often via brute-forced remote desktop protocol or VPN credentials - to help attackers hit more targets (..)

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 1, 2024

The post New Tech Q&A: Adaptiva – CrowdStrike alliance highlights trend of blending IT and security systems first appeared on The Last Watchdog. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW LW provides consulting services to the vendors we cover.)

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Also: Top Threat Actors Are Targeting Hospitals; Remembering Steve Katz In the latest weekly update, editors at ISMG discuss the rampant rise in healthcare sector attacks and breaches in 2023, the most common vulnerabilities and targets, and remember the life of the Steve Katz, the world's first CISO who inspired generations of security leaders.

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JUNE 8, 2021

Verizon's Chris Novak Discusses Highlights From 2021 Breach Investigations Report Ransomware attacks have evolved over the years as attackers have come out with new strategies for digital extortion, says Chris Novak, global director of the Threat Research Advisory Center at Verizon Business Group.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Phishing, Spam, Malware, Social Engineering and Other Recent Attack Trends Reviewing online attack trends for the first half of the year, numerous cybersecurity firms agree: COVID-19 was king.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Based on insights from our team of elite security researchers here at Bugcrowd, these are three trends gaining steam as 2022 comes to a close – trends that I expect to command much attention in 2023. There is much that can be gleaned from helping companies identify and manage their critical vulnerabilities 24X7. Continuous pentesting.

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APRIL 20, 2021

Trend Micro Describes the Evolving Threat The XCSSET malware campaign can now adapt to target a wider variety of Macs, including those with the M1 chip, according to Trend Micro researchers.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

According to Trend Micro , Defray usually is spread via booby-trapped Microsoft Office documents sent via email. “The phishing emails the authors use are well-crafted,” Trend Micro wrote. But Corvus says that trend is likely to reverse in the second half of 2020 as the United States moves cautiously toward reopening.

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MAY 14, 2020

Connected Devices Could Allow Attackers to Target Industrial Systems, Trend Micro Reports The increasing use of internet-connected devices in manufacturing facilities is opening up new ways for hackers to target so-called "smart" factories with unconventional attack methods, according to an analysis by security firm Trend Micro and the Polytechnic (..)

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Federal Tally Underscores Biggest Hacking Threats, Risks From Vendors Some 60 breaches affecting about 2.5 million individuals were added in July to the federal tally of major health data breaches. A vast majority of 2022 breaches continue to be linked to large hacking incidents and ransomware demands - with 40% tied to outside vendors.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Panel Discusses Trends in Ransomware, Application Security and Generative AI Information Security Media Group editors are live at InfoSecurity Europe Conference 2024 in London with an overview of opening-day activities and hot topics including the latest ransomware trends, software security, election security and artificial intelligence risks.

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MARCH 30, 2021

New Research Report Tracks Latest Global Trends Check Point Research says it has spotted more than 50,000 ransomware attack attempts worldwide so far against unpatched on-premises Microsoft Exchange email servers.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Trend Micro: Operators Rebrand "Supplier" Ransomware Before Deployment Researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro have observed the adoption of a new franchise-based business model by ransomware operators that moves away from the traditional ransomware-as-a-service model.

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