____________________ Summary : The tech industry’s focus on innovation has left security behind, leading to increased cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
Key Point : 🔒 Technology companies face rising cyber threats, …
____________________ Summary : The tech industry’s focus on innovation has left security behind, leading to increased cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
Key Point : 🔒 Technology companies face rising cyber threats, …
Summary : Scammers are taking advantage of tax season anxiety to exploit Americans with online tax scams. McAfee’s research highlights the increasing use of AI tools by cybercriminals to carry …
Article Summary : 🔹 A U.S. senator is raising questions about a report that $7.5 million was stolen by cyber thieves from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) …
Article Summary: 🔹 The American Hospital Association is advocating for Change Healthcare to be solely responsible for notifying patients in the event of a breach. 🔹 HHS OCR is investigating …
Article Summary: 🔍 Scams targeting consumers are increasing in complexity and volume, with scammers using generative AI and other technologies to create convincing fraud opportunities. 📈 Despite a decrease in …
Ransomware, a phenomenon now very well known, serves one ultimate and obvious purpose:
Monetary gain for the cybercriminal(s).However, multiple scenarios are, in fact, possible. Consider any and all of …
Article Summary:
🔍 Google’s new AI-powered ‘Search Generative Experience’ algorithms recommend scam sites that redirect visitors to unwanted Chrome extensions, fake iPhone giveaways, browser spam subscriptions, and tech support scams.…Article Summary: 🔒 Customers of bankrupt crypto platform BlockFi have been targeted with a convincing phishing email impersonating the platform, resulting in millions being stolen in just five days. 🚨 …
During the month of Ramadan, Resecurity observed a significant increase in fraudulent activities and scams, coinciding with a surge in retail and online transactions. Middle Eastern enterprises, facing this heightened …
In late 2023 and early 2024, the ransomware ecosystem experienced repeated disruption of its most prolific Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups at the hands of international Law Enforcement (LE). Alphv’s dark …
[Update] April 8, 2024: “From ALPHV to RansomHub: Change Healthcare”
A new threat actor has emerged in the ransomware landscape, distinguishing themselves by making claims and backing them up with …
New and sophisticated tax phishing scams are targeting taxpayers, warns Microsoft. These scams impersonate trusted sources and use urgency tactics to steal personal and financial data.
Taxpayers beware! Phishing scams …
Security researchers have warned of a slew of fake obituaries designed to make money for their creators by redirecting visitors to adult entertainment sites and initiating antivirus (AV) popups.
Secureworks …
A new client recently came to us reporting seemingly random pop ups occurring on their website. While it was clear that there was something amiss with the website it was …
Healthcare , Industry Specific , Legislation & Litigation
Lawsuit Claims Change Healthcare Outage Is Pushing Clinic, Others Into Bankruptcy Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • March 18, 2024
Image:…Generative AI exploded in popularity not too long ago but its influence on text and media creation is already undeniable. AI content is becoming ubiquitous on the internet, and this …
Sextortion scam is defined as the crime of blackmailing victims using their sensitive information to inflict great psychological distress and extort them. Victims not only suffer from immediate financial losses …
Filipino police rescued 875 “workers” – including 504 foreigners – in a raid late last week on a firm that posed as an online gaming company but in reality operated …
The fraudulent activities take place across online platforms.
Travel
Fake vacation packages which offer hidden fees or non-existent accommodations.
Utility
Impersonating utility companies …
The data encapsulated within this variable is delimited by ‘|’. It undergoes partial concealment through various techniques, including base64 encoding, md5 hashing, …
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is recovering $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency linked to a “pig butchering” fraud scheme that victimized at least 37 people across the United States.…
Authored by ZePeng Chen and Wenfeng Yu
McAfee Mobile Research Team has observed an active scam malware campaign targeting Android users in India. This malware has gone through three stages. …
In February, cybercriminals orchestrated a series of sophisticated crypto phishing scams, resulting in a staggering $47 million in losses. These scams, often initiated through social media platforms like X (formerly …
Nissan Oceania is warning of a data breach impacting 100,000 people after suffering a cyberattack in December 2023 that was claimed by the Akira ransomware operation.
In early December, the …
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is launching an investigation to determine whether protected health information was compromised in the recent Change Healthcare …
As the U.S. and Canadian tax season approaches, eSentire has observed a substantial increase in malware being delivered through tax-themed phishing emails. Cybercriminals are exploiting the urgency and …
The digital device that we use the most in our daily lives is mobile phone. It is used in a wide range of daily activities such as communication, searching, shopping, …
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating whether protected health information was stolen in a ransomware attack that hit UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG) subsidiary Optum, which operates the …
Healthcare has long been a primary target for ransomware attacks. This is not changing and is not likely to change. Claroty/Team82’s State of CPS Security – Healthcare 2023 discusses the …
The digital device that we use the most in our daily lives is mobile phone. It is used in a wide range of daily activities such as communication, searching, shopping, …
Mar 12, 2024NewsroomWordPress / Website Security
A new malware campaign is leveraging a high-severity security flaw in the Popup Builder plugin for WordPress to inject malicious JavaScript code.
According to …
Snake Keylogger is a Trojan Stealer that emerged as a significant threat in November 2020, showcasing a fusion of credential theft and keylogging functionalities. Developed using .NET, its arsenal includes …
Voice phishing, or vishing, is having a moment right now, with numerous active campaigns across the world that are ensnaring even savvy victims who might seem likely to know better, …
Ever since the Internet became a commercial entity, hackers have been using it to impersonate businesses through a variety of clever means. And one of the most enduring of these …
Optum’s Change Healthcare has started to bring systems back online after suffering a crippling BlackCat ransomware attack last month that led to widespread disruption to the US healthcare system.
United …
Woman discloses scam, alerts netizens
By bringing attention to a fresh cybercrime strategy, a marketing expert from Chennai has assisted others in avoiding the scam. Lavanya Mohan, the woman, talked …
Change Healthcare parent company UnitedHealth Group says it has restored pharmacy services disrupted by a BlackCat ransomware attack more than two weeks ago.
In an incident update on Thursday, the …
A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing “deep concern” over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer …
It’s that time of the year when not only do you have to be worried about filing your federal taxes in the U.S., you must also be on the lookout …
Key Takeaways
In India, there has been a noticeable surge in pig-butchering scam, specifically aimed at investors and propagated through counterfeit trading applications.
Counterfeit trading applications are being distributed via…
Mar 07, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Web Security
Threat actors are conducting brute-force attacks against WordPress sites by leveraging malicious JavaScript injections, new findings from Sucuri reveal.
The attacks, which take the …
FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2023 Internet Crime Report, which recorded a 22% increase in reported losses compared to 2022, amounting to a record of $12.5 …
Mar 06, 2024NewsroomCyber Crime / Ransomware
The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law …
Updated March 8: Based on our experience, we believe that BlackCat’s claim of shutting down due to law enforcement pressure is a hoax. We anticipate their return under a new guise …
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday revealed the actions taken to assist healthcare providers in continuing to serve patients following the ransomware attack on Change …