Change Healthcare breach affected 100 million Americans, marking a new record
The company notified the Health and Human Services Department about the figure this week, the first it has specified.
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Ransomware
Researchers out new Qilin ransomware-as-a-service variant
The Qilin ransomware operation first emerged in July 2022 after rebranding a previous variant known as Agenda and rewriting the malware in Rust.
Mandiant’s Michael Barnhart on the North Korean IT worker crisis
Michael Barnhart, DPRK Operations at Mandiant
What’s new from this year’s Counter Ransomware Initiative summit, and what’s next
Action plans, different kinds of meetings and more have all been in the mix, top administration officials told CyberScoop.
UnitedHealth Group CISO: We had to ‘start over’ after Change Healthcare attack
Steven Martin detailed the work that went into recovering from February’s ransomware attack, emphasizing that the mental toll was the toughest part of all.
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What more can be done to stop ransomware attacks?
A panel of experts debated at the 2024 mWISE conference what more could be done in the wake of police action and tens of millions in ransom…
Ransomware group releases screenshots in attempted extortion of Port of Seattle
The group known as Rhysida is demanding 100 bitcoin in ransom from the port and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Major Iranian IT vendor paying large ransom to resolve recent cyberattack
The company, Tosan, which provides IT services to 45% of the country’s banks, has paid $561,000 worth of bitcoin so far.
Planned Parenthood of Montana confirms cyberattack
A prolific ransomware operation claims to have stolen 93 gigabytes of data.
New ransomware variant has BlackCat-like similarities, report says
The new malware identified by Morphisec is named after an old internet mystery: Cicada3301.
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