IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

The Register

Ransomware infected 389 US healthcare organizations this fiscal year, putting patients' lives at risk and costing facilities up to $900,000 a day …

CyberScoop

The Qilin ransomware operation first emerged in July 2022 after rebranding a previous variant known as Agenda and rewriting the malware in Rust.

Dark Reading

Even after the ransom is paid, such attacks lead to spikes in strokes and heart attacks and increased wait times for patients.

Tripwire

NotLockBit ransomware targets Mac users, highlighting the growing threat of malware on macOS despite past lower risks than Windows systems.

Healthcare Finance News

Another study referenced by Microsoft and published in JAMA showed how a ransomware attack against four hospitals (two attacked and two unaffected) …

TechCrunch

A hack on UnitedHealth-owned tech giant Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the biggest data breaches of U.S. medical data in history.

Bleeping Computer

A new Rust-based variant of the Qilin (Agenda) ransomware strain, dubbed 'Qilin.B,' has been spotted in the wild, featuring stronger encryption, …

U.S. Army

As the modern workspace trends more and more in the digital direction, the threats to and vulnerabilities of the Information Environment have …

The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an advanced version of the Qilin ransomware sporting increased sophistication and tactics to evade …

GovInfoSecurity

While ransomware attacks against medical devices don't happen often, disruptive cyber incidents that affect the availability of the IT systems …