Hospitals balk at Biden cybersecurity upgrade

"The cost of not acting is not only high, it also endangers critical infrastructure and patient safety, and it carries other harmful consequences," Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, said last month. 

 HHS' Office of Civil Rights says reports of large security breaches increased by 102% from 2018-2023 and that hacking and ransomware attacks affected more than 167 million individuals in 2023 alone...

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/hospitals-cyber-security-rule-upgrade

 

Cybersecurity researchers spotlight a new ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files

The threat applies to Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Edge browsers but not Apple's Safari or Mozilla's Firefox…

https://theconversation.com/cybersecurity-researchers-spotlight-a-new-ransomware-threat-be-careful-where-you-upload-files-219560

Hive ransomware gang shut down by FBI, AG Merrick Garland says - The Washington Post

Garland, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and their top deputies described the dismantling of Hive as a major victory in the government's efforts to fight ransomware with novel methods. Law enforcement was able to hack Hive and infiltrate its networks for seven months, officials said, stealing the decryption keys and quietly giving them to 336 victims before taking full control of Hive servers in the United States and Europe, knocking them offline and preventing new infections...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/26/hive-ransomware-fbi-doj/

A New Ransomware Attack Hits Hundreds Of U.S. Companies : NPR

… The REvil gang, a major Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, appears to be behind the attack, said John Hammond of the security firm Huntress Labs. He said the criminals targeted a software supplier called Kaseya, using its network-management package as a conduit to spread the ransomware through cloud-service providers. Other researchers agreed with Hammond's assessment...

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/03/1012849198/ransomware-cyber-attack-revil-attack-huntress-labs

A new email attack could infect you with ransomware and steal your passwords - TechRepublic

A new outbreak of the Quant Loader trojan is tricking vulnerable users into opening malicious attachments that bypass browser security features. ....
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/a-new-email-attack-could-infect-you-with-ransomware-and-steal-your-passwords/

'Shark Tank's' Robert Herjavec: Here's how hackers use bitcoin against you - CNBC

CEO of cybersecurity firm Herjavec Group Robert Herjavec explains how cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are used in ransomware attacks. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/07/shark-tanks-robert-herjavec-hackers-use-bitcoin-with-ransomware.html