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A cybercrime group recently infected two plastic surgery studios with ransomware. They subsequently leaked patient’s social security numbers and other sensitive information onto the internet.Emsisoft threat analyst, Brett Callow, told Cryptox on May 5 that Maze recently took credit for hacking a plastic surgeon named Kristin Tarbet. They also claim
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Hackers have infected the infrastructure of Parkview Medical Center — the largest health center in Pueblo County, Colorado — with cryptocurrency ransomware.Citing a hospital employee, Fox News reported on April 24 that Meditech — the Parkview Medical Center’s system for storing patient information — was infected with ransomware and rendered
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A report from cybersecurity firm Check Point unveiled a new ransomware attack, where cybercriminals pose as the FBI to demand victims pay their "fine" by credit card. According to the April 28 report, the malware — known as "Black Rose Lucy" — is unusual, since there are no ransom payments involving
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An April 21 report by malware lab Emsisoft showed that there was a significant drop in the number of successful ransomware attacks on the US public sector during Q1 2020.The findings show a total of 89 organizations were victims of ransomware in the first quarter of the year. And as
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The number of ransomware attacks globally has dropped significantly since the coronavirus crisis intensified in March, according to a new report from Chainalysis.The blockchain analytics firm said the drop was particularly significant given there were growing concerns over the impact of ransomware attacks against hospitals and other healthcare organizations
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Several United States agencies issued what they call comprehensive guidance on North Korea’s cyber attacks, which have hacked cryptocurrency exchanges and used cryptojacking and ransomware to finance the regime.An international alertIn the April 15 advisory, the U.S. Treasury, Department of State, Department of Defense, and the FBI continue a
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A kind of ransomware — a malware that encrypts user data and asks for a ransom to restore access to it — switched from Bitcoin (BTC) to Monero (XMR) to better protect the hackers’ identities.According to an April 11 report by cybersecurity news outlet BleepingComputer, using Monero will make
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A crack team of cybersecurity experts in 65 countries has come together to combat ransomware attacks on hospitals during the coronavirus crisis.Calling themselves the COVID-19 CTI League the community of experts aims to protect the technological infrastructure of front-line medical resources from cyberattacks.Hospitals around the world have seen a
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Black hat hacker group, Maze, claims to have used ransomware to compromise the systems of insurance giant, Chubb. They also claim to have stolen the firm’s data.Brett Callow, threat analyst at cybersecurity firm, Emsisoft, told CryptoX on March 27 that Maze published the claim on its website. While the
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Black hat hacker group Maze has infected the infrastructure of a firm researching the coronavirus with ransomware, managing to steal and publish sensitive data.The hack of medical informationCybersecurity firm Emsisoft told CryptoX on March 23 that Maze group’s hackers compromised United Kingdom medical firm Hammersmith Medicines Research. The published
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