Welcome to Information Security Media Group's Black Hat and DEF CON 2024 Compendium featuring latest insights from the industry's top cybersecurity researchers and ethical hackers, as well as perspectives from CEOs, CISOs and government officials on the latest trends in cybersecurity and AI.
A Louisiana-based ambulance company that provides emergency medical care services in four states is notifying nearly 3 million people that their sensitive health information was potentially stolen in a June hack. Ransomware gang Daixin claims to have published the data on its dark web leak site.
Planned Parenthood of Montana, which provides patients with reproductive healthcare services including birth control and abortion, is responding to a hack and a threat by cybercriminal group RansomHub to leak 93 gigabytes of data allegedly stolen from the organization.
RedSense’s Yelisey Bohuslavskiy and Marley Smith believe ransomware is declining but caution that it still poses a significant threat. While attackers recycle old methods, they're taking desperate measures to target vulnerable groups such as cancer centers and to stoke fears in the marketplace.
Accenture Global Cyber Resilience Lead Robert Boyce outlines why organizations must assess the stability of ransomware groups before deciding how to respond to extortion threats. He outlines how trustworthiness of ransomware gangs can affect the likelihood of receiving decryption keys after payment.
The insurance industry faces rapidly changing fraud tactics from sophisticated cybercriminals, and identity theft and synthetic fraud are becoming critical challenges. Experts discuss how cybercrime complicates fraud detection and share lessons the insurance industry can learn from banking.
Your secret weapon to combat cyber threats might be just under your nose! Cybercriminals continue to exploit vulnerabilities while upping their game with new and more sinister attack methods. The human firewall is your cybersecurity ace in the hole.
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Ransomware group Rhysida is shaking down at least two new victims in the healthcare sector - Bayhealth and Community Care Alliance - threatening to sell or dump patients' sensitive health and personal information on the dark web. Bayhealth confirmed that it is investigating a recent cyberattack.
Heists perpetrated by hackers netted twice as much in stolen proceeds in the first half of 2024 as they did in the first half of 2023, as the overall rise in crypto's value appears to be drawing increased focus from hackers, said blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs.
Social engineering and phishing are not just IT buzzwords; they are potent threats capable of causing devastating damage to your organization. Bad actors and the technology they use to infiltrate your defenses are evolving at lightning speed. The only way to safeguard your assets and data is to stay ahead of the game...
This week, ONNX targeted Microsoft 365, Symantec spotted Chinese espionage, AMD may have been breached, Cleveland vowed to defy hackers, Black Basta hit a Spanish firm, Pakistani hackers targeted India, Microsoft said it fixed flaws in Azure, and the U.S. and Indonesia held a cybersecurity exercise.
The ransomware industry has matured. Tim West, director of threat intelligence at WithSecure, warned about the modern ransomware ecosystem, which features an established marketplace of tools and services that can be used in ransomware attacks, and how it has lowered the bar for attackers.
A ransomware attack on a pathology services firm earlier this week continues to disrupt patient care, including transplants, blood testing and other services, at multiple NHS hospitals and primary care facilities in London. Russian-speaking cybercrime group Qilin is believed to be behind the attack.
LockBit has begun to leak on its dark web site files of data the Russian-speaking cybercriminal gang claims to have stolen in an April attack on London Drugs. The group had threatened to publish the exfiltrated data if the Canadian retail pharmacy chain does not pay a $25 million ransom demand.
A previously undetected, suspected Chinese-state threat actor has been targeting governments in the South China Sea for years with a remote access Trojan that has been a favorite of Chinese hackers since its creation almost two decades ago, say security researchers from Bitdefender.
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