Cybersecurity

Cyberattack continues to affect operations at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside

A cyberattack continued to affect operations at Tri-City Medical Center more than 24 hours after it began Thursday morning. In a short statement sent Friday afternoon, hospital management said that it has temporarily halted all elective medical procedures as it works “to restore our systems to full functionality,” after taking its information systems offline when […]

Cybersecurity

Ransomware groups continue to increase their operational tempo – Help Net Security

Q3 of 2023 continued an ongoing surge in ransomware activity, according to GuidePoint Security. GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) observed a nearly 15% increase in ransomware activity since Q2 due to an increased number of ransomware groups, including 10 new emerging groups tracked during this quarter. In the third quarter, GRIT tracked 1,353 publicly […]

Cybersecurity

Some Prospect Medical Hospitals in Dire State, Post-Attack

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare , Industry Specific Continued Operation of 3 Connecticut Hospitals Now in Question Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • October 2, 2023     Waterbury Hospital is one of three Prospect Medical Holdings hospitals in Connecticut facing serious financial struggles worsened by an August cyberattack. (Image: Waterbury Hospital) An August cyberattack […]

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Latest fraud schemes targeting the payments ecosystem – Help Net Security

Threat actors continued to exploit technical misconfigurations through various fraud schemes, according to a new report from Visa. These include the use of malvertising and search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to cultivate compelling and effective phishing and social engineering campaigns, the utilization of emerging advanced language model (ALM) technologies, and the increased targeting of authentication […]