Google has warned that ransomware gangs are reinventing their business models as traditional encryption-based attacks become less profitable and data-theft extortion surges. According to new analysis, better cybersecurity controls, improved backup strategies, and stronger recovery capabilities mean more victims can restore their systems without paying, directly eroding criminal revenue. However, threat actors are not retreating; they are adapting their methods to make operations harder to disr
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The cybersecurity community is spinning from a disturbing indictment that underscores a frightening new dimension of insider risk and supply chain betrayal. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed charges against two former employees of a US-based cybersecurity firm, accusing them of a stunning conflict of interest: allegedly launching the very ransomware attacks they were hired to help victims recover from.[1]
As reported by TechCrunch and BleepingComputer, the individuals are charged
Ransomware infections usually come from malicious hackers. But in a rarity, a string of attacks was sourced to a pair of cybersecurity employees out to extort millions from victims. Kevin Tyler Martin, a ransomware threat negotiator at cybersecurity provider DigitalMint, and Ryan Clifford Goldberg from Sygnia Cybersecurity Services, are allegedly behind the scheme, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
A 12-page court document shows a federal grand jury indicted Goldberg and Martin last month fo
In April of this year, a cyberattack on a large telecommunications company has been claimed by a ransomware gang that is gaining momentum as a cybercriminal operation. On 1 June, the RansomHub operation posted Frontier Communications to its leak site claiming to have sensitive information of more than 2 million people. The group claimed it spent more than two months attempting to extort the company but never got a response. Frontier did not respond to requests for comment but reported a cyber
As if things were not messy enough in the Change Healthcare attack, a second cybercriminal gang RansomHub is trying to exhort the company's parent, UnitedHealth Group, and have it pay another ransom for data that an affiliate of Ransomware-as-a-Service group BlackCat claims to have stolen in February 2024. Threat intelligence firm SOCRadar in a recent blog post said RansomHub is threatening to sell "to the highest bidder" 4 terabytes of "highly sensitive data" stolen in the Change Healthcare a
The term "malvertising" (or "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, and not good ones. Therefore, it fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. As a result, those who are unfamiliar might get the impression that it is no big deal, but this is a far cry from the case.
Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. To set such a stratagem in motion, cybercriminals poison legitimate websites with ads that lead to shady URLs or download malicious code c
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
The American Hospital Association is accusing the parent company of Change Healthcare, which for two weeks has dealt with a cybersecurity incident that has caused disruptions at pharmacies nationwide of failing to adequately address the issues healthcare providers face getting reimbursed for services as a result of the attack.
On 1 March, UnitedHealth Group, which owns Change Healthcare, rolled out a “Temporary Funding Assistance Program” for providers who rely on the company’s software to get r
