- CrowdStrike Security reports a 312% increase in use of remote monitoring and management tools by adversaries in 2023
- Malware-free hacking attacks are up 75% YoY
- 75% increase in cloud storage intrusions
- UVM Health Network in Burlington, Vermont admitted that the total cost of a ransomware attack was $65 million.
- Green Ridge Behavioral Health of Maryland agreed to pay $40,000 to settle allegations of negligence after a ransomware attack exposed PHI of 14,000 patients.
- American Vision Partners, headquartered in Arizona, notified 2.4 million patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- The FBI announced it has shut down 14,000 email accounts that are apparently linked to LockBit ransomware group.
- Lexington Medical Center of West Columbia, South Carolina notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- Vyacheslav Punchukov, a Russian hacker, was arrested when he was on vacation in Switzerland, and was extradited to the U.S., and faces up to 20 years in prison for his crimes.
- Arctic Wolf Security published report:
- Median initial ransom demand rose 20% YoY to $600,000
- Business email compromise (BEC) incidents outnumber ransomware events by factor of 10
- Ransomware incidents are 15 times more likely than a BEC incident to lead to investigation
- Wyze Home Security notified its customers that a “glitch” in its home security cameras allows users to catch glimpses inside strangers’ homes
- Change Healthcare, a prescription processor and a division of United Healthcare Insurance, notified an unknown number of customers and patients that their PHI may have been exposed after cyber attack.
- AT&T had many of its smartphone cell service customers impacted this past Thursday by a service outage.
- Currently claims that it was not hacked.
- Also took down some customers of Cricket, Verizon and T-Mobile
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