Tag: #incidentresponse
Cyberattacks aren’t slowing down—they’re accelerating. In 2024, global cybercrime costs were estimated at $9.5 trillion, and projections say they’ll hit $10.5 trillion by 2025. That’s bigger than the GDP of most nations. No business is too small to be ignored. Attackers are hitting Fortune 500 giants, healthcare providers, startups, and even local businesses. Traditional security […]
In a deeply concerning case of prolonged cyberespionage, the Chinese state-linked hacking group Weaver Ant (a subgroup of the larger APT41) was discovered to have infiltrated a telecom provider’s internal network for more than four years, from 2019 to mid-2023. The hackers deployed custom malware, including xDealer and LionsBot, targeting both Windows and Linux environments […]
UnitedHealth has confirmed to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the Change Healthcare breach in February 2024 compromised the data of 100 million Americans. This disclosure, officially posted on HHS’s data breach portal on October 24, marks the most extensive healthcare-related data breach to date. While the scale is unprecedented in the […]