Verizon DBIR: Healthcare Fends Off Increased Social Engineering Attacks
Ransomware and vendor breaches persist. The "2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) highlights how evolving social engineering tactics make the sector more vulnerable.
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Ransomware and vendor breaches persist. The "2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) highlights how evolving social engineering tactics make the sector more vulnerable.
Plus: Qantas makes contact with 'potential cyber criminal' While the aviation industry has borne the brunt of Scattered Spider's latest round of social engineering attacks, the criminals aim to catch manufacturing and medical tech companies — and even Chipotle Mexican Grill — in tjeor web, as evidenced by hundreds of domains that security researchers say look a lot like phishing websites used by the criminal crews.…
ResolverRAT targets healthcare organizations using advanced evasion techniques and social engineering
The cyberattack impacts at least 1.4 million patients, as tranches of highly sensitive personal, medical, and financial data fall into the hands of cyber crooks who have everything they need to carry out convincing social engineering and fraud attacks.
Scammers Use Social Engineering and Phishing to Fool Workers and IT Help Desk StaffFederal authorities warn of social engineering and phishing scams - sometimes targeting IT help desk workers - that allow attackers to steal login credentials and access healthcare sector entities' IT systems so they can divert automated clearinghouse payments to bank accounts the attackers control.
Agency Spells Out Measures to Avoid Falling Victim to Costly SchemesHealthcare organizations should take steps to avoid falling victim to evolving threats involving costly business email compromise scams and related phishing schemes fueled by social engineering, warned the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns that hackers are now using social engineering tactics to target IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector. [...]
Money Meant for Poor Communities Stolen as Authorities Issued Phishing Scam AlertsHackers have reportedly stolen about $7.5 million from a Department of Health and Human Services grant payment system in a series of cyberattacks last year. The news comes in the midst of HHS and other authorities warnings about rising threats involving social engineering and payment scams.
American Hospital Association Warns of Social Engineering SchemesThe American Hospital Association is warning of increasingly sophisticated social engineering scams targeting hospital IT help desks with schemes involving the stolen credentials of revenue cycle and other finance employees to commit payment fraud against the institutions.