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[sreegs]

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[dustrial-inc]

Button sets for the electric and eclectic

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[memenewsdotcom]

U.S. government agencies hacked by Russian gang

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[reasoningdaily]

‘We’re hemorrhaging money’: US health clinics try to stay open after unprecedented cyberattack

For more than two weeks, a cyberattack has disrupted business at health care providers across the United States, forcing small clinics to scramble to stay in business and exposing the fragility of the billing system that underpins American health care.

“We’re hemorrhaging money,” said Catherine Reinheimer, practice manager at the Foot and Ankle Specialty Center in the suburbs of Philadelphia. “This will probably be the last week that we can keep everybody on full-time without having to do something,” she told CNN. The center is considering taking out a loan to keep the lights on.

The cyberattack disrupted the computer networks of Change Healthcare, which serves thousands of hospitals, insurers and pharmacies nationwide. It prevented some insurance payments on prescription drugs from processing, leaving many care providers footing the bill up front and hoping to get reimbursed.

Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHealth, is one of handful of companies that make up the central nervous system of the US health care market. Its services allow doctors to look up patients’ insurance, pharmacies to process prescriptions, and health clinics to submit claims so they can get paid.

Health care groups have pleaded with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer medical practices a financial lifeline. The department on Tuesday said it was taking extraordinary steps to help get claims processed, but some care providers say it’s not nearly enough.

Mel Davies, chief financial officer of Oregon Oncology Specialists, told CNN she is worried that the private clinic that treats 16,000 cancer patients annually could be forced to close if she doesn’t get financial relief soon.

Cash flow has dropped by 50% in the two weeks since the cyberattack, she said. “The magnitude of this is off the charts for us.”

On Thursday night, half a month since the saga began, Change Healthcare announced plans to have its electronic payment platform back online by March 15 and its network for submitting claims restored the following week.

But the financial wreckage caused by the cyberattack will take a lot longer to clean up, health providers and analysts say.

“The prospect of a month or more without a restored Change Healthcare claims system emphasizes the critical need for economic assistance to physicians, including advancing funds to financially stressed medical practices,” Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association, said in a statement Friday.

Reinheimer, who works at the foot treatment center, said Change Healthcare’s plan to bringing systems back online was a “light at the end of the tunnel … However, it doesn’t solve the immediate issue, which is lack of money today, tomorrow and next week.”

The chaos caused by the cyberattack is prompting a reckoning for senior US cybersecurity officials about the vulnerabilities in hugely important companies that underpin the health care system.

The Change Healthcare hack “is an evolution beyond” other ransomware attacks on individual hospitals “that shows the entire system is a house of cards,” a senior US cybersecurity official told CNN.

Health care executives have been sounding the alarm for several days that the cyberattack is causing severe financial strain on the sector.

The Medical Group Management Association, which represents 15,000 medical practices, has warned of the “devastating” financial fallout from the hack and of “significant cash flow problems” facing doctors. The ransomware attack has “had a severe ongoing impact on cancer practices and their patients,” the nonprofit Community Oncology Alliance said this week.

A week ago, Change Healthcare announced plans for a temporary loan program to get money flowing to health care providers affected by the outage.

But Richard Pollack, head of the American Hospital Association representing thousands of hospitals nationwide, slammed the proposal as “not even a Band-Aid on the payment problems.”

The cyberattack could end up costing Change Healthcare billions of dollars in lost revenue and clients, said Carter Groome, chief executive of cybersecurity firm First Health Advisory.

“This is a huge, huge moneymaker being essentially the middleman or the intermediary between the insurance companies,” Groome told CNN.

Change Healthcare has blamed the hack on a multinational ransomware gang called ALPHV or BlackCat that the Justice Department says has been responsible for ransomware attacks on victims around the world.

A hacker affiliated with ALPHV this week claimed that the company had paid a $22 million ransom to try to recover data stolen in the hack. Tyler Mason, a spokesperson for Change Healthcare, declined to comment when asked if the company had paid off the hackers.

Private experts who track cryptocurrency payments said the hacking group had received a $22 million payment, but it was unclear who made the payment. “A cryptocurrency account associated with ALPHV received a $22 million payment [on March 1],” Ari Redbord, global head of policy at blockchain-tracing firm TRM Labs, told CNN.

For Joshua Corman, a cybersecurity expert who has focused on the health sector for years, the Change Healthcare cyberattack is clear evidence that the US health sector is not as resilient as it needs to be in a crisis.

Acquisitions that have merged multibillion-dollar healthcare companies have accentuated the problem so that “a single point of failure can have outsized, cascading reach and consequences,” said Corman, who helped lead a federal taskforce to protect coronavirus research from hacking.

If federal officials “don’t identify the systemically important entities proactively, our adversaries will continue to do it for us … while we burn,” he told CNN.

#us medical crisis #cyber crime #cyber security #We’re hemorrhaging money’: US health clinics try to stay open after unprecedented cyberattack

[nerds-yearbook]

On August 10, 1988, Dade Murphy, who went by the hacker handle "Zero Cool" was ordered by the court to not to own or touch a computer or touchtone phone until his 18th birthday. His parents were also fined $45,000. At 11, he was a master hacker who had created a virus that crashed 1,507 computers and even caused a downturn in the stock market. ("Hackers" flm)

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[cinemaven99]

The Most Hated Man on the Internet

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Do your part and REPORT.

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[scamstopperz]

The Secret World of Discreet Romance Scams

Thanks to the internet and discreet dating sites that advertise privacy for its users, meeting up with a married individual has never been easier. What the reader will learn about How this scam worksHow to protect yourself Unfortunately, this convenience has attracted scammers who create fake profiles to take advantage of vulnerable targets.

Their tactics are sly – they bank on the fact that most of their targets are older, married men who may be less tech-savvy. And use their tricks and tools to deceive including edited flight schedules, fake video and voice calls, and even VPNs to dupe their victims.

But did you know that this isn't the only variation of the scam?

Sometimes, the tables are turned, and the victim is actually a woman who falls prey to a man posing as someone he's not.  However, this variation is vastly different, as it's not as discreet.  Women tend to be more conservative, and so the scammer must be careful not to arouse suspicion.

Why all the secrecy, you ask? Well, in order for the scam to be successful, the victim needs to be married.  They can't risk their spouse finding out about their indiscretions, for fear of losing custody of their kids, their finances, their status, and even their marriage.

It's truly astonishing to think about how much power these scammers wield. But we can all protect ourselves by staying vigilant and aware of the signs of fraudulent behavior.

How this scam works

Love is a powerful weapon in the hands of scammers - they know all too well that most people aren't as content in their relationships as they let on.

Secretly craving companionship, victims often fall prey to their pre-written messages and sentimental anecdotes, designed to tug at the heartstrings and elicit an emotional response.

Some scammers even go so far as to send physical gifts or money to their victims, all in the hopes of ultimately extracting even more money from them.  It's a cruel game, and one that preys on our most basic human desires for love and connection.

Fraudsters are cunning individuals, and they often present themselves with a compelling problem that they need the victim's help to solve.

These problems may range from fake accidents to fake contracts, fake family problems, or even fake personal needs.  However, one of the most potent reasons for scammers' demands for funds in this particular fraud is to cover flight and hotel expenses.

This specific scam targets married individuals who prefer to meet their secret partners far away from their places of residence. 

#online scams #romance scams #internet safety #online fraud #cyber crime #romance #lovers #relationship #marry me

[neoruby-loves-ut-aus]

This is something very serious everyone!

Few minutes earlier, two inappropriate accounts commented on my recent post to click on their profile picture and watch a free inappropriate show of girls and I had to delete their replies and even report and block them. Now another inappropriate account started following me and did the same and mentioned me in an inappropriate post to do the same. Now it's starting to make me feel uncomfortable.

Please be careful when these kind people are doing this to your account

#tumblr post #inappropriate #cyber crime #warning #rant

[koop360]

How to Protect Yourself and Your Assets in Metaverse?

#youtube #metaverse #cybersecurity #cyber crime #web 3 #future technology #koopverse #koop360

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #200:

The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest and various Italian institutions' websites faced cyber attacks in the wake of the competition.

Russian hacker group Killnet targeted the Italian institutions on May 11th. Those impacted included the Ministry of Defense and the Senate.

Moreover, the official Eurovision website and the platform used for voting in the contest were also targeted. There were also attacks during the First Semi-Final (where Ukraine performed) and the Grand Final, but all were unsuccessful and had no impact on the competition.

Killnet sent out detailed lists of their actions and various other messages regarding the attacks on a Telegram group (See image above). Additionally, In the above image, the group refers to 'Mirai,' which is an old virus that takes control of things like surveillance systems that are connected to the infected network. This was essentially a threat to the nations' security systems.

[Sources]:

'Eurovision 2022: il sito dell’evento nel mirino degli hacker filorussi,' eurofestivalnews.com.

'Eurovision 2022: Russian vote hacking attempt foiled, police say,' BBC.com.

'Hacker-Attacken auf ESC-Finale abgewehrt,' Eurovision.de.

'Eurovision 2022, la Polizia sventa attacchi hacker ai sistemi di rete della rassegna,' eurofestivalnews.com.

'Pro-Russian hackers target Italy institutional websites -ANSA news agency,' Reuters.com.

'Pro-Russia 'Killnet' hackers target Italian institutions,' dw.com.

'Su Telegram la rivendicazione di Killnet: «Italia e Spagna, forse è l’inizio della vostra fine»,' gironalettismo.com.

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[garyquayphotography]

It’s amazing how many bot pages there are on Tumblr. All of them have a picture of a cute, young woman, and no posts. I get notice every day that I’m being followed by one or 2 of them. It’s getting stupid. Tumblr needs to get a handle on it.

#tumblr bot #spam #cyber crime

[pay2bazar]

What is Cyber Crime?

Just like regular crime, it also exists on the Internet. Here are some examples of Cyber Crime:

Identity Theft

Online Predators

BEC ("Business Email Compromise")

Ransomware

Stealing of sensitive intellectual property

#cyber crime #cybercrime #cyberwebnic

[dustrial-inc]

Futureforward or retrotech vibes pretty up the place you sit the most. dustrial deskpads for you.

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[aadeshjha]

Cyber Awareness program United States 2023

Cybercrime refers to criminal activity that involves the use of the internet and other forms of information technology to perpetrate various types of crimes. Examples include hacking, identity theft, online fraud, and the distribution of malware. Cybercrime is a growing problem in the U.S. and around the world, as more and more individuals and organizations rely on technology for their daily activities. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported a total of 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime in 2020, with a reported total loss of over 4.2 billion dollars. It's important to note that this is likely an underrepresentation of the actual scope of cybercrime, as many victims may be hesitant to report incidents or may not even be aware that they have fallen victim to cybercrime.

More details click here

#cyber crime #Cyber awareness #data breach #United States

[forensicfield]

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[spaceintruderdetector]

https://archive.org/details/CyberFraudTacticsTechniquesAndProcedures.pdf/page/n1/mode/2up

‘‘With millions lost each year, cyber crime has evolved from a minor nuisance to a major concern involving well-organized actors and highly sophisticated organizations. Combining the best of investigative journalism and technical analysis, Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures documents changes in the culture of cyber criminals and explores the innovations that are the result of those changes. The book uses the term Botnet as a metaphor for the evolving changes represented by this underground economy.‘‘

#cyber crime #crime #cyber fraud