UnitedHealth has confirmed that over 100 million people were impacted in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking the largest healthcare data breach in recent years. The company had to pay a ransom demand of $22 million, but despite this, the ransomware operation reportedly retained some of the stolen data. The attack and subsequent fallout caused expected losses of $2.45 billion for UnitedHealth as of September 2024.

Outlaw Group Uses SSH Brute-Force to Deploy Cryptojacking Malware on Linux Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details about Outlaw, an “auto-propagating” cryptocurrency mining botnet that targets SSH servers with weak credentials. The Romanian-origin malware performs SSH brute-force