Recent data breaches, including one at UnitedHealth affecting around 100 million individuals, have exposed vulnerabilities in healthcare data security. Cyberattack group ALPHH exploited weaknesses in UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity to access login credentials and confidential patient information. The breaches have led to questions about data privacy and calls for stricter regulations and stronger encryption measures. Companies face a loss of trust and the potential for class-action lawsuits, highlighting the need for substantial investment in security and data protection.

EncryptHub malware operations, attack chain exposed
Researchers from KrakenLabs have exposed the operations chain of malware threat actor EncryptHub after the latter suffered security lapses. EncryptHub had compromised over 600 entities,