Ransomware

CISA Issues Cybersecurity Advisory Regarding BianLian Ransomware Group

by Jill McKeon

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA)...

US Formally Charges Russian Hacker Behind Global Ransomware Attacks

by Sarai Rodriguez

The United States government offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a Russian hacker accused of multiple ransomware attacks on US critical...

Healthcare Cyberattacks Linked to Disruptions at Neighboring Hospitals, Study Finds

by Jill McKeon

When one healthcare organization suffers a cyberattack, other facilities in the area feel its impact, a study published in JAMA Network Open suggested. Emergency medicine physician and self-taught...

Healthcare Data Breach At Kansas Hospital Impacts 19K

by Jill McKeon

Kansas-based McPherson Hospital recently notified 19,020 individuals of a healthcare data breach. According to the May 4 notice, McPherson Hospital fell victim to a ransomware attack on July 12, 2022,...

Clop, LockBit Leveraging 3 Known Vulnerabilities in Healthcare Ransomware Attacks, HHS Warns

by Jill McKeon

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a sector alert about the current operations of Clop and LockBit ransomware groups. The Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) groups have...

Latest Reported Data Breaches Impact Variety of Healthcare Orgs

by Jill McKeon

Healthcare data breaches continue to impact large and small organizations across the country, as exemplified by the most recent batch of data breach notifications outlined below. Graceworks Lutheran...

91% of Orgs Expect to Increase Cybersecurity Budgets in Next Year

by Jill McKeon

As ransomware continues to impact organizations worldwide, cybersecurity leaders are increasingly recognizing the importance of investing resources into improving their security programs and processes....

Threat Actors Deviate From Common Tactics in Global Cyberattacks, Mandiant Observes

by Jill McKeon

Mandiant observed threat actors favoring the financial, professional services, high tech and healthcare industries in 2022, according to its newly released M-Trends 2023 report. The report aimed to...

Parent of 2 Major Massachusetts Health Insurers Suffers Ransomware Attack

by Jill McKeon

Massachusetts-based Point32Health, the parent of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, posted a notice on its website regarding a “cybersecurity ransomware incident” that it...

Quantifying the Financial Impact of Healthcare Ransomware Attacks

by Jill McKeon

The average cost of a healthcare ransomware attack was $4.82 million in 2021, according to IBM Security’s “Cost of a Data Breach Report.” In a new report by ThreatConnect, the cyber...

Tracking Pixel Use Results in Data Breach at NY Hospital, 54K Impacted

by Jill McKeon

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) is the latest healthcare organization to report a data breach stemming from its use of tracking and analytics tools. As previously reported, Meta, Google, and other...

Maryland Hospital Reveals 30K Individuals Impacted by Ransomware Attack

by Sarai Rodriguez

Atlantic General Hospital has notified 30,704 patients of a ransomware attack that potentially compromised protected health information (PHI), a notice provided to the Maine Attorney General’s...

Dark Web Intel Underutilized by CISOs, Diminishing Healthcare Cybersecurity

by Sarai Rodriguez

The healthcare sector struggles to keep pace in a rapidly changing healthcare cybersecurity landscape, as some CISOs neglect to leverage dark web intelligence, resulting in a weaker cyber posture...

CISA, FBI, MS-ISAC Warn Critical Infrastructure of LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Attacks

by Jill McKeon

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) issued a joint...

HC3 Raises Alarm Over Black Basta Ransomware Group as a Threat to Healthcare

by Sarai Rodriguez

The healthcare sector faces a new cybersecurity threat as the Black Basta ransomware group emerges, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) warned in a threat profile. The ransomware...

Blackbaud Pays $3M to Settle “Misleading Disclosures” Following Ransomware Attack

by Jill McKeon

Blackbaud agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges relating to a 2020 ransomware attack that impacted more than 13,000 customers, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced. Blackbaud...

HC3 Report Uncovers Key Data Exfiltration Trends in Healthcare

by Sarai Rodriguez

Healthcare providers face a heightened risk of data exfiltration, according to a recent HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) brief that delves into the various threat actors and...

CISA, FBI Shed Light On Royal Ransomware Cyberattack Tactics

by Jill McKeon

Royal ransomware is continuing to be used in aggressive cyberattacks against critical infrastructure. As previously reported, the group poses a significant threat to the healthcare sector. To help...

As Hacker Sophistication Increases, Confidence in Basic Cybersecurity Defenses Falters

by Jill McKeon

Even as healthcare organizations continue to increase investments aimed at preventing and mitigating ransomware attacks, health IT leaders reported a lack of confidence about their organizations’...

MedusaLocker Ransomware Leveraged In Healthcare Cyberattacks

by Jill McKeon

MedusaLocker ransomware is the latest variant used to encrypt healthcare systems, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) warned in its latest analyst note. The note follows a July...