Cybersecurity

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...

Hawaii Skilled Nursing Facility Notifies 20K of Healthcare Data Breach

by Sarai Rodriguez

Aloha Nursing Rehab Centre, a skilled nursing facility in Kaneohe, Hawaii, notified 20,016 patients of a recent healthcare data breach that occurred around early July 2022. On December 28, 2022, Aloha...

How The New National Cybersecurity Strategy Will Impact Healthcare Cybersecurity

by Jill McKeon

The Biden administration issued its much-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy aimed at shifting cyber defense responsibilities, improving cyber resilience, and disrupting cyber threat...

4 Organizations Report Recent Healthcare Data Breaches

by Sarai Rodriguez

Healthcare data breaches remain a persistent problem for healthcare organizations, with no signs of slowing down. Despite increased efforts to strengthen cybersecurity, the industry remains a prime...

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’...

94% of CISOs Face Work-Related Stress, Leading to Retention Snags

by Sarai Rodriguez

According to the "Implications of Stress on CISOs 2023 Report" by Cynet, security teams are facing retention snags due to the elevated levels of work-related stress experienced by their chief...

Clop Ransomware Continues to Threaten Healthcare Sector, HC3 Warns

by Jill McKeon

Clop ransomware continues to pose a threat to healthcare and other sectors, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) warned in its most recent alert about the Russia-linked ransomware...

Revenue Cycle Management Company Reports Healthcare Data Breach Impacting 250K

by Jill McKeon

Revenue cycle management company Reventics recently notified 250,918 individuals of a healthcare data breach that impacted some patient information. Reventics detected a cyber intruder within its...

Lehigh Valley Health Network Hit By BlackCat Ransomware Attack

by Jill McKeon

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) President and CEO Brian A. Nester, DO, MBA, announced that LVHN was the target of a BlackCat ransomware attack in early February. BlackCat is a sophisticated...

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Brings Systems Back Online Following IT Security Incident

by Jill McKeon

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) has restored its computer systems and returned to standard operations across its network, the health system announced. As previously reported, TMH began...

DNA Diagnostics Center Reaches $400K Settlement After Healthcare Data Breach

by Sarai Rodriguez

DNA Diagnostics Center has reached a $400,000 settlement to resolve several violations over a 2021 healthcare data breach. DNA Diagnostics Center is a major private DNA-testing organization providing...

CommonSpirit Health Ransomware Attack Leads to $150M in Losses To Date

by Jill McKeon

CommonSpirit Health has incurred $150 million in losses as a result of an October 2022 ransomware attack, the health system’s unaudited quarterly report stated. “The Cybersecurity...

Community Health Systems Impacted by Data Breach Tied to GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability

by Jill McKeon

In a recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Community Health Systems (CHS) disclosed a third-party data breach involving Fortra’s GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT)...

DDoS Attacks Continue to Threaten Healthcare Cybersecurity

by Jill McKeon

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a major threat to healthcare cybersecurity, as exemplified by the ongoing cyberattack tactics of KillNet, a pro-Russian hacktivist group that has been...

UMass Memorial Health Center Resolves Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit With $1.2M Settlement

by Jill McKeon

If approved by the Worcester County Superior Court, UMass Memorial Health Center will pay $1.2 million to settle a healthcare data breach lawsuit. The lawsuit stemmed from a breach that took place...

Tackling Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Challenges In Healthcare

by Jill McKeon

The majority of the top ten largest healthcare data breaches reported to HHS in 2022 stemmed from third-party vendors, signaling a need for better third-party risk management (TPRM) practices in the industry. However, healthcare...

GootLoader Malware, SEO Poisoning Impacting Healthcare

by Jill McKeon

New deployment methods of the GootLoader malware loader, search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning tactics, and the deployment of additional C2 frameworks such as Cobalt Strike and SystemBC are...

Nearly 63K Impacted by Healthcare Data Breach from Exploited Web Server

by Sarai Rodriguez

San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare notified 62,777 patients of a healthcare data breach that may have exposed their personal health information. On January 12, 2023, Sharp HealthCare discovered...

HHS, FBI, CISA Warn of North Korean State-Sponsored Cyber Threat Actors Targeting Healthcare

by Jill McKeon

North Korean state-sponsored cyber threat actors have been targeting the healthcare sector with ransomware, the National Security Agency (NSA), HHS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S....

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