In 2020, the resiliency of the healthcare industry was tested in terms of its response to two national crises: a global pandemic and hackers taking advantage of an oft-weakened workforce. Ransomware was yet again the biggest cybersecurity...
Luxottica of America recently reported a patient data breach, which impacted 829,454 patients. But prior to the security incident, the company faced a ransomware attack, and the Nefilim ransomware...
In the Fall of 2019, a damning report from ProPublica outlined a massive healthcare exposure: millions of medical images generated from Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) were left...
Threat actors have made it clear: healthcare will remain a prime target for ransomware attacks, extortion demands, phishing, and whatever nefarious scheme they can use to ensure a...
The FDA recently unveiled a new scoring system for assessing medical device vulnerabilities, an update from its previous system that was initially designed for commercial devices...
The FBI is investigating an ongoing wave of cyberattacks, including Ryuk ransomware, trouncing US hospitals, health systems, and other providers. At least three systems...
Healthcare delivery organizations are increasingly deploying medical devices, IoT, and other medical platforms to improve connectivity and support patient care. But failed network segmentation, legacy...
It’s no secret healthcare has remained highly targeted by cybercriminals given its troves of valuable data and the high likelihood of paying ransom demands. As COVID-19 surged, hackers rapidly evolved their threats and tactics to...
HIPAA-required breach notifications in the wake of a security incident continue to be an Achille’s heel for the healthcare sector. Many notices appear laden with flowery...
Universal Health Services is currently recovering from a ransomware attack across its 400 locations, with facilities leveraging back-up processes and paper documentation to...
The hacking groups behind Pysa, or Mespinoza, SunCrypt, REvil, and NetWalker ransomware variants posted data allegedly stolen from five separate healthcare...
The threats targeting healthcare continue to increase in both their frequency and sophistication. And if the latest third-party vendor security incident is any indication, the need for developing a cyber resilient vendor management process...
Digital Shadows recently reported that at least 15 billion compromised credentials and passwords are for sale on the dark web. The data should serve as a warning to...
The Office of Civil Rights recently shared ways an IT asset inventory can create a more effective risk analysis to close information security gaps and support HIPAA compliance. Given the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a rise in targeted, sophisticated cyberattacks designed to take advantage of an increasingly connected environment. In healthcare, it’s led to a rise in...
Healthcare has and will likely always be a prime target for cyberattacks, given its valuable data and the need for constant data access to ensure continuity of care. While awareness around these issues has drastically improved, the need...
A recent Forescout report showed more than a third of workstations in healthcare operate on unsupported versions of Windows, among a host of other vulnerabilities found in...
The recently reported Ripple20 vulnerabilities found in more than 52,000 medical device models that could allow for remote code execution, highlight the need for greater...
Healthcare is the sector most impacted by a group of 19 critical vulnerabilities known as Ripple20, found in the TCP/IP communication stack of hundreds of millions of IoT and connected...
A host of cyberattack trends on the health sector emerged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as hackers sought to take advantage of the crisis with ransomware and misinformation campaigns, according...
