The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a joint advisory warning US critical...
The current cyber threat landscape calls for sophisticated defense in depth strategies that allow organizations to adapt and respond to healthcare cyberattacks and vulnerabilities.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a brief to warn healthcare organizations of Mespinoza, a cybercriminal group known to operate Pysa ransomware. The group has been active...
Hospitals and outpatient facilities, both large and small, continue to be the targets of healthcare data breaches, placing additional strain on an already overworked sector.
The new year began with...
QRS, a healthcare technology company that provides EHR services, is now facing a lawsuit in the wake of an August 2021 cyberattack that impacted nearly 320,000 current and former patients.
In the...
As a new year begins, threat actors are continuing to overwhelm providers and patients with healthcare data breaches. Some experts predict that ransomware actors will favor data exfiltration over...
In a survey of more than 1,500 security professionals, 60 percent of respondents reported viewing ransomware and terrorism as equal threats. Sapio Research conducted the survey on behalf of machine...
In a recent brief, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) strongly urged critical infrastructure leaders to take steps to prepare for holiday cyber threats as the end of the year...
In light of numerous high-profile cyberattacks this year, C-suite executives are more tuned in to the risks of ransomware attacks and other cybersecurity threats than ever, a recent study from...
At least 39 ransomware groups have attacked the healthcare sector across 27 countries in the past 18 months, data from the CyberPeace Institute’s Cyber Incident Tracer revealed. Despite...
More than half of surveyed organizations reported losing trust in legacy IT vendors, such as Microsoft, in light of recent cyberattacks that exposed severe supply chain security gaps, according to a...
The FBI issued a flash alert warning organizations about Cuba ransomware actors, who have compromised at least 49 entities across five critical infrastructure sectors, including healthcare. Cuba...
Mandiant researchers warned of the Sabbath ransomware affiliate program, a ransomware operator that has been targeting critical infrastructure, education, and healthcare. Researchers found that the...
In October 2021, US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told USA Today that “killware” would be the next big cybersecurity threat to watch out for.
Mayorkas cited a February attack on a...
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) released an alert warning the healthcare sector of Tardigrade malware, a sophisticated strain of malware that was used to attack a vaccine...
Healthcare cyberattacks continue to plague small and mid-size organizations and outpatient facilities as larger health systems implement safeguards that make attacks more challenging.
Trends on the...
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI released a statement warning US critical infrastructure entities and partners to remain vigilant against cyber threats and...
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a threat brief outlining risks and mitigation tactics associated with financially motivated zero-day attacks on the healthcare sector....
US cyber officials along with allies from Australia and the UK issued an advisory warning the healthcare and transportation sectors about an Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat...
Healthcare cyberattacks continue to overwhelm the sector as the end of the year approaches. At the time of publication, one Ohio hospital is facing ongoing EHR downtime and appointment cancelations as...
