Ransomware

Judge Approves Nebraska Medicine Data Breach Lawsuit Settlement

by Jessica Davis

A judge for the US District Court of Nebraska has approved a preliminary settlement in the data breach lawsuit filed against Nebraska Medicine in February 2021. However, most of the terms have...

Report: New Ransomware Variant Targeting Microsoft Exchange Servers

by Jessica Davis

Threat actors with likely ties to REvil ransomware are targeting and successfully exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Servers with a new malware variant in cyberattacks against enterprise...

Cyberattack Drives 2 UF Health Hospitals to EHR Downtime

by Jessica Davis

A cyberattack on the University of Florida Health The Villages Regional Hospital and Leesburg Hospital has driven clinicians to EHR downtime procedures as its leadership investigates the ongoing...

DOJ, White House Take Aim at Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks

by Jessica Davis

This week, the White House and the Department of Justice announced efforts to improve the coordination of investigations into ongoing ransomware attacks and data extortion efforts, while urging private...

Data of 3.3M 20/20 Hearing Care Patients Hacked From Cloud Database

by Jessica Davis

Nearly 3.3 million patients from the 20/20 Hearing Care Network were recently notified that their information was accessed and possibly deleted, after an actor hacked into the provider’s...

Could The SASE Model Move the Needle on Healthcare Cybersecurity?

by Jessica Davis

The multiple, massive cybersecurity incidents across the globe have demonstrated the ease in which threat actors can take control over critical infrastructure entities and their valuable data. For...

Scripps Reports Data Theft, EHR Back Online, but Global Outages Persist

by Jessica Davis

Scripps Health has restored the majority of its network and brought its Epic EHR back online, four weeks after falling victim to a ransomware attack, according to a May 27 status update.  The...

CISA: VMware Patches Critical Server Flaw, Warns of Ransomware Threat

by Jessica Davis

The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an alert for a recent software update from VMware. A critical flaw in vCenter Server platforms could allow...

207K Rehoboth McKinley Patients Tied to Conti Ransomware, Data Leak

by Jessica Davis

Two months after the Conti ransomware hacking group leaked data they claim to have stolen from Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS), 207,195 patients are being notified of the...

GAO: Insurers Limiting Coverage in Attack-Laden Sectors, Like Healthcare

by Jessica Davis

A recent Government Accountability Office report shows that industries experiencing an onslaught of cyberattacks, like healthcare, may face another concerning challenge: Some cyber insurers...

Cyberattack Updates: Alaska Health Dept, Scripps’ Recovery, Ireland HSE

by Jessica Davis

In the last week, an FBI alert and a Check Point repott reiterated what many in the healthcare sector have known for some time: Ransomware threat actors are consistently targeting and successfully...

FBI: Conti Ransomware Actors Exploit Healthcare, First Responder Networks

by Jessica Davis

The Conti ransomware hacking group has successfully exploited at least 16 healthcare sector and first responder networks, including 911 dispatchers, emergency medical services, law enforcement, and...

Universal Health Services Lawsuit: 2 Claims Dismissed, Citing Lack of Harm

by Jessica Davis

The US District Court for Pennsylvania’s Eastern District recently dismissed two out of three claims made in a lawsuit filed against Universal Health Services, citing a lack of harm. The...

Allergy Partners: Data Stolen During Ransomware Attack, EHR Outage

by Jessica Davis

Following reports of a ransomware attack and subsequent EHR outage at Allergy Partners in February, the North Carolina specialist is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that their data was...

Healthcare Ransomware Outages: Scripps, Ireland HSE, and NZ Hospitals

by Jessica Davis

Healthcare remains a key target for ransomware hacking groups, as seen in recent research data and multiple hospital system outages. Scripps Health is continuing recovery efforts two weeks after an...

Ransomware Keeps Healthcare in Crosshairs, Triple Extortion Emerges

by Jessica Davis

The rate of ransomware attacks seen across the globe so far in 2021 has increased by 102 percent, when compared to the same period in 2020. A new Check Point report also revealed nefarious hackers are...

Biden’s Executive Order to Boost Threat Sharing, Supply Chain Security

by Jessica Davis

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that takes aim at the country’s infrastructure cybersecurity weaknesses and is designed to bolster threat sharing between the government...

DHS CISA, FBI Alert to DarkSide Ransomware, After Pipeline Attack

by Jessica Davis

Several days after the DarkSide ransomware attack against the US critical infrastructure pipeline company, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and...

Threat Alert: Russian-Backed Threat Actors, Avaddon Ransomware

by Jessica Davis

In the last week, a host of federal agencies released insights on ongoing cyber campaigns led by Avaddon ransomware and Russian-backed threat actors targeting a range of global private sector entities,...

Scripps Health EHR, Patient Portal Still Down After Ransomware Attack

by Jessica Davis

Scripps Health is continuing to operate under EHR downtime procedures and its website and patient portal remain offline, nine days after a ransomware attack struck its servers. The California...