In late 2020, a well-known hacker group believed to be sponsored by the Iranian government started a credential harvesting campaign targeting United States and Israeli medical personnel, according to new research from Proofpoint.
The CyberPeace Institute’s methodology holds promise, but it must further differentiate itself and overcome enforcement challenges.
If ransomware and data exfiltration attacks that targeted hospitals and vaccine researchers during the pandemic signaled a cyber hygiene crisis in health care, the SolarWinds supply chain attack demonstrated just how deep the problem goes.
Ramsonware incidents against healthcare and government organizations have been few and far between in 2021, but experts say that could change as the year goes on.
Here’s what the television show got right, and what it got wrong, from the role of cyber insurance, to response and recovery timelines.
Organizations that can show they did their due diligence in protecting medical information will be better off, should a breach occur.
The health care cybersecurity consulting firm has been working especially closely with hospitals in the last week to help them quickly respond to this new wave of attacks. CEO Caleb Barlow details the implications.
Organizations in the health care sector and beyond should be aware of potential copycat attacks, which could result in significant damage to reputation and subsequently the bottom line.
For many markets, changing the way companies evaluate the severity of risk could shift how they prioritize which bugs to stomp out in which order.
For medical facilities, and any entity that delivers critical services, the situation places security teams on high alert: ensure adequate training for the workforce and some means of network redundancy or else risk similar tragedy or even potential liability.
