U.S. software firm Fortra said it has ‘seized and sinkholed’ more than 200 malicious domains and has prevented further exploitation of its Cobalt Strike penetration testing tool by threat actors through its partnership with…
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Threat Intelligence: The Proactive Defense Strategy
In today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, healthcare organizations face unprecedented challenges from sophisticated threat actors. Integrating threat intelligence into broader cybersecurity frameworks offers hospitals a critical advantage against cybercriminals,…
Understanding the Current Healthcare Security Landscape
The healthcare industry faces an unprecedented challenge in managing third-party data breaches, with recent studies revealing alarming statistics about security vulnerabilities. According to comprehensive research by Ponemon Institute and…
Critical Security Vulnerabilities Discovered
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has raised serious concerns about cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting patient monitors manufactured by Chinese company Contec Medical Systems. These security flaws potentially enable cybercriminals to bypass…
HIPAA Security Rule Update: Why Basic Compliance Isn’t EnoughBy Jason Ward
Jason Ward is VP of IT and tech support at Collette Health.
The healthcare sector has become an increasingly attractive target for…
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Why Healthcare Systems Are Targeted
Greg Young, vice president of cybersecurity at Trend Micro, says an organization’s biggest vulnerability is simply being in the healthcare industry.
“The amount of key data within these organizations is a…
Cybercriminals remain a major threat in the healthcare sector — with the vast majority of healthcare organizations reporting spotting a cyberattack and suffering financial consequences as a result in the past 12 months, according…
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Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has confirmed that cybercriminals are attempting to leak stolen data after gaining unauthorized access to the state’s central platform for operating numerous health and human services divisions, including social…
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Introduction
In the span of just a few days, Merseyside has seen two of its prominent hospitals, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, grapple with cyber attacks….
What You Should Know:
– Ransomware attacks are a growing threat across all industries, but the healthcare sector is facing a particularly alarming surge in these incidents, according to new data from SafetyDevices.
– New…
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