New warnings from the American Hospital Association and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency detail a shift in tactics by Play, a ransomware group that uses a double-layered extortion model to encrypt systems and…
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Building defenses around the most common ransomware attempts could help prevent attacks. Standing up these defenses can drastically limit potential credential exposures, say healthcare security specialists – but the work involved could represent a…
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Attackers are constantly testing new combinations of tactics to improve their success rates, such as a recently discovered and widespread phishing scam that uses layering and numbering techniques to hide its nefarious script and…
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A last-minute reprieve from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security looks to have spared the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program for now.”The CVE Program is invaluable to the cyber community and a priority of…
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They may not be looking to exfiltrate patient data for ransom and disruption. Instead, cybercrime groups sanctioned by the People’s Republic of China – including Silk Typhoon, which is thought to be targeting healthcare…
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Small and rural hospitals face big challenges on many fronts, and improving their cybersecurity is of particular concern. Already in precarious financial circumstances for many years, these understaffed and under-resourced facilities face cost pressures that prevent…
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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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The Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum at this year’s HIMSS25 in Las Vegas will bring together industry leaders to address rising cyber threats and the need for stronger protections in healthcare.Experts will share real-world insights from…
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More than half of the healthcare organizations that responded to a recent cross-industry cybersecurity survey by Travelers said they don’t have a specialized team to handle a data breach – and even more said…
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A specific group of Iranian cyber actors has conducted a high volume of computer network intrusion attempts against U.S. organizations since 2017, and as recently as August, according to a new advisory from the…
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