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French hospital hit by $10M ransomware attack, sends patients elsewhere
Bleeping Computer, August 22, 2022
The Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a 1000-bed hospital located 28km from the center of Paris, suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, which has resulted in the medical center referring patients to other establishments and postponing appointments for surgeries.
New ‘BianLian’ Ransomware Variant on the Rise
Dark Reading, August 22, 2022
Novel ransomware was created with the Go open source programming language, demonstrating how malware authors increasingly are opting to employ the flexible coding language.
HHS HC3 Warns of Vishing, Other Social Engineering Scams
Gov Info Security, August 22, 2022
Social engineering poses significant data security threats to healthcare and public sector entities, federal authorities warn, urging entities to take steps to avoid falling victim.
Evolving Ransomware Threats on Healthcare
Gov Info Security, August 22, 2022
With a constant need to do more with less, digital transformation is crucial to healthcare organizations’ ability to deal with issues like staffing shortfalls and the increased need for services while providing better patient outcomes.
Cyber Signals: Defend against the new ransomware landscape
Microsoft, August 22, 2022
Microsoft published their second edition of Cyber Signals, spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from Microsoft’s 43 trillion security signals and 8,500 security experts. In this edition, they pull back the curtain on the evolving cybercrime economy and the rise of Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). Instead of relying on what cybercriminals say about themselves through extortion attempts, forum posts, or chat leaks, Microsoft threat intelligence gives us visibility into threat actors’ actions.
Ransomware Attack at Lamoille Health Partners Impacts 59K
Health IT Security, August 19, 2022
Lamoille Health Partners disclosed a ransomware attack that impacted 59,381 individuals. According to a notice on its website, the Vermont-based organization discovered suspicious activity on June 13 and later discovered that an unauthorized party had locked some of its files.
CISA and FBI Warn of Zeppelin Ransomware Threat to Healthcare Organizations
HealthTech, August 18, 2022
As part of their ongoing efforts to help healthcare organizations prevent cyberattacks, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a new cybersecurity advisory (CSA) warning health IT leaders about a recent ransomware threat known as Zeppelin.
Vendor Ransomware Breach Affects 942,000 Patients
Healthcare Info Security, August 17, 2022
A New York-based practice management and billing vendor has notified 28 healthcare entity clients and more than 942,000 of their patients that sensitive information was compromised in a ransomware attack in April.
Florida Orthopaedic reaches $4M settlement over 2020 health data theft
SC Media, August 16, 2022
Florida Orthopaedic Institute reached a $4 million settlement with the 647,000 patients affected by a server hack and subsequent ransomware attack in 2020. The data theft incident was the fifth-largest healthcare data breach that year.
Lawmakers want to know how the health sector is fighting ransomware
SC Media, August 15, 2022
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., are calling for an urgent meeting with the Department of Health and Human Services to operationalize collaboration throughout the healthcare sector to defend against the ongoing threat of ransomware attacks.