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What Growing Federal Scrutiny of Healthcare Cybersecurity Means for Organizations
Health Tech, June 30, 2022
Healthcare organizations are more likely than organizations in other sectors to pay the ransom, but when they do, they may not get back all their data. And just 78 percent of healthcare organizations have cyber insurance coverage, according to Sophos’ “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022.”
Ransomware attacks increasing in Oregon, nationwide, FBI says
Oregon Live, June 30, 2022
FBI agents with the bureau’s Cyber Task Force in Oregon helped investigators identify three suspected Russian government hackers accused of compromising the computer network of a company that runs a nuclear power plant in Kansas.
Ransomware Gang Uses Log4Shell
Healthcare Info Security, June 24, 2022
Log4Shell is the vulnerability that keeps giving. Yet another ransomware group is at work exploiting a bug present in a ubiquitous open-source data-logging framework.
5 more organizations added to Eye Care Leaders attack total, now biggest PHI breach of 2022
SC Media, June 23, 2022
The impact from the Eye Care Leaders ransomware attack continues to expand, with five more covered entities reporting impacts to patient data in the last week.
RaaS, double extortion driving ransomware attacks, pushing up industrial cybercrime
Industrial Cyber, June 23, 2022
Tenable says that the advent of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) is one of the main reasons why ransomware has advanced from a fledgling threat into a force to be reckoned with. The service model has significantly lowered the barrier of entry, allowing cybercriminals who lack the technical skills to commoditize ransomware.
Ransomware attacks, IP, data theft top cybersecurity concerns for global, Indian pharma firms
ET HealthWorld, June 23, 2022
For leading pharma companies, cybersecurity investments have increased by a minimum of 25-30 per cent between 2019 and 2021. The pandemic and the rising number of targeted attacks have prompted certain pharma companies to double their cybersecurity investments over the past 18 months.
Health systems want government help fighting off the hackers
Yahoo! News, June 22, 2022
Cyberattacks on health systems mushroomed during the pandemic — and 2022 could be their worst year yet.
The Million-Dollar Question: To Pay or Not to Pay Ransom?
Security Boulevard, June 22, 2022
Ransomware is one of the most serious threats to businesses today. In fact, a recent survey found that 85% of enterprises are more concerned about the prospect of ransomware attacks than any other kind of attack. The decision of whether or not to pay the ransom or make a ransomware settlement should be carefully weighed.
11 hospitals, health systems that experienced data breaches in June
Becker’s Health IT, June 22, 2022
Several health systems have reported data breach incidents that have compromised patient data and IT systems during June.
Paying Ransomware Actors: ‘It’s a Business Decision’
Healthcare Info Security, June 22, 2022
Two to three times a month, Paul Furtado of Gartner gets called in to help somewhere in the world with an active ransomware incident.