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Two ransomware gangs, Vice Society and Magniber, said to launch attacks via PrintNightmare
SC Media, August 13, 2021
Researchers over the past couple of days reported that two different ransomware gangs — one fairly new, the other several years old — have been actively exploiting the PrintNightmare vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service to launch ransomware attacks.
Reality of health care threats disconnected from cybersecurity investments
SC Media, August 12, 2021
Despite the health care sector remaining a prime target for threat actors, many provider organizations don’t see cybersecurity investment as a priority and few name cyber as a high priority spend, according to a new report from CyberMDX in collaboration with Philips.
Top 5 ransomware operators by income
MSN, August 11, 2021
Jack Cable, a security architect at Krebs Stamos group, and a former U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency worker, has started a ransomware payments tracking site called Ransomewhere.
Hospital: Patient information may have been stolen in St. Joseph’s/Candler ransomware attack
MSN, August 11, 2021
Leaders with St. Joseph’s/Candler said some employee and patient information may have been taken during June’s ransomware attack.
Data breach at Georgia Health System
Info Security Magazine, August 11, 2021
A health system in Georgia has begun notifying patients of a six-month-long data breach that culminated in a ransomware attack.
Ransomware Attack on GA Health System Impacts Staff, Patients’ PHI
Health IT Security, August 11, 2021
A Georgia healthcare system sustained a cyberattack, with hackers targeting patients’ and staff members’ PHI.
H-ISAC warns actors abusing RTLO in phishing campaign against health care
SC Media, August 11, 2021
A recent Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC) alert warns that threat actors are targeting the health care sector with phishing attacks that leverage legitimate right-to-left override (RTLO) Unicode to appear benign and evade detection.
HIMSS21: Your healthcare organization is crippled by ransomware. Should you pay the attackers?
Fierce Healthcare, August 10, 2021
Cyberattacks have ramped up in recent years, and there’s now a strong chance that any given health organization will, at some point, be hit with ransomware.
Eskenazi Health remains on diversion days after ransomware attack
MSN , August 10, 2021
Eskenazi Health remains on diversion for patients coming by ambulance nearly a week after an attempted ransomware attack that led the hospital to shut down its entire computer network.
Attack sophistication means health care cybersecurity requires digital resilience
SC Media, August 6, 2021
Cybercriminals have not taken a vacation during the pandemic and have continued to modify their tactics to great success. Recent security incidents reflect the nature of the threat landscape and serve as a reminder that even entities with strong cybersecurity practices can be exploited.