Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), has confirmed that it was unprotected by antivirus software when it was attacked by the Medusa ransomware group in September.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. By Tom Neclerio , Vice President of Professional Services at SilverSky.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

A prime example is the healthcare sector, where the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates encryption to protect patient health information. According to a Ponemon Institute study, the data breach cost for healthcare organizations without encryption was $380 per record, compared to $230 for those with encryption.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

Seen in attacks against healthcare and manufacturing agencies, RedLine started with heavy-hitter industries and only got worse as more users purchased it. Users should receive regular social engineering training about what to look for in phishing emails and messages. Use token authentication through an authenticator application.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Examples include GDPR in Europe, HIPAA in healthcare, and PCI DSS for payment card data. Mitigating DDoS Attacks To lessen the risk of a DDoS attack, implement the following methods: Use traffic filtering: Traffic filtering technologies separate authentic and malicious traffic, allowing the system to reject harmful requests.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The spread of this ransomware was considered to be the worst cyber attack in terms of contamination rate and scope, putting public offices and companies (especially healthcare facilities) out of operation. Only the registration of this domain subsequently created the condition (kill swich) for the malware to stop spreading.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Ransomware, a definition Ransomware is a set of malware technologies, hacking techniques, and social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use to cause harm, breach data, and render data unusable. Do antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools stop ransomware? Logins without multi-factor authentication.

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