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Healthcare providers prefer paying ransom in ransomware attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Healthcare providers are opting to pay a ransom in the event of ransomware attacks, instead of recovering it from data backups. The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022 report is against what is being urged by the law enforcement agencies such as CISA and the FBI.

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Cost-Effective Steps the Healthcare Industry Can Take To Mitigate Damaging Ransomware Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

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. Implement Threat Awareness Training.

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How Healthcare Organizations Can Protect Themselves Against IoT Ransomware

IT Security Guru

Healthcare delivery organizations are increasingly deploying medical devices, IoT, and other medical platforms to improve connectivity and support patient care. Weak cybersecurity evaluations, inappropriate network segmentation, and legacy devices expand the healthcare threat landscape. The rise of mobile healthcare.

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Breach of healthcare debt collection firm exposes 1.9M patients – cyber experts weigh in

CyberSecurity Insiders

The Professional Finance Company, PFC, suffered a ransomware attack on February 26 and on July 1 confirmed that over 650 healthcare providers were affected by the breach. According to a notice from PFC, attackers stole confidential patient information including patient names, addresses, and outstanding account balances.

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Supply chain attacks disrupt emergency services communications

Malwarebytes

The organization behind the cyber-attack is not known at this stage and the incident has been reported to the authorities as a crime. The Register reports that healthcare workers are having to resort to pen and paper , alongside staff being warned of the potential for phishing attacks. Create and test offline backups.

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Key Insights from the OpenText 2024 Threat Perspective

Webroot

For businesses, this means implementing a comprehensive incident response plan that includes secure, immutable backups and regular testing to ensure rapid recovery in the event of an attack. For instance, a ransomware attack on a healthcare provider could lead to data breaches exposing patient information.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why penetration testing has become a ‘must-have’ security practice

The Last Watchdog

A pen test is a simulated cyber attack on your systems to identify the loopholes that hackers can exploit. All risks are not equal; some are potentially more damaging than others. All risks are not equal; some are potentially more damaging than others. These can be applications, IoT, Networks, API etc. Are they updated?