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

The Last Watchdog

Let us run you through the various aspects of penetration testing, or pen test, and why it is a critical component to protect a company’s network. A pen test is a simulated cyber attack on your systems to identify the loopholes that hackers can exploit. An annual pen test can streamline compliance.

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Cybersecurity Management Lessons from Healthcare Woes

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. This betrays a lack of preparation for disaster recovery and ineffective penetration testing of systems. Ascension lost $2.66

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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. In the last 18 months, companies have been misled into believing that investing in backup and recovery solutions is the answer to their ransomware woes. More than 1.9

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Securing Healthcare Data Warehouses: Best Practices for Data Security and Privacy

CyberSecurity Insiders

Securing the healthcare data warehouses themselves is equally vital to ensure the software applications’ security in their development and maintenance. Use strong access controls: Setting up strict access restrictions is one of the critical elements in securing healthcare data warehouses.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

Local governments, small and medium-sized businesses, large international corporations, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions are the common targets. In the meanwhile, both businesses and individuals should be proactive in terms of their defenses and maintain data backups to minimize the impact of a potential ransomware attack.

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Resilience lies with security: Securing remote access for your business

Webroot

The most common way we see ransomware affecting organizations – government municipalities, healthcare and education institutions – is through a breach. Test, test, test. Conducting frequent connection and penetration testing is important to ensure constant viability for users. Two-factor authentication.

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FBI warns of PYSA Ransomware attacks against Education Institutions in US and UK

Security Affairs

Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database. newversion file extension instead of .

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