Cytelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The healthcare industry has witnessed a rapid digital transformation, with hospitals, clinics, and medical practices relying heavily on technology to store and manage patient data, streamline operations, and improve patient care. Patient records, insurance information, and intellectual property are just a few examples.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

The shift to remote care and the widespread adoption of EHR solutions by health systems have shaped digital transformation in healthcare. A lack of investment in effective security technologies could be a precursor to disrupted systems for periods on end. Over the past year and a half that’s been tremendously beneficial.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

To accelerate the ransomware encryption process and make it harder to detect, cybercriminal groups have begun using a new technique: intermittent encryption. Intermittent encryption allows the ransomware encryption malware to encrypt files partially or only encrypt parts of the files. Others are automated.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2022

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. If companies want to stand up to data-related extortion then data-in-use encryption is the technology of choice for unmatched immunity. More than 1.9

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Technology giant Olympus announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack and is currently investigating the extent of the incident. Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak sitewhere it will publish data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 26, 2023

Thales partners with Hint AG to provide managed security services for the Swiss healthcare sector madhav Thu, 07/27/2023 - 04:32 Analysts from Statista are projecting that the Healthcare market in Switzerland will need to invest 1.3 billion Swiss Franks in cybersecurity and IT by 2027.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

United States government agencies recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing information on how North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are actively using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations. The only required argument is a folder path, which Maui will parse and encrypt identified files.".

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As a result of a cloud breach, one in four healthcare organization was fined for non-compliance and 1 in 10 was sued, Netwrix study finds. . February 24, 2021 – Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy , today announced findings for the healthcare sector from its global 2021 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2021

It is no secret that healthcare systems around the globe are facing unprecedented challenges. Beyond the obvious spectre of the pandemic, health services need to provide a growing, increasingly elderly, population, with quality healthcare despite rising costs. How healthcare has transformed during the pandemic.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

But it’s coming, in the form of driverless cars, climate-restoring infrastructure and next-gen healthcare technology. They outlined why something called attribute-based encryption, or ABE, has emerged as the basis for a new form of agile cryptography that we will need in order to kick digital transformation into high gear.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Homomorphic encryption has long been something of a Holy Grail in cryptography. Related: Post-quantum cryptography on the horizon For decades, some of our smartest mathematicians and computer scientists have struggled to derive a third way to keep data encrypted — not just the two classical ways, at rest and in transit.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Change Healthcare, a major provider of IT services to hospitals, continues to battle the BlackCat ransomware syndicate. BlackCat has made the healthcare industry a prime target over the past year, victimizing providers, insurers, and now healthcare IT suppliers like Change Healthcare, a unit of Optum. authorities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that deployed multiple malware families, including ransomware and information stealers (i.e. AgentTesla ). Attackers used a spoofed address mimicking the World Health Organization (noreply@who[.]int) Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare Organizations Need to Adapt Their Data Protection Policies to the New Threat Environment. Healthcare providers are at the epicenter of the fight against coronavirus. Given this, healthcare organizations need to advance their security efforts to adapt to this shifting environment. Tue, 11/17/2020 - 06:44. ransomware).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 25, 2019

healthcare organizations are nearly universal in the adoption of digital transformation technologies (cloud, SaaS applications, big data, IoT, digital payments, containers, and blockchain). This year’s Thales Data Threat Report-Healthcare Edition shows that cloud usage in the U.S. But results showed that today, U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

Healthcare’s IT evolution has brought numerous security challenges including regulations, the use of digitally transformative technologies that have created huge amounts of data to store and protect, and the extraordinary value of electronic personal health information (ePHI) to cybercriminals. Regulations. Almost all (96%) of U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. ” they wrote.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 8, 2022

Ransomware Trends Show Lockbit Most Active, New Tactics, Healthcare Hit Hard. The group’s largest number of victims were in manufacturing (see: Bridgestone Americas confirms ransomware attack ), technology, education and the public sectors. Healthcare under attack in 2021: most likely to pay ransom. brooke.crothers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Unpatched vulnerabilities and configuration errors made it easy for hackers to steal info and encrypt data on the servers related to the cloud. But isn’t it a workload of the operator or a CSP…? The post Most Infrastructure as a Service Cloud providers hit by ransomware this year appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 4, 2021

The Cloud Trust Paradox: Keeping Control of Data & Encryption Keys in the Cloud. With customers increasingly being less trusting of how companies store and process their data in the cloud, encrypting this data and controlling the encryption keys is essential for building trust. Thu, 03/04/2021 - 09:38.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Wearable technologies continuously monitor vital signs such as heart rate, while larger equipment like dialysis machines and ventilators operate tirelessly to support critical bodily functions. New security solutions are now aiding healthcare organizations' IT teams in promptly resolving issues, even with devices from various manufacturers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Joe Biden and his administration seems be on a forward thinking gear for quantum technology linked cyber attacks leading to data breaches. NOTE 1- According to a discussion on Reddit, a 128 bit encryption standard can take at least 3 months to break and a 256-bit key might take even longer. isn’t it? .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2024

The healthcare organization notified law enforcement and hired third-party forensic and information technology experts to assist. “We purposely didn’t encrypt this hospital so as not to interfere with patient care. Unfortunately, Lockbit affiliates continue to target healthcare organizations.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a groundbreaking move, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that aims to safeguard the state's critical infrastructure, specifically its healthcare sector. This proactive approach will undoubtedly strengthen patient trust and confidence in New York's healthcare system.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” healthcare organizations. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible. “The Venus group has problems getting paid,” Holden said. ”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 11, 2018

Whether offering instant access to patient records, allowing remote diagnosis of treatment, or giving access to lifestyle management and monitoring apps, it’s undeniable that the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected services are revolutionising the healthcare industry.

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Spinone

MARCH 19, 2020

Encryption is one of the tried and true security mechanisms for keeping data secure and private both on-premises and in the cloud. It allows masking data with mathematical algorithms that scramble the data so that it is unreadable without the encryption key. However, there is a weakness with traditional encryption techniques.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 4, 2021

The company that is in discussion is Advanced Technology Ventures(ATV) that is worth $1.8 billion in assets and was targeted by the file encrypting malware spreading gang on July 9th of this year. From 1979, ATV invests huge on companies involved in technology, communications, software and healthcare sector.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 4, 2023

The technology giant confirmed that the update is a necessity and can be automatically updated as well, if the settings are tweaked. The next news is related to Pediatric Healthcare Provider Brightline, which is in the field of treating child mental health and trauma.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Widely known for targeting governments, academia, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology organizations’ cybersystems, Ryuk is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that’s been active since August 2018. What is Ryuk Ransomware?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2022

DarkTrace offers Antigena, an autonomous response technology against cyber threats such as ransomware attacks. And in the year 2021, Dordongne GHT, a healthcare service provider from France, chose DarkTrace Antigena to protect its entire corporate network of medical devices and computers from cyber risks.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 11, 2024

Despite their previous promises and operational policies against targeting healthcare institutions, LockBit has claimed the recent attack on Capital Health. And even though the gang claims they did not encrypt the hospital’s files, that didn’t leave the hospital unharmed.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The top stories of the month include ALPHV’s shutdown, an increased focus on the healthcare sector, and high-profile attacks on Toyota, Boeing, and more using a Citrix Bleed vulnerability (CVE-2023-4966). In other news, attacks on the healthcare sector last month reached an all-time high at 38 total attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 14, 2022

Microsoft Exchange Servers are being targeted by those spreading BlackCat Ransomware and information is out that the hackers are seen exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities on the systems to induct the said file encrypting malware.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The exposed database, containing more than 17 billion records, has raised concerns about the security of sensitive healthcare provider information and negotiated rates for medical procedures. states, Cigna offers an array of healthcare insurance plans, including individual, family, employer-sponsored, Medicare, and Medicaid plans.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX says it has more than 600,000 customers and 12 million users in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, healthcare and hospitality. 3CX says it has more than 600,000 customers and 12 million users in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, healthcare and hospitality. Microsoft Corp.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

Dr. Robert Byer, professor of applied physics at Stanford University, and a leading expert in laser science and technology, for instance, signed on as a distinguished scientist to advance basic research in the use of light waves to streamline quantum computing. More about these paradigm shifters below.

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