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North Korea-linked APTs use Maui Ransomware to target the Healthcare industry

Security Affairs

US authorities have issued a joint advisory warning of North Korea-linked APTs using Maui ransomware in attacks against the Healthcare sector. Treasury Department issued a joint advisory that warn of North-Korea-linked threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks aimed at organizations in the Healthcare sector.

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Healthcare Organizations Need to Adapt Their Data Protection Policies to the New Threat Environment

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

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.

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Multi-cloud use by healthcare providers puts patient data at risk

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

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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Ransomware, BEC and Phishing Still Top Concerns, per 2021 Threat Report

Webroot

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. Here are some of the findings from the report.

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How to Prepare for the Future of Healthcare Digital Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this blog post, I’ll discuss how healthcare enterprises can not only meet these challenges, but go beyond compliance to best practice to secure their data and their reputations. The Meaningful Use portion of the HITECH Act provided healthcare organizations a carrot to encourage the adoption of electronic health records.

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A worrying trend: Attacks on Asian healthcare organizations

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

While it’s no surprise to anybody reading this that data breaches are on the rise, the attacks facing healthcare organizations, most recently in Asia, are particularly worrisome. One need not look very far to find examples of the threats facing these entities: In Singapore, 1.5 Evolving Threat Landscape.

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FBI seized $500,000 worth of bitcoin obtained from Maui ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

.” In May 2021, threat actors infected the servers of the medical center in the District of Kansas. The Kansas hospital opted to pay approximately a $100,000 ransom in Bitcoin to receive a decryptor e recover the encrypted files. ” Earlier this month, the FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.