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Healthcare Cyberattacks Lead to Increased Mortality, Lower Patient Care: Ponemon Study

eSecurity Planet

Nearly a quarter of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware attacks experienced an increase in patient mortality, according to a study from Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint released today. Healthcare Cyberattacks Common – And Costly. The financial costs of healthcare cyberattacks are high, the report noted, costing an average of $4.4

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Introducing next-generation firewall from Palo Alto Networks to support 5G-enabled IoT, OT and IT use cases

CyberSecurity Insiders

Digital transformation realized through new 5G-enabled IoT, Operational Technologies (OT) and IT use cases are no exception. Next-generation firewalls from Palo Alto Networks with AT&T Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) solutions are designed to help protect enterprises while optimizing security performance for these new use cases.

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Three Ways to Protect Unfixable Security Risks

eSecurity Planet

These are not uncommon risks. The devices themselves can’t be secured, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use basic IT techniques to reduce our security risks. Industries with very expensive operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as healthcare or industrial manufacturing, can be especially vulnerable.

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North Korean Threat Actors Targeting Healthcare Sector with Maui Ransomware

SecureWorld News

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. Use monitoring tools to observe whether IoT devices are behaving erratically due to a compromise.".

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Adoption of Secure Cloud Services in Critical Infrastructure

CyberSecurity Insiders

What further compounds an already complex architectural and security landscape is the fact that critical infrastructure industries in various countries tend to be either partially or fully government controlled; with many providing “essential services” such as Healthcare, Water, Power, Emergency Services and Food production.

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Telecommunications: A Case Study

Approachable Cyber Threats

It enables us to stay connected on a personal level as well as provide essential services for banking, healthcare, transportation, and more. However, these intricate networks of suppliers can introduce new risks into the equation that must be addressed accordingly. Encryption, Patches, and Firewalls: Let’s start with protection.

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Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk

Security Affairs

VxWorks is one of the most popular OSs for embedded devices, it currently powers over 2 billion devices in different industries, including aerospace, defense, automotive, healthcare, and consumer electronics. It is quite easy to find Wind River VxWorks in IoT devices, including webcam, network appliances, VOIP phones, and printers.

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