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Trends and data gaps revealed in new healthcare …

WEBOver the five years examined in the study, the number of annual ransomware attacks from 43 to 91, and the annual number of individuals affected by PHI …

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WannaCry four years on: Has healthcare learned its …

WEBLessons learned Amazingly, WannaCry is still prevalent today, four years after it caused global panic. In March, researchers found the malware affected 53% more …

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How healthcare can avoid a ransomware diagnosis

WEBHealthcare has always been a critical, high-stakes industry, where just a minute’s delay can mean the difference between health and wellness, life or death.

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The state of healthcare cybersecurity insights shared in a …

WEBHealthcare is a vulnerable vertical on both sides of the Atlantic, and a new report by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) highlights some …

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Healthcare data breaches continue to spread at alarming …

WEBData entrusted to healthcare organizations and their business associates is governed by a myriad of federal and state regulations. The most comprehensive of …

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A reality check on email security threats in healthcare

WEB45% of healthcare organizations said they felt a lot more secure in 2022 — although 77% suffered an email security breach. Recent international research …

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New HHS initiative to help with healthcare cybersecurity

WEBWhen the recent cyberattack against Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth, was discovered a few months ago, it set in motion a number of …

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What is it about healthcare

WEBTony Burgess is a twenty-year veteran of the IT security industry and is Barracuda’s Senior Copywriter for Content and Customer Marketing. In this role, he …

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Healthcare organizations facing new cyberattacks

WEBAs if the healthcare industry wasn't dealing with enough stress and disruption right now, it's also getting hammered with cyberattacks like spear phishing and …

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FBI warns of unpatched medical devices

WEBThe issue is so concerning that the FBI recently published a warning about unsecured and unpatched medical devices. The warning states in part: “The FBI has …

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KillNet targeting healthcare sector: What you need to know

WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an Analyst Note on the hacktivist group KillNet and its attacks on the healthcare and public …

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ALPHV-BlackCat ransomware group goes dark

WEBWhile the LockBit gang struggles to keep affiliates, the ALPHV group kicks theirs to the curb.ALPHV has gone dark after receiving what appears to be a $22 million …

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Change Healthcare and RansomHub redefine double extortion

WEBLast month we talked about Russian threat actor ALPHV/BlackCat, a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) group that went dark after receiving a $22 million …

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Royal ransomware: a threat actor you should know

WEBThere were early indications that the operators of Royal Ransomware are experienced threat actors who split from Conti and other ransomware groups. Early …

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The language of data privacy: The differences between PII, PHI, …

WEBPHI is a subset of PII and is limited in scope to health information that is shared with HIPAA-covered entities. To be classified as PHI, the information must …

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Top concerns healthcare organizations have about Office 365 …

WEBTurning to cloud-native backup The answer these organizations want is a cloud-native, software-as-a-service backup and restore service that’s easy to use and …

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Infrastructure Security Month: Resiliency is a collaborative effort

WEBWeek three of Infrastructure Security Month (ISM) is dedicated to raising awareness around resilience in critical infrastructure. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure …

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Email-borne attacks hit energy and utilities harder than most other …

WEBThe research shows that it takes energy and utilities companies slightly longer than many other sectors to spot an email security incident — 51 hours on …

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