Protecting healthcare from cybercrime
Best practices to address evolving cyber security threats
Cyber criminals are after data - the more sensitive, the better - which means that, unfortunately, the healthcare industry is a popular target for hackers.
According to a recent report by the World Economic Forum, there were 4 incidents per week over the last two years, where 60% of these attacks leaked data, resulting in diverted patients, cancelled appointments & delayed surgeries.
This whitepaper shares best practices to mitigate attacks - ransomware being the biggest threat - including a multi-layered approach and advice on how to meet NCSC guidelines.
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Companies are still paying ransoms to cyber criminals despite official adviceNews A Proofpoint survey found evolving ransomware techniques and the use of AI is exacerbating the situation for victims
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Health tech firm Craneware admits “significant volume” of customer and employee data exposed in cyber attackNews The incident has been contained and Craneware has launched a probe into the breach
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This one cyber crime group accounted for nearly a fifth of all ransomware attacks in JuneNews The Gentlemen, a ransomware a service operator, now accounts for 17% of published attacks
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Working with the enemy: Ransomware negotiator-turned cyber criminal jailed after working with hackers to extort clientsNews Angelo Martino was supposed to be negotiating on behalf of victims, but was secretly working for ransomware operators
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Hackers are posing as Interpol to target small businesses – here's what you need to knowNews Small businesses are warned to think twice before clicking on links
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‘Every hour ransomware goes undetected drastically increases its potential blast radius’: Hackers are breaching networks and laying low for longer – and nearly half of firms don’t realize until data is stolenNews An ExtraHop survey found more intrusions are going undetected, leading to longer dwell times
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Ransomware cartels are fragmenting into volatile splinter groups, warns Met Police cyber chiefNews Commoditized "cyber crime bazaars" and AI data mining are forcing law enforcement to rewrite its playbook
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New ransomware threat group, The Gentlemen, has become one of the most active ransomware operators, accounting for 10% of all attacksNews NTT researchers warn that the RaaS group is leveraging SystemBC malware to establish covert tunnelling, evade detection, and support rapid lateral movement across enterprise environments
