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Healthcare Sector Grapples With Legacy Devices, Patching Woes
Healthcare providers, clinics and hospitals face daunting challenges in how they protect against cyberattacks. But security experts are seeing improvement.
FIN12 Ransomware Attackers Target Medical Facilities
The FIN12 group is targeting healthcare providers in the U.S. with aggressive cyberattacks that deploy the Ryuk ransomware.
The State of the Breach in Healthcare: A Look at 2017 So Far
See how many healthcare data breaches have been reported so far in 2017, how many are due to hacking, what areas are lacking in security protection, how many ransomware attacks have targeted healthcare and more.
HHS Urges HIPAA Guidance for Dealing With Ransomware
In the wake of the widespread ransomware attack launched last Friday that has quickly spread worldwide, the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent an email reminder to healthcare organizations, urging them to adhere to the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) ransomware guide published last year.
Attackers Actively Targeting Healthcare’s FTP Servers
The FBI has issued a private industry notification to the healthcare industry, warning organizations that attackers are actively targeting FTP (File Transfer Protocol) servers to access protected health information.