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Medibank hack turned into a data breach: The attackers are demanding money
Medibank, Australia’s largest private health insurance provider, has confirmed that last week’s “cyber incident” has resulted in a data breach. …
The companies most likely to lose your data
Web companies are most likely to lose your data, a study shows. The study, conducted by VPN Overview, analysed major data breaches that have been registered since 2004 to …
7 critical steps to defend the healthcare sector against cyber threats
While knowing full well that human lives may be at stake, criminal gangs have been increasingly targeting the healthcare sector with high-impact attacks like ransomware. 1. …
Cost-effective steps healthcare CISOs can take to mitigate damaging attacks
Cybersecurity measures are increasingly failing to close gaps, and the healthcare industry, in particular, has become a high-dollar target due to limited budgets and quick …
Here’s 5 of the world’s riskiest connected devices
Forescout’s research team analyzed 19 million connected devices deployed across five different industries, to find the riskiest device groups: smart buildings, medical …
Cybercriminals are changing focus from large hospitals to smaller hospital systems
Critical Insight announced the release of the firm’s H1 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report, which analyzes breach data reported to the United States Department of Health and …
Attackers changing targets from large hospitals to specialty clinics
Critical Insight announced the release of the firm’s H1 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report, which analyzes breach data reported to the United States Department of Health and …
Ransomware is back, healthcare sector most targeted
In Q2 2022, Kroll observed a 90% increase in the number of healthcare organizations targeted in comparison with Q1 2022, dropping the final nail in the coffin for the “truce” …
Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations negatively impact patient care
Cynerio and the Ponemon Institute have examined the current impact of cyberattacks on healthcare facilities and network-connected IoT and medical devices, and found multiple …
Fake voicemail notifications are after Office365, Outlook credentials
A phishing campaign using fake voicemail notifications has been and is still targeting various US-based organizations, in an attempt to grab employees’ Office365 and …
Which stolen data are ransomware gangs most likely to disclose?
If your organization gets hit by a ransomware gang that has also managed to steal company data before hitting the “encrypt” button, which types of data are more …
Healthcare is most likely to pay the ransom
Sophos has published a sectoral survey report which reveals a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organizations surveyed in the healthcare sector. In 2021, 66% of …
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