Security News > 2020 > April > Microsoft to hospitals: 11 tips on how to combat ransomware
Microsoft is offering hospitals security tips to try to help.
Though some ransomware groups have actually pledged to leave hospitals alone during the COVID-19 outbreak, other groups are clearly exploiting the situation.
A blog post published Wednesday by Microsoft reveals how the software giant is trying to help some hospitals defend against ransomware and what advice it has for such organizations.
With its network of threat intelligence sources, Microsoft said that it found several dozens of hospitals with vulnerable gateway and VPN appliances.
"The alert from Microsoft about the increased risk of cyberattacks to hospitals through their VPN networks highlights why businesses need to be prepared for cybercriminals to capitalize on COVID-19 in more ways than one," TrapX Security CEO Ori Bach said.
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