Security News > 2020 > April > Hackers Targeting Critical Healthcare Facilities With Ransomware During Coronavirus Pandemic

As hospitals around the world are struggling to respond to the coronavirus crisis, cybercriminals-with no conscience and empathy-are continuously targeting healthcare organizations, research facilities, and other governmental organizations with ransomware and malicious information stealers.

While the security firm didn't name the latest victims, it said a Canadian government healthcare organization and a Canadian medical research university both suffered ransomware attacks, as criminal groups seek to exploit the crisis for financial gain.

Upon execution, the ransomware binary contacts the command-and-control server to download an image that serves as the main ransomware infection notification on the victim's device, and subsequently transmits the host details to create a custom key to encrypt the files on the system's desktop with a ".

Palo Alto Networks ascertained that the ransomware strain was EDA2 based on the code structure of the binary and the host-based and network-based behaviors of the ransomware.

A Spike in Ransomware Incidents The ransomware attacks are a consequence of an increase in other cyberattacks related to the pandemic.

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