Security News > 2020 > October > FBI “ransomware warning” for healthcare is a warning for everyone!
Although it's a warning that's tailored for the healthcare sector, the report is nevertheless relevant to all of us, and we can all learn from it.
Sure, some of the items in the AA20-302A report are specific to healthcare, such as contact details for cybersecurity bodies in the healthcare sector, and specific advice about security "Hardening" on medical devices, which operate under a special regulatory mechanism.
Ransomware attacks in their modern form - where your files get scrambled and the crooks blackmail you to pay a "Fee" for the decryption key, of which they have the one and only copy - have evolved dramatically in recent years.
Don't take this latest FBI warning as an indication that things have cooled off for everyone else, just because the heat has been turned up for the healthcare sector.
Ransomware is very often just the end of an lengthy attack chain, and the criminals who unleash it may have spent days or weeks in your network first.
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