Security News > 2022 > December > This ransomware gang is a right Royal pain in the AES for healthcare orgs

Newish ransomware gang Royal has been spotted targeting the healthcare sector, the US Department of Health and Human Services has said.

FBI warns about Cuba, no, not that one - the ransomware gang Alert: This ransomware preys on healthcare orgs via weak-ass VPN servers REvil-hit Medibank to pull plug on IT, shore up defenses Hospital giant's IT still poorly a week after suspected ransomware infection.

In an alert last month, Microsoft said its team recently observed a crew it calls DEV-0569 deploying Royal ransomware.

The Royal ransomware alert is HHS' second such security bulletin in as many weeks.

Last week, the agency warned healthcare organizations about the Cuba ransomware gang, following an FBI and CISA advisory about that crime ring.

"Due to the nature of the threat actors targets, they pose a threat to the Healthcare and Public Healthcare sector," HHS said [PDF] in its December 2 alert.

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