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In addition to the attack on the hospital in the Czech Republic, she cited a number of healthcare cyber incidents in France, Spain and Thailand, adding that there needs to be more collaboration worldwide on protecting critical health infrastructure in times of crisis. Ransomware attacks on healthcare providers rose 350% in the fourth quarter of 2019, and Emsisoft research shows that more than 759 healthcare providers were hit with ransomware last year.
After recently directly notifying a number of hospitals about vulnerable gateway and VPN appliances in their infrastructure, Microsoft has decided to offer its AccountGuard threat notification service for free for healthcare and worldwide human rights and humanitarian organizations. "Both AccountGuard for Healthcare and AccountGuard for Human Rights Organizations will initially be available to organizations in the 29 countries where we already offer AccountGuard, subject to review of local laws and regulations, and we will be adding new countries based on need and local law."
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.
Cybercriminals aren't sparing medical professionals, hospitals and healthcare orgs on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic when it comes to cyberattacks, ransomware attacks and malware. Researchers have shed light on two recently uncovered malware campaigns: one targeting a Canadian government healthcare organization and a Canadian medical research university, and the other hitting medical organizations and medical research facilities worldwide.
Through the partnership, the companies will provide advanced security solutions for major healthcare organizations and other industry leaders throughout Europe, the US and Middle East. By combining cutting-edge application security from Virsec with pervasive data protection from CyVolve, the solution will provide comprehensive security for regulated industries managing sensitive and private data.
New York-based healthcare cybersecurity firm CyberMDX on Tuesday announced that it has raised $20 million in a growth round, which brings the total raised by the company to date to $30 million. The funding round was led by Sham, which is Europe's biggest insurance and risk management services provider for healthcare.
"We're seeing from signals in Microsoft Threat Protection services that the attackers behind the REvil ransomware are actively scanning the internet for vulnerable systems. Attackers have also been observed using the updater features of VPN clients to deploy malware payloads," the company shared. Human-operated ransomware campaigns targeting organizations have became the prevalent type of attack that involves the use of ransomware.
The Kwampirs attack group continues to target global healthcare entities in this time of crisis, the FBI has warned. "The FBI assesses Kwampirs actors gained access to a large number of global hospitals through vendor software supply chain and hardware products. Infected software supply chain vendors included products used to manage industrial control system assets in hospitals."
As cyberattacks surge during the COVID-19 crisis and information security teams at healthcare providers and their vendors work to manage new vulnerabilities and threats borne from the rapid transition to a remote workforce, Clearwater's IRM|Analysis software is helping more than 400 healthcare customers rapidly identify, prioritize, and respond to cyber risks on an enterprise scale. Designed to facilitate a consistent, information system-focused risk analysis, the software provides the means to assess risk scenarios presented in a work-from-home environment.
Censinet, the leading collaborative risk network for healthcare organizations, announced new products and capabilities across three strategic areas - Continuous Monitoring, Controls Validation, and Vendor Lifecycle Workflows. "Healthcare organizations demand faster, higher-quality and more complete risk assessments across their supply chain. It drives our vision of 'taking the risk out of healthcare' and delivering unique capabilities such as One-Click Assessments™," said Ed Gaudet, CEO and founder of Censinet.