President Biden recently alerted the nation about increased cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Healthcare organizations must stay vigilant and adapt to new attack techniques including ransomware and destructive malware designed to wipe out systems and applications. Listen in as we discuss the latest ransomware and destructive malware attacks and provide recommendations to protect healthcare organizations from the escalating cyberwar.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published an insightful ‘lessons learned’ document that chronicles a large-scale ransomware attack on the Health Service Executive (HSE) of Ireland. This blog provides a summary of the ransomware event, insights from HHS, and analysis and recommendations from Meditology based on our experience with helping healthcare organizations prevent and respond to ransomware attacks.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published an insightful ‘lessons learned’ document that chronicles a large-scale ransomware attack on the Health Service Executive (HSE) of Ireland [1]. The HSE is Ireland's…
Blog Post by Kevin Sacco, Ethical Hacking Leader at Meditology Services Ransomware attacks seem to have no end in sight. Many healthcare security leaders are seeing their friends and peer organizations get infected, their vendors are getting infected…
Ransomware attacks seem to have no end in sight. Many healthcare security leaders are seeing their friends and peer organizations get infected, their vendors are getting infected and spreading ransomware across the supply chain, and it seems like only a matter of time until everyone gets hit. A great deal of attention and energy is appropriately being spent on preparing for ransomware infections and response activities, but isn’t there some way we can prevent or reduce the likelihood of infection in the first place? The good news is yes, there is.
Meditology was recently featured in a centerpiece publication from WebMD on ransomware titled How Hackers Hold Hospitals, and Your Health, For Ransom. Join us as we discuss key themes from the WebMD report, including trends in ransomware attacks and their direct impact to patients.
The FBI recently announced a potentially significant ransomware attack on the healthcare sector. Ransomware groups are becoming more sophisticated and efficient in their ability to deploy ransomware attacks. The challenges presented by COVID-19 have only increased the…
The FBI recently issued an urgent advisory for a credible and imminent ransomware attack on the U.S. healthcare system. The attack was reportedly planned for over 400 healthcare entities and indications are that the attack is already underway. Healthcare organizations are moving swiftly to deploy capabilities to predict, detect, contain, and respond to these attacks. Join us for this informative webinar to get caught up on the evolving attack and countermeasures.