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Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2018

Health Stream left exposed online a database containing contact data for roughly 10,000 medics

An IT professional has discovered that the US healthcare company Health Stream left exposed online contact information for roughly 10,000 medics. The IT expert Brian Wethern has discovered that the US healthcare company Health Stream left exposed online a database containing contact information for roughly 10,000 medics. Wethern reported his discovery to Health Stream ten days ago, he explained that […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2018

A hospital victim of a new SamSam Ransomware campaign paid $55,000 ransom

The Samsam Ransomware made the headlines in the first days of 2018, the malicious code infected systems of some high-profile targets, including a hospital that paid a $55,000 ransom. The SamSam ransomware is an old threat, attacks were observed in 2015 and the list of victims is long, many of them belong to the healthcare industry. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2017

Hackers can remotely access Smiths Medical Syringe Infusion Pumps to kill patients

The US-CERT is warning of hackers can remotely access Smiths Medical Syringe Infusion Pumps to control them and kill patients. IoT devices continue to enlarge our surface of attack, and in some cases, their lack of security can put our lives in danger. Let’s thinks for example of medical devices that could be hacked by attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2017

Defray Ransomware used in targeted attacks on Education and Healthcare verticals

Researchers at Proofpoint spotted Defray Ransomware, a new ransomware used in a targeted campaign against education and healthcare organizations. Earlier this month, researchers at Proofpoint spotted a targeted ransomware campaign against education and healthcare organizations. The ransomware used in the campaign was dubbed Defray, based on the command and control (C&C) server hostname used for the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2017

Insecure Medical devices are enlarging surface of attacks for organizations

A study conducted by the Ponemon Institute shows insecure Medical devices are enlarging the surface of attacks for organizations. A study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, based on a survey of 550 individuals, shows that manufacturers and healthcare delivery organizations (HDO) are concerned about cyber attacks on medical devices. 67 percent of medical device makers and 56 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2017

Medical Devices infected by WannaCry Ransomware in US hospitals

According to Forbes, the dreaded WannaCry ransomware has infected medical devices in at least two hospitals in the United States. WannaCry infected 200,000 computers across 150 countries in a matter of hours last week, it took advantage of a tool named “Eternal Blue”, originally created by the NSA, which exploited a vulnerability present inside the earlier […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2017

Philadelphia Ransomware, a new threat targets the Healthcare Industry

“Philadelphia” Ransomware Targets Healthcare Industry Security experts from Forcepoint have discovered a new strain of ransomware dubbed Philadelphia that is targeting organizations in the healthcare industry. The Philadelphia ransomware is a variant of the Stampado ransomware, a very cheap malware offered for sale on the Dark Web since June 2016 at just 39 USD for a lifetime license. Last month the popular expert Brian […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2017

Stolen EHR data is flooding criminal underground communities in the Deep Web

EHR data are precious commodities in the cyber criminal underground because of the lack of cyber security of healthcare industry. Electronic health record databases are becoming the most precious commodities in the cyber criminal underground. The healthcare sector has been the industry with the highest number of data breaches in 2015 when a total of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2017

CRYSIS Ransomware is back and crooks are using RDP attacks once again

CRYSIS Ransomware attacks leveraging brute force via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) are still ongoing, mostly targeting US firms in the healthcare. Do you remember the CRYSIS ransomware? It is a ransomware that appeared in the threat landscape last year, now researchers at Trend Micro discovered the CRYSIS ransomware is being distributed via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) brute force […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2016

Cyber attacks against the healthcare industry are expected to grow

The number of cyber attacks against organizations in the healthcare industry is increasing, this trend is expected to continue in 2017. The monitoring of the activity in the cyber criminal underground is essential for investigators and security experts. The value of illegal products and services gives us a precious information on cyber criminal trends. Security experts […]

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Health Stream left exposed online a database containing contact data for roughly 10,000 medics

A hospital victim of a new SamSam Ransomware campaign paid $55,000 ransom

Hackers can remotely access Smiths Medical Syringe Infusion Pumps to kill patients

Defray Ransomware used in targeted attacks on Education and Healthcare verticals

Insecure Medical devices are enlarging surface of attacks for organizations

Medical Devices infected by WannaCry Ransomware in US hospitals

Philadelphia Ransomware, a new threat targets the Healthcare Industry

Stolen EHR data is flooding criminal underground communities in the Deep Web

CRYSIS Ransomware is back and crooks are using RDP attacks once again

Cyber attacks against the healthcare industry are expected to grow

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