Becker's Health IT

JANUARY 3, 2024

Health systems experienced 46 ransomware attacks in 2023, up from 25 in 2022 and 27 in 2021, as hackers continue to bedevil the industry, cybersecurity firm Emsisoft reported.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 25, 2023

CommonSpirit Health has provided an updated estimate on the cost of its October 2022 ransomware attack, which is expected to increase to $160 million. The ransomware attack was detected by CommonSpirit Health on October 2, 2022, forcing systems to be taken offline. The lawsuit was filed in December 2022 in the U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2023

Ransomware activity increased in February according to the latest GRIT Ransomware Report from GuidePoint Security. increase in attacks compared to February 2022. There was a 21% decrease in Royal ransomware victims compared to January, but a massive 400% increase in BianLian victims. The LockBit 3.0

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 29, 2022

SonicWall has released a mid-year update to its 2022 Cyber Threat Report , which highlights the global cyberattack trends in H1 2022. million global sensors in 215 countries and shows a global fall in ransomware attacks, with notable increases in malware attacks for the first time in 3 years. Ransomware.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released analyses of two ransomware variants that are being used in attacks on the healthcare sector: LockBit 3.0 LockBit ransomware was first detected in September 2019 when it was known as ABCD ransomware. and has code similar to DarkSide and BlackMatter ransomware.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2023

Ransomware actors continue to target the U.S. These are some of the findings from the latest Global Threat Intelligence Report from Blackberry, which is based on threats detected by its Cylance Endpoint Security solution over 90 days from December 2022 to February 2023. per minute in the most recent reporting period.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2023

The number of reported healthcare data breaches declined for the second successive month, with 40 data breaches of 500 or more healthcare records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in December 2022 – The lowest monthly total of the year and 29.7% Ransomware attack. Ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 21, 2023

ransomware, also known as LockBit Black. The LockBit ransomware group has been in operation since at least September 2019 and is one of the most prolific ransomware groups. LockBit is a ransomware-as-a-service operation that recruits affiliates to conduct attacks in return for a cut of the ransoms they generate.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 14, 2023

There has been a sizeable fall in revenues from cryptocurrency-related crimes in the first half of 2023, with scammers seeing a 77% reduction in revenues from the same period in 2022, amassing a little over $1 billion in the first half of the year compared to $3.3 billion in the first half of 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 22, 2022

In July 2022, 66 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, which is a 5.71% reduction from the 70 data breaches reported in June 2022 and July 2021. July saw 8.97% fewer records breached than June 2022 and 7.67% fewer than July 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 25, 2022

The break-in was discovered on March 4, 2022, with the subsequent investigation confirming on April 22, 2022, that six boxes of paper documents had been stolen from the facility, which included files relating to patients served by SAC Health in 1997 and between 2006 and 2020. Lifespan Services Suffers Ransomware Attack.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

Even with that reduction, 2022 still ranked as the second-worst-ever year in terms of the number of reported breaches. million records in 2022. Multiple studies have identified an increase in mortality rates at hospitals following ransomware attacks and other major cyber incidents. million records in 2021 to 51.9

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As of November 23, 2022, there is no notification on the hospital’s website so details of the nature of the attack have yet to be made public by Doctors’ Center Hospital, with all current indicators suggesting this was a recent attack, and one which the hospital is likely still attempting to recover from.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector has been warned about cyberattacks involving Akira ransomware , of which there have been at least 81 since the new ransomware variant was discovered in May 2023. Akira is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that is thought to have ties to the Conti ransomware group.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 17, 2023

While it is difficult to obtain accurate data on the number of ransomware attacks being conducted on healthcare organizations, the available data suggest there has been a decline in attacks across all industry sectors compared to the high number of attacks reported in 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Cuba ransomware group has increased attacks in the United States, with attacks doubling since December 2021, and ransom payments are also on the rise. According to CISA and the FBI, there are similarities between the infrastructure used by the Cuba ransomware operation and the RomCom RAT and Industrial Spy ransomware actors.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 20, 2022

June 2022 saw 70 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) – two fewer than May and one fewer than June 2021. That is the highest monthly total so far in 2022. Largest Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in June 2022. Ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity and Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a fresh ransomware warning to the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector following a spate of attacks on the HPH sector in April by the Clop and LockBit ransomware groups. LockBit ransomware was deployed in some of the attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a warning to the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector about Royal ransomware attacks. Royal ransomware is a new ransomware threat that was first observed being used in attacks in September 2022. Both will prevent files from being opened.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 26, 2023

The report is based on data collected by Blackberry and threat intelligence provided by third parties, gathered over 90 days between September and November 2022. After a 4-month hiatus in 2022, activity resumed, with the botnet grown via phishing emails with malicious Office attachments.

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Health IT Security

JUNE 14, 2023

LockBit was the most active ransomware group and RaaS provider in 2022, targeting organizations across the world.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

The Medusa ransomware group has leaked data stolen from American Renal Associates. American Renal Associates American Renal Associates (ARA), one of the largest providers of dialysis services in the United States and a provider of care for patients suffering from end-stage renal disease has experienced a Medusa ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 15, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has launched a new pilot program in response to the increase in ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure entities. The program is focused on identifying vulnerabilities in Internet-facing systems that are known to have been exploited by ransomware gangs in previous attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 29, 2022

On June 25, 2022, a spokesperson for a threat group called DAIXIN Team contacted HIPAA Journal to share information about a ransomware attack and data theft incident at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall, Missouri. DAIXIN Team was previously not known to HIPAA Journal and appears to be a new ransomware group.

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Health IT Security

JUNE 7, 2023

Verizon’s annual DBIR shed light on 2022 cyberattack trends, highlighting the prevalence of social engineering, ransomware, and basic web application attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 6, 2022

Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations increased by 94% year over year, according to the 2022 State of Ransomware Report from cybersecurity firm Sophos. This year’s report focused on the rapidly evolving relationship between ransomware and cyber insurance in healthcare.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The healthcare and public health (HPH) sector has been warned about cyberattacks involving MedusaLocker ransomware – one of the lesser-known ransomware variants used in cyberattacks on the sector. The ransomware variant was first detected in September 2019 and the group is thought to primarily target the HPH sector.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2022

We’re a little late posting this, but at the HIMSS 2022 conference, I had a chance to learn and share some really great insights into healthcare security and ransomware from the team at Fortinet. We live tweeted many of them, but thought an article round up would be great for those that missed the tweets. […].

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 16, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has shared threat intelligence information about the Black Basta ransomware group to help network defenders prevent and rapidly detect attacks in progress. The Black Basta group was first identified in April 2022 and is known to conduct ransomware and extortion attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The October 2022 ransomware attack on CommonSpirit Health has cost the health system more than $150 million to date according to its recent quarterly filing, and the costs are continuing to increase as the investigation into the attack and data breach are ongoing. billion in the full fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and $1.85

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 23, 2023

Ransomware gangs are increasingly skipping file encryption and are concentrating on data theft and extortion, according to a recent report from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 team. In the second half of 2021 and throughout 2022, around 1 in 10 attacks by ransomware gangs did not involve file encryption, only data theft and extortion.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2023

A joint cybersecurity advisory has been published by CISA and the FBI, sharing details of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by the Royal ransomware gang and Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) to help network defenders better protect against attacks. Full IoCs and TTPs are detailed in the cybersecurity alert.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 10, 2022

The tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by ransomware and other cyber threat actors are constantly evolving to evade detection and allow the groups to conduct more successful attacks. HC3 has not observed any change in the numbers of IABs working with ransomware gangs in Q1, 2022, with similar numbers observed as throughout 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 5, 2022

The average ransom payment in ransomware attacks fell by 34% in Q1, 2022, from an all-time high in Q4, 2021, according to ransomware incident response firm Coveware. The average ransom payment in Q1, 2022 was $211,259 and the median ransom payment was $73,906.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has recently shared details of the tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with Venus ransomware attacks, and has made several recommendations on mitigations that healthcare organizations can implement to improve their defenses against attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 1, 2022

Ransomware attacks have recently been reported by four healthcare providers across the country, which have collectively resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of more than 49,000 individuals. The post Four Healthcare Providers Hit with Ransomware Attacks appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 10, 2023

The latest data released by the cybersecurity firm Check Point has confirmed that 2022 was a particularly bad year for cyberattacks, which increased globally by 38% year-over-year fuelled by a sizeable increase in attacks on healthcare organizations. 2022 also saw two major milestones reached. million-record breach at Anthem Inc.

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