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Strengthening Cybersecurity Preparedness for Small Organizations: Lessons from the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack

HIT Consultant

UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit, Change Healthcare, is currently facing an ongoing ransomware attack which has reverberated through healthcare systems and affected prescription deliveries. Phishing attacks, a common vector for ransomware infections, often exploit human vulnerabilities through deceptive emails and other communications.

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HC3 Sounds Alarm About Rhysida Ransomware Group

HIPAA Journal

The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a security alert about a new ransomware group – Rhysida – which is conducting high-impact attacks across multiple industry sectors. The Cobalt Strike attack framework is deployed on compromised systems and used to deliver the ransomware payload.

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Government Issues Warning to Healthcare Organizations About Daixin Team Extortion and Ransomware Attacks

HIPAA Journal

A relatively new data extortion and ransomware gang known as Daixin team is actively targeting U.S. Daixin Team first appeared on the radar in June 2022, with the group predominantly conducting data extortion and ransomware attacks on organizations in the health and public health sector (HPH).

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Healthcare Sector Warned About Cuba Ransomware Attacks

HIPAA Journal

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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290 Hospitals Potentially Affected by Ransomware Attacks in 2022

HIPAA Journal

Ransomware attacks continue to be conducted on healthcare organizations in high numbers but determining the extent to which healthcare organizations are being targeted by ransomware gangs is a challenge. The decision whether or not to encrypt appears to be taken on an attack-by-attack basis.

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CISA Launches Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot Program

HIPAA Journal

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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Ransomware Attacks Drop by 23% Globally but Increase by 328% in Healthcare

HIPAA Journal

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. SonicWall reports a 23% fall in ransomware attacks globally in H1 2022, which fell to 236.1 The data for the report was collected from more than 1.1