Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated remote access trojan called ResolverRAT that has been observed in attacks targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. "The threat actor leverages fear-based lures delivered via phishing emails, designed to pressure recipients into clicking a malicious link," Morphisec Labs researcher Nadav Lorber said in a … [Read more...] about ResolverRAT Campaign Targets Healthcare, Pharma via Phishing and DLL Side-Loading
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NHS Matures Healthcare Cybersecurity with NCSC’s CAF Assurance Model
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has transformed its approach to validating its level of cybersecurity maturity across healthcare by adopting the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF). This shift is key to achieving the NHS’s broader goals: protecting patient data, ensuring uninterrupted healthcare delivery, and building the … [Read more...] about NHS Matures Healthcare Cybersecurity with NCSC’s CAF Assurance Model
Generative AI could change the healthcare industry faster than you think
Clinical trials serve as the backbone for driving medical advancements and breakthrough treatments. However, they come with significant challenges.Recruiting and retaining patients for trials is difficult because it requires specific inclusion and exclusion criteria that have to be analyzed across various data sets. Elastic and generative AI can help early in the trial process … [Read more...] about Generative AI could change the healthcare industry faster than you think
Harnessing search to advance equity in healthcare
Harnessing search to advance equity in healthcareApplying multilingual NLP models and analytics to improve end user experienceEnglish简体中文한국어日本語FrançaisDeutschEspañolPortuguêsAs more productive and healthy populations live longer, healthcare will be one of the most important aspects of society. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated adoption of modern technologies and shined a … [Read more...] about Harnessing search to advance equity in healthcare
Royal Ransomware Threat Takes Aim at U.S. Healthcare System
Dec 12, 2022Ravie LakshmananHealthcare IT / Ransomware The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has cautioned of ongoing Royal ransomware attacks targeting healthcare entities in the country. "While most of the known ransomware operators have performed Ransomware-as-a-Service, Royal appears to be a private group without any affiliates while maintaining financial … [Read more...] about Royal Ransomware Threat Takes Aim at U.S. Healthcare System
3 cybersecurity strategies for healthcare leaders in a digital-first world
From on-demand healthcare services like telehealth to wearable technologies, predictive healthcare to blockchain technologies for electronic health records, or 5G for healthcare services to AI and augmented reality for state-of-the-art medical treatments, the healthcare industry is at an inflection point. These digital transformations also bring along elevated cybersecurity … [Read more...] about 3 cybersecurity strategies for healthcare leaders in a digital-first world
How to leverage big healthcare data to improve consumers’ lives
Challenges of healthcare dataHealthcare data makes up a third of the world’s data and is projected to grow, in the next few years, at a faster pace than traditional data-rich industries like financial services and manufacturing. The staggering data volumes in healthcare, in addition to its heterogeneity and fragmentation, represent substantial challenges to extracting insights … [Read more...] about How to leverage big healthcare data to improve consumers’ lives
North Korean Maui Ransomware Actively Targeting U.S. Healthcare Organizations
In a new joint cybersecurity advisory, U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned about the use of Maui ransomware by North Korean government-backed hackers to target the healthcare sector since at least May 2021. "North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors used Maui ransomware in these incidents to encrypt servers responsible for healthcare services—including … [Read more...] about North Korean Maui Ransomware Actively Targeting U.S. Healthcare Organizations
How Anthem leverages big healthcare data to improve consumers’ lives
Challenges with healthcare data Healthcare data makes up a third of the world’s data and is projected to grow, in the next few years, at a faster pace than traditional data-rich industries like financial services and manufacturing.* The staggering data volumes in healthcare, in addition to its heterogeneity and fragmentation, represent substantial challenges to extracting data … [Read more...] about How Anthem leverages big healthcare data to improve consumers’ lives
FritzFrog P2P Botnet Attacking Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors
A peer-to-peer Golang botnet has resurfaced after more than a year to compromise servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors within a span of a month, infecting a total of 1,500 hosts. Dubbed FritzFrog, "the decentralized botnet targets any device that exposes an SSH server — cloud instances, data center servers, routers, etc. — and is … [Read more...] about FritzFrog P2P Botnet Attacking Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors