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What is it about healthcare

WEBTony Burgess is a twenty-year veteran of the IT security industry and is Barracuda’s Senior Copywriter for Content and Customer Marketing. In this role, he …

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WannaCry four years on: Has healthcare learned its lessons

WEBLessons learned Amazingly, WannaCry is still prevalent today, four years after it caused global panic. In March, researchers found the malware affected 53% more …

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How healthcare can avoid a ransomware diagnosis

WEBHealthcare has always been a critical, high-stakes industry, where just a minute’s delay can mean the difference between health and wellness, life or death.

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Trends and data gaps revealed in new healthcare ransomware …

WEBOver the five years examined in the study, the number of annual ransomware attacks from 43 to 91, and the annual number of individuals affected by PHI …

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Change Healthcare and RansomHub redefine double extortion

WEBLast month we talked about Russian threat actor ALPHV/BlackCat, a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) group that went dark after receiving a $22 million …

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The state of healthcare cybersecurity insights shared in a new report

WEBHealthcare is a vulnerable vertical on both sides of the Atlantic, and a new report by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) highlights some …

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KillNet targeting healthcare sector: What you need to know

WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an Analyst Note on the hacktivist group KillNet and its attacks on the healthcare and public …

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A reality check on email security threats in healthcare

WEB45% of healthcare organizations said they felt a lot more secure in 2022 — although 77% suffered an email security breach. Recent international research …

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ALPHV-BlackCat ransomware group goes dark

WEBALPHV has gone dark after receiving what appears to be a $22 million ransom payment from Optum, the operator of the Change Healthcare platform knocked …

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Royal ransomware: a threat actor you should know

WEBThere were early indications that the operators of Royal Ransomware are experienced threat actors who split from Conti and other ransomware groups. Early …

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FBI warns of unpatched medical devices

WEBThe issue is so concerning that the FBI recently published a warning about unsecured and unpatched medical devices. The warning states in part: “The FBI has …

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Healthcare organizations facing new cyberattacks

WEBAs if the healthcare industry wasn't dealing with enough stress and disruption right now, it's also getting hammered with cyberattacks like spear phishing and …

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Top concerns healthcare organizations have about Office 365 …

WEBTurning to cloud-native backup The answer these organizations want is a cloud-native, software-as-a-service backup and restore service that’s easy to use and …

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Healthcare data breaches continue to spread at alarming rates

WEBData entrusted to healthcare organizations and their business associates is governed by a myriad of federal and state regulations. The most comprehensive of …

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The language of data privacy: The differences between PII, PHI, …

WEBPHI is a subset of PII and is limited in scope to health information that is shared with HIPAA-covered entities. To be classified as PHI, the information must …

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Threat Spotlight: Spear-phishing attacks targeting education sector

WEBIn fact, more than 1 in 4 spear-phishing attacks that we saw targeting the education sector was a carefully crafted BEC attack. Manor Independent School District …

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Barracuda bikers join Australia’s PukaUp to promote mental health

WEBOn October 23, two Barracuda employees in Australia – Mark Lukie, Director of Solution Architects, APAC and Brendan Hassen, Account Executive, Australia – …

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Threat Spotlight: Coronavirus-related phishing

WEBAs much of the world grapples with the new coronavirus, COVID-19, and how to handle it, attackers are taking advantage of the widespread discussion of COVID …

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