Cybersecurity
Cyber Threat Intelligence, Alerts and Reports
As part of the AHA鈥檚 commitment to helping hospitals and health systems prepare for and prevent cyber threats, we have gathered the latest government cyber threat intelligence and alerts and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC) reports.
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Cybersecurity & Risk Advisory
Learn how AHA can help hospitals and health systems prepare for and mitigate cyber threats through the expertise of John Riggi, AHA鈥檚 National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk.
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As of June 2020, the FBI has received notifications of Netwalker ransomware attacks on U.S. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors. Netwalker became widely recognized in March 2020, after intrusions on an鈥
The FBI today alerted the private sector to a sophisticated and aggressive nation-state campaign targeting known critical and common vulnerabilities in virtual private networks, initially reported by the government last year.
The FBI is providing warning that a group of Iran-based malicious cyber actors was attempting to exploit CVE-2020-5902 as of early July 2020. This group has conducted a significant number of intrusions against US-based networks since August 2019, leveraging several CVEs pertaining to Virtual鈥
Today the FBI warned in a limited distribution report of a sophisticated and aggressive nation state campaign targeting known VPN vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities have been previously published in a number of critical, common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) reports dating back to 2019.
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An increasing number of victims are being directed to fraudulent websites via social media platforms and popular online search engines.
In this edition Hacking Healthcare explores 2020 ransomware trends, including the concerning growth of ransomware that incorporates data exfiltration and what that means for healthcare organizations; examines the charges the US government has brought against two Chinese hackers accused of a鈥
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