Cybersecurity

Cyber Threat Intelligence, Alerts and Reports

As part of the AHA’s 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’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk.

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Cyber criminals are using the 2019 novel coronavirus to launch malicious phishing campaigns, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response reported.
National Cyber Awareness System: AA20-031A: Detecting Citrix CVE-2019-19781<
      Beginning mid-January 2020, unidentified cyber actors have used a Citrix vulnerability, CVE-2019-19781, in an attempt to exploit hundreds of U.S. networks, to include private companies, educational institutions, healthcare-related infrastructure, and local and federal…
Cyber Security for the Small Medical Practice in Ten Minutes.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin with an Idaho National Lab researcher that is shedding light on just how little we know about the threat of ICS (Industrial Control Systems) vulnerabilities.
HHS Cybersecurity Program Office of Information Security - HC3 Intelligence Briefing: Zeppelin Ransomware
The FDA alerted health care providers to cybersecurity vulnerabilities in certain GE Healthcare clinical information central stations and telemetry servers that may allow an attacker to remotely take control of these medical devices and silence, generate and interfere with alarms for connected…
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin with security researchers calling for a common language for hardware vulnerabilities.
Hackers are launching cyberattacks against SMB ports and IoT devices at a record pace.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin with a reminder that increased digitization in healthcare brings many benefits, but also requires contingency planning.