Search Tag: ransomware attack
How To Recover From A Ransomware Attack? 5 Top Tips
2021 06 Jul
Ransomware attacks against healthcare organisations have jumped about 45% since early November, following an alarming 71% increase in October 2020, making healthcare the number one target of ransomware attacks that month. Fending off these attacks can be incredibly difficult, but it’s not impossible. HealthManagement offers several best practices... Read more
2021: Even More Cyber Attacks on Healthcare
2021 22 Mar
2020 saw an unprecedented rise in cyber attacks on healthcare systems and institutions. However, in 2021 the situation might get even worse, and here is why. You might also like: ENISA has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services, products and infrastructure. Learn more According to... Read more
All Sectra customers live following recent ransomware attack
2017 19 May
International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra reports that all customers in the UK are again operational with Sectra’s IT solutions. No customers outside the UK were affected by the recent ransomware attack. “I am proud to say that the close partnership we have with all our customers in combination with clear crisis management... Read more
Phishing Emails: 97 Percent Contain Ransomware
2016 21 Nov
Industry research has shown that the number of phishing emails containing ransomware grew to 97 percent in the third quarter of 2016, up from 92 percent in Q1. Ransomware has been making headlines this year as multiple healthcare organisations have been targeted by cybercriminals demanding cash for data. The research, undertaken by PhishMe,... Read more
Healthcare IT Security Problems, People and Solutions
2016 25 Oct
Like other sectors whose mission depends on network-connected technology, healthcare is in crisis. In addition to the need for confidentiality, people’s lives depend on the integrity of the health information system. Incorrect decisions based on incorrect information could mean the difference between life and death. Finally, the information must be available... Read more
Prognosis Negative
2016 01 Jul
THE HEALTH SECTOR’S CYBER -HYGIENE EPIDEMIC Nietzsche said, “ All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity ”. Unfortunately, for the health sector the issues of ransomware, malware and hackers must worsen before things improve. This is not a sadistic estimation; rather, it... Read more
Hackers Back for More Ransom at Kansas Heart Hospital
2016 24 May
Hackers demanded a second ransom from Kansas Heart Hospital following a hacking incident last week that saw the organisation paying for restoration of access to its systems. Hospital president, Greg Duick, M.D., told local media that the facility had paid "a small" amount to cyber-attackers to regain access to its systems. The hackers, however, refused... Read more
Ransomware Attacks Hit Three Quarters of Hospitals - Without Them Knowing
2016 11 Apr
Research has shown that as many as 75 percent of hospitals in the U.S. could have been victims of a ransomware attack over the last year with a significant number unaware of the cyber intrusion. The data was gathered in the study Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Analytics Quick HIT Survey: Ransomware . About 25 percent could not confirm if... Read more
FBI Investigates 2 More Ransomware Attacks
2016 24 Mar
The FBI is investigating following two more ransomware attacks on Southern California hospital Chino Valley Medical Centre, a 126-bed community hospital and Desert Valley Hospital a 148-bed facility, both part of Prime Healthcare Services Inc., were targeted. Hackers accessed one of the hospital’s computers spreading a malware programme to encrypt... Read more
Ransomware Hack on Ottawa Hospital Fail
2016 21 Mar
Ottawa’s Hospital network was the target of a ransomware attack after hackers broke into IT systems and encrypted four computers. The hospital said that no patient data was compromised and the IT department cleaned the infected systems and restored data through back-up material. The remaining 9, 800 computers were not affected by the hacking.... Read more