Rafael Franco, CEO of the cybersecurity firm Code Blue and former Deputy General Director at the INCD, said: “Despite the large investment of the National Cyber Directorate, and in this case also the Health Ministry, there are still hospitals that refuse to understand that the cyber threat is...
Cyberattacks, Hospital cybersecurity, Medical device security, Cybersecurity recommendationsBackgroundThe health sector has quickly become a target for cyberattacks. Hospitals are especially sensitive to these sorts of attacks as any disruption in operations or even disclosure of patient personal information...
Amid recent reports of hackers targeting and blackmailing healthcare systems and even patients, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other agencies have issued warning of "imminent" cyberattacks on more US hospitals. Anew reportreleased by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (...
Queen Mary, University of London, said that it had blocked 38.75 million attacks over the period. The report said targets for cyber attacks included 3D-printed military aircraft and opto-electronic devices at Southampton University, and high-energy density supercapacitors (superfast battery rechargers)...
Amid recent reports of hackers targeting and blackmailing healthcare systems and even patients, the FBI and other agencies have issued a warning of "imminent" cyberattacks on more US hospitals.
Riggi, a former cybersecurity specialist with the FBI, said hospitals have been working to put in place better safeguards and more backup systems to prevent such attacks and respond to them when they occur. But he said it is almost impossible to make them completely safe, especially because th...
While ransomware attacks are the most high-profile, hospitals face attacks of all kinds. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, some of the top vectors include social engineering, phishing, and DDoS. The attacks aren’t slowing, and they’re only getting more sophisticated, ...
Many hospitals remain underprepared to fend off cybercriminals’ barrage of increasingly sophisticated attacks, but there are a couple concrete steps they can take to build a stronger defense structure, according to Oren Koren, co-founder and chief product officer of cybersecurity startupVeriti. ...
Key computer systems at hospitals and clinics in several states have yet to come back online more than two weeks after a cyberattack that forced some emergency room shutdowns and ambulance diversions.
Cyber attacks on hospitals in Germany and the US have also disabled their systems — forcing them to reschedule some procedures and temporarily divert patients to other facilities until the systems were brought back online. And, in anothercase, in Finland, the confidential records of thousands of ...