by Gillian Sweny | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog Posts
Last month MITRE released new ransomware resources for hospitals and healthcare providers to use in the event of a cyberattack. These resources cover key topics like cyber resiliency and threat sharing and are also tailored to different roles in the healthcare...
by Gillian Sweny | Feb 22, 2021 | Blog Posts
Late last year hospital chains in Florida and Texas were targeted during ransomware attacks tied to phishing emails. When staff opened these emails, malicious hacker tools like BloodHound and Mimikatz accessed the hospitals’ networks to access sensitive data....
by Gillian Sweny | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog Posts
SN Servicing Corporation, a mortgage loan servicing company, experienced a ransomware attack on its California and Vermont locations late last year. It’s reported that personal customer data from as early as 2018 was compromised during the attack and customers were...
by Gillian Sweny | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog Posts
There is currently an imminent ransomware threat targeting the healthcare sector after cyberattacks on healthcare providers increased by 45% in the last few months of 2020. The rise of COVID-19 last year also challenged the industry in more ways than one with 79% of...
by Gillian Sweny | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog Posts
At the end of October, The University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network was hit with a large-scale ransomware attack. On November 24, it was reported that they have finally restored access to their electronic health record (EHR) system for both inpatient and ambulatory...
