Ransomware
News, Tips and Best Practices for Avoiding and Responding to Ransomware
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Measuring Progress: Expanding the Horizon | 2019 Annual Report
CynergisTek's second annual report analyzed the results of assessments at hundreds of healthcare organizations against NIST CSF and the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
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US Treasury: Paying Ransomware Gangs Could Violate Regulations
Caleb Barlow provides commentary on The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control warning companies that they could be fined for paying or facilitating ransom payments to cyber-criminal gangs.
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Attack on Universal Health Services a cry for change
Caleb Barlow, CEO of CynergisTek provides his expertise in this article regarding the Universal Health Services ransomware attack.
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Ransomware Preparedness Checklist
Ransomware is a trending topic for healthcare in 2020. The following checklist delivers tips and best practices to enhance your posture when dealing with ransomware.
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Netwalker, the Powerful New Strain of Ransomware Used Against Equinix
Caleb Barlow discusses the recent ransomware attack on Equinix infrastructure disclosed earlier this month. Equinix stated it has been fully contained, with no customers affected and no data loss.
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Plan for, Recognize and Respond to Cyber Incidents
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Lessons from the ransomware death: Prioritize cyber emergency preparedness
Caleb Barlow provides commentary which discusses the recent ransomware attack at Duesseldorf University Clinic (UKD) in Germany that led to the death of a patient.
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Tips on Ransomware Defense Strategies
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Hackers taking advantage of COVID-19 to spread malware
Hackers have wasted no time figuring out how to exploit the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
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NRC Health recovering from ransomware attack
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The CyberWire Daily Podcast - Episode 1014
UN agencies in Geneva and Vienna were successfully hacked last summer. In this podcast, Caleb Barlow discusses the business impacts of ransomware on a hospital on the CyberWire Daily Podcast.
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Potential Iranian Cyber Attacks
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Lawsuit Filed in Wake of Ransomware Attack
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Ransomware tops list of healthcare cybersecurity threats in 2019
Caleb Barlow discusses the shift in attacks on healthcare since 2019 and how hackers today are using ransomware attacks more frequently, which have a destructive, "kinetic impact" to them.
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The Growing Threat of Ransomware
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Health Data Breaches: 3 Lessons Learned
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Attackers Demand $14 Million Ransom From IT Services Firm
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Latest Ransomware Attacks Show Diversity of Victims
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Ransomware Attack Hits Brooklyn Hospital Center; Some Patient Data Unrecoverable
The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York has notified patients of a security incident involving malware that infiltrated some of the organization’s data servers.
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Clinics Serving Uninsured Hit by Ransomware
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Ransomware attacks on hospitals will worsen if security doesn't improve
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