SuspectFile reports: The healthcare sector continues to be a prime target for cybercriminal groups, with targeted attacks putting patient safety and medical information confidentiality at risk. The recent attack on Heart Centre, a network of cardiology clinics located in New South Wales, Australia, carried out by the DragonForce group, once again highlights the vulnerability of hospital IT…
Category: Malware
New York Blood Center Enterprises Ransomware Attack Update
A personal message to whatever threat actor or ransomware group hit the New York Blood Center: You are endangering lives, and every day that goes by will put more lives at risk. Do the morally right thing and give them a decryptor now. — Dissent. A statement from the New York Blood Center: January 29:…
How Interlock Ransomware Infects Healthcare Organizations
The Hacker News reports on Interlock: The Interlock ransomware group begins its attack with a strategic and highly deceptive method known as a Drive-by Compromise. This technique allows the group to gain initial access to targeted systems by exploiting unsuspecting users, often through carefully designed phishing websites. Initial Attack of the Ransomware# The attack starts…
Ransomware attack kept ENGlobal out of some systems for 6 weeks
Jonathan Greig reports: Officials at a large energy industry and federal government contractor were locked out of company financial systems for six weeks due to a recent ransomware attack. ENGlobal Corporation revealed the extended disruptions in an update to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday evening. “The cybersecurity incident limited the Company’s ability to access…
Frederick Health recently identified a ransomware attack
From Frederick Health’s website: January 28, 2025 – Frederick Health Medical Group offices are open. Please be aware that you may experience delays as we continue to operate under current circumstances. In the event that your appointment cannot proceed, the office team will work with you to reschedule as soon as possible. January 27, 2025 – Frederick…
UnitedHealth estimates 190M people impacted by Change Healthcare cyberattack
Paige Minemyer reports: Change Healthcare now estimates that 190 million people were impacted in the massive cyberattack that took down its services nearly a year ago. UnitedHealth Group, Change’s parent company, said in a statement to Fierce Healthcare that the “vast majority” of people impacted have received an individual or substitute notice about the breach….