Cybersecurity
Cyber Threat Intelligence, Alerts and Reports
As part of the AHA’s commitment to helping hospitals and health systems prepare for and prevent cyber threats, we have gathered the latest government cyber threat intelligence and alerts and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC) reports.
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Cybersecurity & Risk Advisory
Learn how AHA can help hospitals and health systems prepare for and mitigate cyber threats through the expertise of John Riggi, AHA’s National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin with security researchers calling for a common language for hardware vulnerabilities.
Hackers are launching cyberattacks against SMB ports and IoT devices at a record pace.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin with a reminder that increased digitization in healthcare brings many benefits, but also requires contingency planning.
John Riggi, Senior Advisor of Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory Services at the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association discusses the increased risk of cyber-attacks due to the recent escalating friction with Iran and how hospitals and health systems can protect themselves.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response strongly recommends that all health care and public health entities consider patching several new critical vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Windows operating systems as soon as possible.
A U.S.-led airstrike Jan. 3 in Iraq eliminated Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Although the U.S. government has not identified a specific threat from Iran targeting U.S. health care, the public…
Following last week’s US airstrikes against Iranian military leadership, the FBI observed increased reporting of website defacement activity disseminating Pro-Iranian messages. The FBI believes several of the website defacements were the result of cyber actors exploiting known vulnerabilities in…
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin the new year with a brief explanation of the
increased nation state threat stemming from the killing of Iranian Gen. Soleimani. We then
briefly review Mastercard’s most recent cybersecurity acquisition and what it might mean for
them and their…
FBI Flash: Kwampirs Malware Indicators of Compromise Employed in Ongoing Cyber Supply Chain Campaign
Since at least 2016, an ongoing campaign using the Kwampirs Remote Access Trojan (RAT) targeted several global industries, including the software supply chain, healthcare, energy, and financial sectors. The FBI assesses software supply chain companies are a key interest and target…
Certainly, healthcare providers understand the critical nature of data, perhaps better than anyone. Having access to the right data at the right time can literally save lives.