Consumers confident their devices are safe, but security practices indicate otherwise.
National Cybersecurity Alliance
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), have issued a cybersecurity advisory to the U.S. healthcare sector (Alert: AA20-302A) regarding a concerted effort to compromise and take hostage the computer systems of healthcare providers.
In this installment, I check in with Kelvin Coleman, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), about the evolving dynamics of cybersecurity and some simple ways that healthcare providers and patients can protect their information.
If you’re in the security world, you’ve no doubt seen the warning to hospitals from multiple government agencies about a specific ransomware threat. Here’s a short excerpt of the announcement:
The three federal agencies released an advisory Wednesday warning of a potential cybercrime threat against healthcare providers.
In recent weeks, two phishing campaigns were spotted actively spoofing Microsoft Teams and the other disguised as emails from HHS with information about a COVID-19 vaccine tracker.
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