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Healthcare

Posted on Mar 2, 2023 4 minutes

Why Are Some Ransomware Vulnerabilities More Dangerous than Others?

Securin experts mapped ransomware vulnerabilities to the MITRE Att&ck framework and identified 57 vulnerabilities that can be exploited from initial access to exfiltration. Read on to find out more about these vulnerabilities.

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Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Feb 17, 2023 4 minutes

All About Hive Ransomware

One of the most prolific ransomware groups to affect healthcare facilities, nonprofits, retailers, energy providers, and other sectors, with a total of more than 1,300 institutions hit by the ransomware group worldwide and a profit of $100 million in ransom payments, Hive Ransomware has been ruling the roost since June 2021. Read on to find out what Securin experts uncovered when they revisited HIVE and their attack tactics and techniques, and what organizations can do to remain safe from future attacks.

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Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Dec 23, 2022 | Updated on February 3, 2023 4 minutes

All About Vice Society Ransomware

Vice Society has been recently observed employing multiple ransomware variants, similar to the Russian Sandworm Team and TA505 threat actors, apart from its double extortion tactics. After its recent attacks on the US K-12 education and healthcare sectors, Vice Society has garnered a lot of media attention. Read on to learn how to protect your network from Vice Society attacks.

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Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Dec 12, 2022 | Updated on Dec 16, 2022 10 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - December 12, 2022 - December 16, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | December 12, 2022 - December 16, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Nov 21, 2022 | Updated on Nov 25, 2022 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - November 21, 2022 - November 25, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | November 21, 2022 - November 25, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Sep 2, 2022 5 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - August 29, 2022 - September 2, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Jul 6, 2022 5 minutes

43 Weaponized CVEs in Healthcare Products Threaten Patient Care

CSW researchers investigated 56 vendors and 846 healthcare products, and identified 624 vulnerabilities across them. Read to know more about our findings.

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Priya Ravindran, Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 5 minutes

Ryuk raising the Temperature in Healthcare

Security Agencies CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued a high alert joint security advisory to hospitals to take actions to secure themselves from Ryuk ransomware in particular.

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Sumeetha

Posted on Oct 15, 2020 5 minutes

Cyber Hygiene: Ransomware is causing critical care disruption in hospitals

We analyzed three ransomware incidents (Ryuk, Revil & AKO) and found 16 CVEs associated with them. Incidentally, CSW warned about five of these CVEs in our cyber risk series way back in March 2020!

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Sumeetha