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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On January 25, 2021, WestRock, a large-scale packaging company, reported that they have been impacted by a ransomware attack and that operations have been significantly disrupted.
On January 27, 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a Malware Analysis Report (MAR), MAR-10319053-1.v1, on several malicious artifacts affecting the SolarWinds Orion product identified by the security company FireEye as SUPERNOVA.  
This week, Hacking Healthcare begins with includes a brief overview of the HIPAA Journal’s 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report and zeros in on one particular vulnerability that the healthcare sector should look to address in 2021.
Please see the attached threat intelligence briefing from the HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3).
Introduction HPH Sector: Comprised of organizations of various sizes, budgets, IT experience, and data According to the Verizon DBIR, in 2019: Over 41 million patient records were lost in breaches 3.8 million employee-related incidents affected patient data CynergisTek2020 Report:…
This week, Hacking Healthcare takes a look at a court ruling that could impact the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights’ (OCR) imposition of penalties relating to HIPAA violations.