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.
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Weekly issue of H-ISAC Report: Hacking Healthcare - TLP White, November 5, 2019.
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we breakdown the United Kingdom’s National Cyber
Security Centre’s annual review. Next, we examine the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s push for U.S. federal agencies to implement vulnerability disclosure programs. Finally, we lament the discovery of…
This edition of Hacking Healthcare is dedicated to giving you a primer on some of the
impacts geopolitical tensions can have on healthcare organizations, particularly in relation to
technology and cybersecurity considerations. By outlining how geopolitics can lead to
sanctions, impact third-party…
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin by exploring major proposed changes to the
Domain Name System—an Internet mainstay that maps IP addresses to website names.
In early June 2019, Emotet, an advanced modular banking Trojan, attempted to communicate with 214 command and control (C2) IP addresses for initial instructions, indicating cyber actors recently made modifications or updates to Emotet malware or infrastructure. Immediately following, the Emotet…
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In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin by reviewing the troubling news that 10 hospitals were impacted by ransomware last week. Next, we briefly explore why ransomware, despite constant presence in news headlines, is not as well understood as might be hoped. Finally, we examine a survey…
As long advocated by the AHA, the Department of Health and Human Services today proposed modernizing the Stark Law on physician self-referral and the Anti-kickback Statute.
The AHA yesterday co-hosted a first-of-its-kind regional cybersecurity workshop with the North Carolina Healthcare Association and South Carolina Hospital Association.