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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The AHA and the Department of Homeland Security July 17 at 1 p.m. ET will host a webinar discussing current cybersecurity threats to the health care sector.
Medtronic has recalled certain MiniMed insulin pumps due to cybersecurity risks, and will provide alternative pumps to the estimated 4,000 U.S. patients using the pumps, the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday.
Between 7 April and 7 May 2019, three US cities were victims of RobbinHood Ransomware attacks. These attacks represent the first observed instances of RobbinHood Ransomware in the United States. RobbinHood encrypts the files on the victim’s network using RSA-4096, an asymmetric…
The AHA today submitted comments to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on their bipartisan discussion draft legislation, the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019. The cost – and affordability – of health care in America affects all stakeholders, including patients and their…
Concern is growing among the FBI, Congress and some health care leaders about the theft of U.S. medical research intellectual property by foreign governments — most notably China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, according to a new whitepaper from the AHA Center for Health Innovation.
In this members-only white paper by the AHA Center for Health Innovation, John Riggi, senior adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the AHA, and Edward You, supervisory special agent for weapons of mass destruction at the FBI, outline growing concern among the FBI, Congress and some health care…
Last week, Microsoft released security updates to fix a critical vulnerability in older versions of its Windows operating system.
President Trump yesterday signed an executive order to help strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity workforce.
Unknown cybercriminals have targeted more than 100 US and international businesses with Ryuk ransomware since approximately August 2018. Ryuk encrypts files on network shares and an infected computer’s filesystem. Once the victim has been compromised, the actors encrypt all the network’s files and…
April 8, the US Government designated Iran’s IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.