Cybersecurity Government Intelligence Reports

The American Hospital Association (AHA) Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory Service share cybersecurity government intelligence reports that are vital to the security of hospitals and health systems.

The U.S. health sector continues to be aggressively targeted by ransomware operators, and Royal and BlackCat are two of the more recent sophisticated ransomware threats.
Clop operates under the Ransomware-as-service (RaaS) model, and it was first observed in 2019.
HC3 is closely tracking hacktivist groups which have previously affected a wide range of countries and industries, including the United States Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector.
LockBit 3.0 is the newest version of the LockBit ransomware that was first discovered in September 2019.
BlackCat is a relatively new ransomware variant, known to be in operation since November 2021.
Royal is a human-operated ransomware that was first observed in 2022 and has increased in appearance. It has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. Since its appearance, HC3 is aware of attacks against the Healthcare and Public Healthcare (HPH) sector.
The FBI and CISA have released a joint security advisory to disseminate known Indicators of Compromise (IOC) and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) that have been associated with the Cuba Ransomware actor.