Healthcare Industry Remains a Top Victim of Ransomware Attacks
November 29, 2022 – Published on TechTarget – Health IT Security
Ransomware attacks continue to be the most prolific threat that organizations face across all infrastructure verticals, with the healthcare sector as a top target, according to the GuidePoint Research Q3 GRIT Ransomware report.
Behind the manufacturing sector, the healthcare industry was the second targeted by ransomware attacks in Q3. Ransomware groups such as Everest, BianLain, and LockBit were responsible for most of the attacks on the healthcare sector.
“Everest is a Russian-speaking ransomware group with potential connections to Blackbyte (who were observed in November 2021 targeting organizations with unpatched Microsoft Proxyshell vulnerabilities), and they maintain a presence on dark web marketplaces and forums such as Breached.to–a supposed RAID forums replacement–and XSS,” the report said.
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