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Cyberattacks on hospitals spike by 45 % worldwide
The increase in attacks involves a range of attack vectors , including ransomware , botnets , remote code execution and DDoS attacks . Ransomware showed the largest increase and poses as the most significant malware threat to healthcare organizations , when compared to other industry sectors .
Researchers at cybersecurity vendor ,
Check Point , have reported a surge in cyberattacks targeting healthcare organizations across the globe .
Since November 2020 , researchers have documented a 45 % increase in cyberattacks targeting healthcare organizations worldwide , placing the healthcare sector at the top of the hit list for cybercriminals compared to other industries .
The surge in cyberattacks on the healthcare sector was double the increase in cyberattacks on all other industries during the same time period , as researchers marked only a 22 % increase in attacks on all other sectors outside of healthcare .
The surges in cyberattacks on healthcare organizations occurred mostly in Central Europe (+ 145 %), followed by East Asia (+ 137 %), Latin America (+ 112 %), Europe ( 67 %) and North America ( 37 %). As for specific countries , Canada experienced the most dramatic increase with over a 250 % uptick in attacks , followed by Germany with a 220 % increase . Spain saw a doubling in ransomware attacks on its healthcare sector .
Omer Dembinsky , Manager of Data Intelligence at Check Point , said : “ Cyberattacks on the global healthcare sector are simply getting out of control . This is because targeting hospitals equates to fast money for cybercriminals .”
Venafi study reveals CIOs massively underestimate SSH risks
Venafi , an inventor and leading provider of machine identity management , has released a new report offering insights into the security risks that poorly protected Secure Shell ( SSH ) machine identities pose to enterprises . The report compares findings from a survey of 550 CIOs from the United States , United Kingdom , France , Germany and Australia , with unique data and insights from aggregate SSH risk assessments conducted by Venafi SSH security experts . aggregate SSH risk assessments conducted over a two-year time period .
The Venafi Risk Assessment team analysed more than 14 million SSH client keys and 3.3 million SSH host keys and found serious SSH security risks .
“ SSH keys are extremely powerful assets that require careful protection ,” said
Kevin Jacque , Global Security Architect for Venafi . “ It ’ s not surprising to find so many severe security risks because we know that most organisations do not use any automation to manage them . The only way to address these risks is to put in place a comprehensive SSH machine identity management solution that provides continuous visibility and leverages automation to enforce policies .”
SSH machine identities are critical to Digital Transformation strategies , as they authenticate privileged access between machines and are ubiquitous across enterprise networks . While CIOs say they are concerned about the security risks SSH machine identities pose , Venafi data indicates they seriously underestimate the scope of these risks . To better understand the scale of this problem , Venafi surveyed over 550 global CIOs and then compared the survey data with
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