Security Magazine January 24, 2022
Despite cybersecurity prioritization following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry was the most common victim of attacks caused by third parties, accounting for 33% of incidents last year.
Black Kite’s Third-Party Breach Report examined the impact of third-party cyber breaches in 2021, finding that ransomware was the most common attack method behind third-party breaches in 2021, initiating more than one out of four incidents analyzed. Following ransomware in frequency were unauthorized network access (15%) and unsecured servers and databases (12%).
Attackers were able to infiltrate networks and steal data through a variety of methods, including exploiting weak passwords and access controls to gain unauthorized network access....
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