Healthcare IT News March 10, 2025
In partnership with Microsoft, H-ISAC and international agencies, the vendor says efforts to dismantle cybercriminals over the two years are paying off. There’s been a drastic reduction in the number of unauthorized copies used in healthcare cyberattacks.
U.S. software firm Fortra said it has ‘seized and sinkholed’ more than 200 malicious domains and has prevented further exploitation of its Cobalt Strike penetration testing tool by threat actors through its partnership with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
WHY IT MATTERS
Insufficient privilege access management and improper configurations can prevent cybercriminals from abusing tools like Cobalt Strike, but getting unauthorized copies of the powerful attack platform used by security professionals out of their hands...