Health IT Security November 29, 2022
Sarai Rodriguez

Guidepoint Research’s latest ransomware report revealed that the healthcare industry was the second most targeted industry by ransomware attacks specifically targeted by groups like Everest and LockBit.

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),...

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