Healthcare IT News December 26, 2024
“The usage of AI and automatic vulnerability scanning performed by the attackers allows them to find an exposed IoT device and conduct an attack on it much quicker than they used to be able to,” says one security researcher in a new report.
Healthcare organizations are increasingly under siege from sophisticated cyberattacks, with ransomware groups exploiting vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure.
In 2024, nearly 400 U.S. healthcare organizations reported incidents linked to ransomware operators like LockBit 3.0, ALPHV/BlackCat and BianLian, according to a recent report from Veriti.
Half of healthcare organizations surveyed said they lack confidence in detecting and resolving such breaches, 42% of organizations lack policies to prevent unauthorized data access, and 51% lack the necessary technologies for breach prevention.
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