Health IT Security January 16, 2023
Jill McKeon

HC3’s latest brief highlights the tactics and capabilities of Royal ransomware and BlackCat ransomware, two groups that are known to target the healthcare sector.

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center’s (HC3) latest brief outlines the tactics and exploitation techniques used by Royal ransomware and BlackCat ransomware, two threats that ransomware operators have been using to aggressively target the US healthcare sector.

HC3 has previously warned the sector about both Royal and BlackCat in previous briefs and analyst notes, but its latest brief dives into more detail regarding their past activity and impact on the healthcare sector.

ROYAL RANSOMWARE

HC3 described Royal ransomware as a “relatively new, but highly capable” threat to the healthcare sector. First observed in 2022, Royal...

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