APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services

Summary This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC. CISA and NCSC continue to see indications that advanced persistent threat APT groups are...

Cyberattacks targeting health care must stop

In recent months, we’ve detected cyberattacks from three nation-state actors targeting seven prominent companies directly involved in researching vaccines and treatments for COVID-19. The targets include leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Kore...

Orangeworm Targeting Healthcare Industry since 2015 Now Exposed

Operating since 2015, a threat group dubbed Orangeworm has been newly attributed to hacking and infiltrating healthcare groups around the world. Companies specifically targeted include hospitals, healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals, IT services firms serving the healthcare industry, and more...

Wekby APT 18 Exploiting Hacking Team Flash Zero Day

The Wekby APT group, implicated in a number of targeted attacks against health care organizations such as Community Health Systems and major pharmaceutical companies, is reportedly making use of the Adobe Flash Player zero-day found in the Hacking Team data dump. According to Virginia-based...

Google and Godaddy Head Coalition Against Rogue Pharmacies

Herbal Viagra peddlers beware: Google and GoDaddy are coordinating the establishment of a non-profit organization dedicated to curbing the spread of illegal online pharmaceutical companies. The two firms plan to share information and work together to educate consumers about the dangers of buying...