Cyberattacks on the healthcare sector are a growing threat in Latin America, and the large amount of confidential data these organizations handle makes these attacks a top concern.
The value of healthcare data in the illegal market, such as the personal, medical and financial information of patients and healthcare companies, creates an appealing target for threat actors. This can have serious consequences for the privacy and information security of these organizations. Cyberattacks could lead to reputational risks, interruption of operations, data theft and disclosure and even the loss of human lives when medical goods and services are unavailable.
So what do healthcare organizations and patients need to know about cyberattacks on the healthcare sector in Latin America?
According to the IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 report, the proportion of incidents to which X-Force Incident Response has responded in the healthcare sector has remained at approximately 5% to 6% of total incidents over the past three years. Ransomware outpaced other attacks in Latin America, accounting for 32% of the cases to which X-Force responded.
Additionally, the main access vectors for healthcare companies in Latin America are the exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), the abuse of valid accounts (T1078) and the exploitation of external remote services (T1133).
3 Critical Risk Factors
Exploitation of Public-Facing Applications
IBM X-Force Incident Response observed that attackers mainly exploit weaknesses and vulnerabilities in services and programs with internet ..
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