Follow these tips on how hospitals can make themselves more resilient to ransomware attacks, and what to do if it happens
Last Friday, Brno’s University Hospital in Czech Republic, which is also a testing center for the coronavirus, faced a ransomware attack that paralyzed its computers. The hospital followed standard procedures and notified the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency to assist with the investigation, and our Threat Labs offered help, supporting the hospital by analyzing the malware.
Hospitals are not necessarily more susceptible to ransomware attacks. However, an attack can have severely detrimental consequences for them, such as the loss of patient records, and treatment delays or cancellations. As hospitals perform critical operations and hold vital patient information, they are more likely than other organizations to pay the ransom, which makes them attractive targets for threat actors.
Statements from ransomware operators saying they will not target hospitals during the pandemic are absurdly putting cybercriminals in the light of being philanthropic, but they are just likely avoiding the heat antivirus companies are giving to anyone attacking emergency services.
How hospitals can make themselves more resilient to ransomware attacks
There are steps hospitals can take to strengthen their defenses, protecting their systems, customer data, and operations.
Keeping software up-to-date
In May 2017, the WannaCry ransomware strain attacked millions of computers across the world, successfully infecting devices by abusing a vulnerability for which Microsoft had issued a patch for two months prior to the mass attack. Millions of people and businesses didn’t apply the update ..
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