Cybercriminals step up attacks on the healthcare sector

Comparing all of 2018 against just the first three quarters of 2019 has seen a 60 percent increase in threat detections at healthcare organizations, according to a new report from Malwarebytes. The industry has been overwhelmingly targeted by Trojan malware during the last year, with attacks increased by 82 percent in Q3 2019 over the previous quarter. The two most dangerous Trojans of 2018–2019 for all industries, Emotet and TrickBot, were the two main culprits. "Healthcare is vital to our population, industries and economy, which is why it's an especially concerning industry to see targeted by cybercriminals," says Adam Kujawa,… [Continue Reading]