It’s hard to believe that we survived 2024, and with 2025 finally here, we thought we would present where ProCircular sees the world headed. The cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve at a breakneck pace, driven by AI-enabled threats and an increasingly complex world. From deepfake videos to targeted social engineering, attackers are finding new ways to exploit trust and access critical systems.
Topics: Cybersecurity, Network Security, Data Breach, Information Security, Data Security, Data Protection, Security Awareness Training, healthcare, hacking, Manufacturing, Passwords, risk, Ransomware, Banking, Financial Institutions
Recently, the American Hospital Association warned that Black Basta, a known ransomware group, would be accelerating attacks within the healthcare sector. The group gained notoriety for their sophisticated attack methods and high-profile targets and typically operates by infiltrating a network, exfiltrating sensitive data, and then encrypting the victim's files.
Healthcare organizations can stay vigilant against threat actors by adopting a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that incorporates regular testing and 24/7 monitoring. ProCircular also recommends the following:
Topics: Cybersecurity, Network Security, Data Breach, Information Security, Data Security, Data Protection, Security Awareness Training, healthcare, hacking, Passwords, risk, Ransomware
Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Incident Rsponse, Incident Response, it risk assessment, healthcare
Cybersecurity in the healthcare field has gone through a lot changes the past few years. In 2016 there was a significant jump in the total number of healthcare specific cybercrimes. According to SecurityIntelligence there was a 71% increase of confirmed data breaches in the healthcare sector from 2015 to 2016. Drilling down on that increase revealed that most of the jump was from external (aka "hacking" or ransomware or malware") followed by internal non-malicious (aka accidents from insiders). Trends are showing that cybercriminals have found more value in healthcare data and the potential for long term use is much higher because it is more difficult to change an individual’s "health data". Another eye-opener is that the type of healthcare entities affected is not limited to hospitals. Business associates, specialized care providers and healthcare plan have all been targets for cyber crime. Oncology, anesthesiology, orthopedic, and radiology are a few of the specific entities that were in the top 10 largest healthcare breaches of 2016. This data tells us that cybercriminals will target or find data outside of the large medical providers and may even be targeting the organizations that have lagged behind in implementing security controls.
Topics: Cybersecurity, Network Security, HIPAA, Information Security, Data Security, healthcare