Business

1221 articles

Healthcare and cyberscare: study shows how vulnerable hospitals are

Public studies aren’t there for any kind of fear-mongering, however some cybersecurity-related news really may make one feel uneasy. That’s the case with the Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) field study of the security of hospitals’ IT systems. As one may have already guessed, the situation there is, let’s say, not good.

The Lazarus Group: Targeted attack mitigation applies to everyone

The vast majority of targeted attacks begin with simple steps; spear-phishing with malicious attachments or clickable links, or the infection of employees’ favorite websites (water-holing) to penetrate the security perimeter through the vulnerable browsers or other software. Don’t assume that because these methodologies are well-known, they are any less effective.