Cybercrime-as-a-service

A recent blog from FierceHealthcare outlines the growing rise in the criminal world of Cybercrime-as-a-Service that is specifically focused on the healthcare industry. The focus is sharpening due to the well documented lack of vigilance and general "being behind" by the Healthcare industry in protecting and defending their data.

Researchers from Intel Security say in a new report that increasingly, cybercriminals are taking advantage of inexpensive hacking tools to capitalize on vulnerability in the industry. While they note that they have yet to identify specific uses for large swaths of medical data, just the fact that the healthcare industry is so far behind the cybersecurity curve makes it an enticing target.

“When a well-developed community of cybercriminals targets a less-prepared industry such as healthcare, organizations within that industry tend to play catch-up to protect against yesterday’s threats, and not those of today or tomorrow,” Raj Samani, Intel Security’s CTO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, says in a statement. “Where [healthcare organizations] have undervalued cyber defense overall, they must prioritize it.”

The criminal underworld continues to point their cyber-guns at healthcare, so you must be prepared!

 

 

 

November 7th, 2016 |Categories: Technology, Healthcare, Cybercrime, Security, HIPAA, Compliance, Intel

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