{"id":7591,"date":"2020-10-15T21:31:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T04:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.securin.xyz\/?p=7591"},"modified":"2023-04-05T12:42:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:42:49","slug":"cyber-hygiene-ransomware-is-causing-critical-care-disruption-in-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdev.securin.xyz\/articles\/cyber-hygiene-ransomware-is-causing-critical-care-disruption-in-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Hygiene: Ransomware is Causing Critical Care Disruption in Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

We analyzed three ransomware incidents (Ryuk, Revil & AKO) and found 16 CVEs associated with them. Incidentally, CSW warned about four of these CVEs in our cyber risk series way back in March 2020!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Hospitals all over the world, stringently follow infection management protocols such as hand washing, sterilization of gowns, face masks & shields, continuous sterilization of equipment and devices to ensure proper protection for patients and doctors alike.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If only health care workers, doctors, nurses and hospital employees could extend the same principles to cyber hygiene, we wouldn\u2019t be seeing a spate of Ransomware attacks sweeping all over the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last week, Universal Health Services was attacked by Ryuk Ransomware, leading to a shutdown of the network in over 250 hospitals all over the US.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Investigations revealed that Ryuk ransomware has infected their systems. Ryuk attackers trick users into opening malicious links and they use vulnerable Internet Explorer browsers to exploit and deliver malware.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ryuk exploits the following vulnerabilities –<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n