The National Security Agency has issued guidance on reducing the risk of simple network management protocol abuse. SNMP consists of a standardized framework and common language for monitoring and managing devices in a network.
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Microsoft and Health-ISAC Oct.
A new critical vulnerability has been discovered in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway products, the company announced Oct 8.
Hospitals and health systems are playing a more complex and larger role in protecting patients, critical operations and sensitive health information from growing cyberthreats.
A joint advisory released Oct. 8 by U.S.
The National Security Agency Oct. 8 released guidance for critical infrastructure organizations that recommends adopting high-impact zero trust strategies to improve cybersecurity for operational technology.
The FBI and Secret Service released an advisory Oct. 6 warning of ongoing activities by FortiBleed, a global credential-compromise campaign used by threat actors to target internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and virtual private network gateways at critical infrastructure organizations.
In a new blog, John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, and Scott Gee, deputy national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, highlight how hospitals and health systems are improving cyber resilience by fortifying clinical continuity plans and bolstering collaboration with government partners.
The Senate passed the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act on Sept. 30 by unanimous consent.
The AHA provided comments Sept. 30 to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia and Census for a hearing, “Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks.”
Did you know healthcare cybersecurity has some good news? Hospitals are making strong headway toward cyber resilience. Learn how in this blog.
The FBI Sept. 29 announced an arrest of one of the alleged leaders of ShinyHunters, a cybercriminal group linked to cyberattacks in the U.S. and internationally on more than 140 organizations, including healthcare, with at least $70 million taken in extortion payments.
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have released a fact sheet for critical infrastructure organizations on ways to reduce risk and minimize vulnerabilities when working with third-party hardware and software networks designed to monitor and automate physical processes for control systems and devices, such as pumps, sensors and industrial computers for operating essential equipment.
The AHA will host a webinar Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. ET on ways healthcare organizations can build an effective, closed-loop cybersecurity program designed specifically for medical device environments.
New guidance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency encourages healthcare organizations to consider internal network and internet facing cyber decoys [cisa.gov] as a practical way to strengthen cyber defenses and improve early threat detection.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure and Security Agency have released guidelines to protect authentication tools including access tokens and identity assertions from cyber criminals.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing Sept. 15 to discuss more than a dozen legislative proposals regarding Medicare provider payment and healthcare cybersecurity.
The National Security Agency has released a best practices guide on effective cyber hygiene for defending against advanced cyber threats, including those leveraging artificial intelligence for exploitation.
An FBI alert released Sept.
In this conversation, John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, and Scott Gee, AHA deputy national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, break down the three biggest cyber threats facing healthcare organizations in 2026: geopolitical cyber activity, third-party and supply chain vulnerabilities, and the rapidly evolving risks of artificial intelligence.