COVID-19 Related Cybersecurity Information

As the nation’s hospitals and health systems, physicians, caregivers and staff treat and care for patients and our communities, there are others in the world seeking to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic for financial gain. Particularly, cyber criminals.

We here at the AHA are closely monitoring government cyber bulletins and threat information from the field. We believe a hospital and health system's cybersecurity program's first priority is to mitigate cyber risk affecting patient care and patient safety.

Is That PC Safe? – How to Quickly Deploy New PCs to Support Your COVD-19 Telework and Telehealth Efforts (March 24, 2020)

Four Ways to Mitigate COVID-19 Cyber Risks (March 19, 2020)

Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3): Fake Online Coronavirus Map Delivers Well-known Malware (March 10, 2020)

Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3): Coronavirus Themed E-mail Phishing (Feb. 3, 2020)

FBI Alert: AC-000116-TT - TPL Green: Unidentified Cyber Actors Exploit Citrix Vulnerability to Gain Access to Networks, (Jan. 31, 2020)

FBI PIN: 20200109-001 - TLP White: Notice on Iranian Cyber Tactics and Techniques (Jan. 9, 2020)

FBI Alert: Ac-000112-tt- TLP Green: Unidentified Cyber Actors Exploit Pulse Secure VPN Vulnerability to Gain Access to Unprotected Networks (Jan. 8, 2020)

FBI Alert: 2020-03-18 - TLP Green: Unidentified Cyber Actors Exploit SharePoint Vulnerability to Gain Access to Unprotected Networks (Jan. 8, 2020)

National Security Agency Cybersecurity Advisory Mitigating Recent VPN Vulnerabilities (Oct 7, 2019)

Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector (May 2019)

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