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A malicious website pretending to be the live map for Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins University is circulating on the internet waiting for unwitting internet users to visit the website. Visiting the website infects the user with the AZORult trojan, an information stealing…
This document describes a particular problem that is relevant across the healthcare sector. NCCoE cybersecurity experts will address this challenge through collaboration with members of the healthcare sector and vendors of cybersecurity solutions. The resulting reference design will detail an…
AHA, health care associations letter to Vice President Pence, Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Leader Schumer regarding the unprecedented challenge with COVID-19. From expanding public health capacity and access to and the availability of testing, to taking action to mitigate…
Since August 2019, unidentified cyber actors have used a Pulse Secure VPN Vulnerability CVE-2019-11510, which was disclosed this past summer, to exploit notable US entities. In August 2019, cyber actors gained unauthorized access to a US financial entity’s research network using CVE-2019-11510. In…
Since June 2019, unidentified cyber actors have used a SharePoint vulnerability, CVE-2019-0604, to exploit notable US entities. Following a widespread scanning for CVE-2019-0604 in May, June, and October 2019, respectively, cyber actors compromised the network of two…
Multiple Nation State Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors have weaponized CVE-2019-11510, CVE-2019-11539, and CVE-2018-13379 to gain access to vulnerable VPN devices.
In August, 2019, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security released guidance for mitigating vulnerabilities in 3 major VPN…
The FBI assesses foreign cyber actors operating in the Islamic Republic of Iran, one of two nation-states known to have conducted destructive cyber attacks inside the United States, could potentially use a range of Computer Network Operations (CNO) against US-based networks in retaliation for last…
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on the Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
AHA joined physician and other groups urging CMS to take steps to ensure COVID-19 does not derail the Alternative Payment Model and value movement. Specifically, the groups urged CMS to “allow flexibility with existing deadlines and requirements and take steps to ensure clinicians are not…
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides a statement on CMS's announcement over elective surgeries.