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Stealthy Backdoor Publicly Available on GitHub Can Be Weaponized for Larger Attacks

Excerpt from November 13, 2024 article in Healthcare Infosecurity

 

While the Health-Information Sharing and Analysis Center has seen an increase in recent reports of ransomware and malware incidents impacting the global healthcare sector, it has had “no direct sightings” of Godzilla webshell so far, said Errol Weiss, chief security officer of Health-ISAC.

Nonetheless, Weiss said he’s glad HHS issued the warning about Godzilla. “I would encourage all organizations, no matter what sector they’re in, to follow the recommendations in the bulletin,” he said.

Health-ISAC’s Weiss recommends that healthcare organizations review and implement the voluntary Cybersecurity Performance Goals published by HHS in January (see HHS Details New Cyber Performance Goals for Health Sector).

“Implementing the CPGs and participating in an information sharing community would help greatly improve the security posture of an organization.”

 

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This week, Health-ISAC’s^® Hacking Healthcare^® provides an overview of the most recent meeting of the Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI). This international effort to combat one of the most disruptive cyber threats just held its fourth annual summit and we have a breakdown of what has been accomplished and how it might affect the healthcare sector. 

This week, Hacking Healthcare examines the fallout of the 2020 Blackbaud ransomware incident that affected thousands of the organization’s customers. Specifically, we examine what happened, how it led to a $3 million regulatory settlement, and what Health-ISAC members can learn from it.