In its second annual Velocity healthcare data breach report, Stern Security has critically analyzed over 5,000 data breaches since the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began tracking the information in 2009. Stern Security utilized data from their HealthcareBreaches.com website as well as published information from HHS to create this comprehensive study. Stern Security […]
In its first annual healthcare data breach report, Stern Security has critically analyzed over 4,000 data breaches since the Department of Health and Human Services began tracking the information in 2009. Stern Security utilized data from their HealthcareBreaches.com website as well as published information from Health and Human Services to create this comprehensive report. This […]
CBS17 Stern Security’s CEO, Jon Sternstein met with CBS17 to discuss the FBI warning of ransomware targeting healthcare organizations. See the full story here: https://www.cbs17.com/community/health/coronavirus/hackers-targeting-hospitals-amid-covid-19-case-surge-fbi-warns/
Stern Security’s CEO, Jon Sternstein discusses ransomware with WRAL News. See the full story here: http://www.wral.com/5oys-ransomware-story-for-thursday/16665496/
At the August 2016 NCHICA Annual Conference, Chuck Kesler (CISO, Duke Health) & Jon Sternstein (CEO, Stern Security) teamed up to present on the ransomware threat in healthcare.
We have compiled a list of security measures to implement to either prevent ransomware or limit the damage. Organizations need not implement all of these in order to prevent ransomware. However, these are various strategies that can be implemented depending on the company. Security measures such as “application whitelisting” will prevent most malicious software on […]
Stern Security Labs analyzed a Locky ransomware sample. The following video shows an actual Locky ransomware attack on a Windows 7 machine. Watch how fast the ransomware encrypts the files on the computer. The computer is encrypted within one minute of clicking on the malicious “invoice.pdf” file! Ransomware attack demonstration from Stern Security on Vimeo.
We have recently received two samples of Locky maldoc (malicious document) ransomware from a healthcare institution. Ransomware is a devastating piece of malware that encrypts important files on an infected computer and demands ransom to decrypt the files. We will examine two samples. Both samples arrived via email and were not detected by spam filters […]