On January 10th, a federal judge sentenced cybercriminal Martin Gottesfeld, 34, to a decade in prison. This comes after a jury found Gottesfeld guilty of perpetrating a 2014 cyberattack against Boston Children's Hospital and an affiliated treatment home. The attack cost Boston Children's hundreds of …
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A Physician’s Guide to Antivirus Software
As we referenced in our last post, one of the most important things a healthcare practice can do to protect themselves from ransomware is install a good antivirus program. But once you start looking for one, vendors will immediately assail you with all sorts of fancy jargon. "Deep learning", "smart …
Protect Your Healthcare Practice from Ransomware in Four Simple Steps
Hardly a day goes by without hearing of some new ransomware infection. We see the headlines daily. "US hospital pays $55,000 to hackers after ransomware attack." "Cybercriminals target hospitals with SamSam ransomware attacks." "Ransomware attack disrupts emergency services at Ohio hospital." And …