news
Cyberattacks on hospitals spike by 45 % worldwide
esearchers at cybersecurity vendor , Check Point , have
R reported a surge in cyberattacks targeting healthcare organisations across the globe . Since the beginning of November 2020 , researchers have documented a 45 % increase in cyberattacks targeting healthcare organisations worldwide , placing the healthcare sector at the top of the hit list for cybercriminals , when compared to all other industries .
The surge in cyberattacks on the healthcare sector was double the increase in cyberattacks on all other industries during the same time period , as researchers marked only a 22 % increase in attacks on all other sectors outside of healthcare . The increase in attacks involves a range of attack vectors , including ransomware , botnets , remote code execution and DDoS attacks . Ransomware showed the largest increase and poses as the most significant malware threat to healthcare organisations , when compared to other industry sectors . the most dramatic increase with over a 250 % uptick in attacks , followed by Germany with a 220 % increase . Spain saw a doubling in ransomware attacks on its healthcare sector .
Omer Dembinsky , Manager of Data Intelligence at Check Point , said : “ Cyberattacks on the global healthcare sector are simply getting out of control . This is because targeting hospitals equates to fast money for cybercriminals .”
Cyberattacks by region
The surges in cyberattacks on healthcare organisations occurred mostly in Central Europe (+ 145 %), followed by East Asia (+ 137 %), Latin America (+ 112 %), Europe (+ 67 %) and North America (+ 37 %). As for specific countries , Canada experienced
UAE banks participate in first national cyberwar gaming exercise
n a first-of-its-kind exercise in
I the UAE , the Central Bank of the UAE ( CBUAE ), and UAE Banks Federation ( UBF ), in collaboration with KPMG Lower Gulf conducted a cyberwar gaming exercise , a simulation drill designed to test the UAE banking sector ’ s cyber resilience , as well as strengthen its capability to deal with increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks .
CBUAE , UAE Banks Federation , Emirates NBD ( ENBD ), First Abu Dhabi Bank
Mohammed Darwish Azad , UBF Information Security Chairperson and Group CISO at Emirates NBD
( FAB ) and Mashreq Bank took part . KPMG made use of proprietary platforms to simulate a sector level cyberattack that included multiple different scenarios and attack vectors . All participating banks responded to these scenarios , testing their incident response and crisis management capabilities . Bank executives also discussed the importance of information sharing and collaboration . Jamal Saleh , Director General , UBF said “ The pandemic highlighted the urgency and importance
Jamal Saleh – UBF Director General of cyber resilience to protect the integrity of the banking system and the UAE ’ s national security .”
Mohammed Darwish Azad , UBF Information Security Chairperson and Group CISO at Emirates NBD added “ The war gaming exercise as a community has never been more important , in order to rehearse , train , stress test our ecosystems , make quicker decisions ”.
Participating banks responded to a simulated cyberattack through KPMG proprietary platforms with attack paths depicted in real time . Technical team members from different banks were challenged to respond to real life scenarios by detecting , containing and responding to different exploits . Management and executive management team members were challenged to collaborate , apply their respective cyber response strategies and take quick decisions at critical moments .
10 www . intelligentciso . com