Healthcare Industry Cyber Alert – October 28, 2020 

On October 28th 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a warning of a credible and imminent cyberattack being planned against the healthcare sector. 

The advisory provides technical details of a planned ransomware attack involving the Ryuk strain of ransomware. It provides guidelines related to preventing these attacks, mitigation techniques, free training resources and key contacts for law enforcement. 

Read the full advisory