Threat Advisory

October 30, 2020

THREAT RESEARCH

Cisco Talos Advisory on Adversaries Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector

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Background Cisco Talos has become aware that an adversary is leveraging Trickbot banking trojan and Ryuk ransomware to target U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers at an increasing rate. Security journalists reported on October 28, 2020 that the adversary was preparing to encrypt systems at “potentially hundreds” of medical centers and hospitals, based on a tip from a […]