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Report: Cyber Criminals Targeting Healthcare Industry with Off-The-Shelf Ransomware

Report: Cyber Criminals Targeting Healthcare Industry with Off-The-Shelf Ransomware

April 11, 2017

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Amateur cybercriminals may be shifting towards targeting the healthcare sector using an off-the-shelf ransomware, according to security researchers at Forcepoint Security Labs.

Forcepoint is an Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity software company and Roland Dela Paz, a senior security researcher at the company, detailed in a blog post that Forcepoint Security Labs has identified a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform, called Philadelphia, used in a cyber attack on a healthcare organization.

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