Healthcare Sector Threat Brief

In 2020, reports indicated that cyberattacks on the healthcare industry more than doubled from 2019, with ransomware accounting for 28 percent of all attacks. Unlike previous attacks focused primarily on providers, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in the entire healthcare sector.

Attackers, especially financially-motivated criminals, are now also targeting organizations involved in COVID-19 response, such as university-based bio-pharmaceutical companies.

Download this brief to learn more about the threats LookingGlass has observed from our external attack surface management solution and from regular open-source research and intelligence, including:

• Adversary/ actor profiles
• Their motivations and objectives
• The types of threats and tactics used by adversaries targeting the healthcare sector as a whole