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New Attack Group Orangeworm Targets Healthcare Sector in US, Asia, and Europe: Symantec (symantec.com)
Security researchers at Symantec say a group of hackers has been targeting firms related to health care in order to steal intellectual property. The security firm observed a hacking team, called Orangeworm, compromise the systems of pharmaceutical firms, medical-device manufacturers, health-care providers, and even IT companies working with medical organizations in the US, Europe, and Asia markets. Victims don't appear to have been chosen at random but "carefully and deliberately." You can read the full report here.
They want to steal the secret plans to our wonderful health care system.
This has been largely reported to impact x-ray and MRI machines. Hospitals can help to mitigate this by deploying medical devices securely such as by following the guidance contained in the OWASP Secure Medical Device Deployment Standard - https://www.owasp.org/images/c/c3/SecureMedicalDeviceDeployment.pdf
Or simply the tech, and start their own. Like North Korea.
I thought the orange worm has been wreaking havoc for quite some time now, not only in healthcare - most recently by appointing a scientific illiterate to head NASA.
Ezekiel 23:20
probably end up face down in a ditch
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
Do everyone a favor and seek professional help.
Trumptards really need to start taking their own advice (and their own medicine).
or Iran? News on new hacking activities feel so incomplete and inconvenient if they do not come with the usual early-on accusations of some axis-of-evil country being the source of them...
I too am American and hear many people talking about how Hillary Clinton and gorge soros is behind this all to try to dethrone duly elected amazing president trump and overturn democracy in USA. This should never allowed to be and I will be making huge donations to NRA and Trump 2020 campagnes to fight them! Join me all!
They called it orangeworm, so I think they're blaming Trump for it?
Have no fear APK's magnificent hosts file engine will save you. It is the bestest security anyone could ever have stopping threats launched by 13 year olds who just discovered scripting. As an added bonus it will stop online links to nigerian prince scams. Act now before he calls you a fucking ne'er-do-well and threatens to piss down your throat.
Why should I believe even your first claim?
If you're going to make claims that seem strange, you really ought to offer at least some evidence.
To start with, if I were to accept that you were American, why should I believe your contention that it's being taken politically? I will agree that you didn't actually assert that it *was* politically motivated, but why should I presume that people are taking it that way? Most of the comments seem to assume economic motives of one sort or another.
I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
getting inside these markets is priority for American medical companies, and in extension a priority for the American economy. Nobody else has as large stake and interest in this as they.
When wondering who is ultimately responsible, it always works to ask: "who benefits?"
IP theft is China.