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New Attack Group Orangeworm Targets Healthcare Sector in US, Asia, and Europe: Symantec (symantec.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

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.

14 of 29 comments (clear)

  1. Crap by olsmeister · · Score: 2, Funny

    They want to steal the secret plans to our wonderful health care system.

    1. Re:Crap by taiwanjohn · · Score: 1

      Maybe I've just grown cynical from recent history, but my first reaction to this headline was: "I wonder what angle the pharmaceutical companies are trying to push here."

      My second thought is: If you spent half as much on security as you do on advertising, this story would never have happened.

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    2. Re:Crap by Narcocide · · Score: 1

      They just want to steal the secret contact lists so they can set up robo dialers to offer their own brand of health insurance.

    3. Re:Crap by DigiShaman · · Score: 2

      Genius!!! It's like in the movie Independence Day where a ship is turned into a Trojan horse and a virus is uploaded to the mother ship. Only, we've infected ourselves with the Obamacare virus, and the world will download it from us.

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    4. Re:Crap by jmccue · · Score: 1

      For me it is "Crap, why do I even bother reading these announcements from Symantec". Maybe some day I will learn.

  2. Secure Medical Device Deployment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    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

    1. Re:Secure Medical Device Deployment by AHuxley · · Score: 1

      Rent a really big and fast new firewall?

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  3. they just want oxy, no big deal by swschrad · · Score: 1

    probably end up face down in a ditch

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    if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
  4. Re:Is that really news? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

    Why should I seek professional help for everyone? Surely they can find it themselves.

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  5. Re:Is that really news? by gatfirls · · Score: 1

    I thought it was pretty funny.

  6. Where is the mandatory blame on Russia, N.Korea... by ffkom · · Score: 2

    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...

  7. Re:Is that really news? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

    Ah, projection is your superpower!

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  8. Re:More deep state USA crime by HiThere · · Score: 2

    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.

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    I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
  9. Re:Where is the mandatory blame on Russia, N.Korea by Ryanrule · · Score: 1

    IP theft is China.