The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently issued an alert warning that malicious cyber actors are targeting health care and other essential services related to COVID-19. According to the CISA and NCSC alert, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, academia, medical research organizations and local governments face heightened risks. CISA and NCSC report observing advanced persistent threat (APT) actors scanning external websites and probing for vulnerabilities in unpatched software.
On May 13, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and CISA issued a more specific…
