

Last but not least, in a data breach report, the full-service accounts receivables management firm Professional Finance Company Inc (PFC) said that () attack in late February. There have been continuing ransomware attacks against the HPH sector, and last month the CISA, FBI, and HHS issued warnings about it.

Threat actors have previously been warned of using the Maui and () payloads in attacks against Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) institutions, as shown by previous notifications. Other healthcare institutions in the United States may be targets of ransomware attacks this year, according to a warning from U.S. # Ransomware aimed against healthcare facilities ***Submissions of the Venus ransomware on ID Ransomware*** Since its launch in August, Venus ransomware has been relatively active, with daily uploads to ID Ransomware. On infected machines, the ransomware will not only terminate database services and Office endpoints, but it will also remove event logs, deactivate Data Execution Prevention, and delete Shadow Copy Volumes. Victims' Windows computers are encrypted by the threat actors behind the Venus ransomware attacks because they get access to the victims' computers via the victims' open Remote Desktop services. Initially deployed in the midst of August 2022, Venus Ransomware has now spread over the networks of hundreds of corporations across the globe.

No known data leak site (DLS) is connected to the Venus ransomware at this time, and its operators are not thought to follow a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business model. healthcare organization in an analyst note published by the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3).Īlthough threat actors using Venus ransomware are known to post stolen data online, HC3's research does not mention any specific data leak sites.Īs the () forewarns, _"at least one healthcare firm in the United States has fallen victim to Venus ransomware lately."_ In addition, the HHS security team notes that they are aware of at least one event in which the Venus ransomware was deployed on the networks of a U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says that hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the nation are also vulnerable to attacks using the Venus ransomware. Healthcare Ransomware Venus Venus ransomware operators have been actively instrumental behind the attacks on.
