04-24-2018 , 05:37 PM
Quote:Security researchers can't explain how and why malware has infected computers that control MRI and X-ray machines at countless of healthcare organizations across the world.
All infections, with a backdoor trojan named Kwampirs, have been linked to a newly discovered hacker group named Orangeworm.
Orangeworm targets the healthcare sector
The group has been active since January 2015, and security researchers say the group has infected a large number of organizations across the world.
Around 40% of the victims are companies activating in the healthcare sector. Researchers say that the rest of the targets, despite not activating in the medical sector, have ties to healthcare organizations.
For example, Orangeworm infected the networks of companies in the logistics, agriculture, manufacturing, and IT services, but the vast majority of these companies provided services to healthcare orgs.
Researchers believe attackers attempted a supply-chain attack by infecting a service provider in order to penetrate the networks of the desired healthcare organization.
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