{"id":182049,"date":"2026-01-27T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/interconnectedness-extortion-risk-make-cybersecurity-a-healthcare-c-suite-priority\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:45:08","slug":"interconnectedness-extortion-risk-make-cybersecurity-a-healthcare-c-suite-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/interconnectedness-extortion-risk-make-cybersecurity-a-healthcare-c-suite-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Interconnectedness, extortion risk make cybersecurity a healthcare C-suite priority"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interconnectedness, extortion risk make cybersecurity a healthcare C-suite priority<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/health-care-cybersecurity-threats-report-trellix\/810608\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-27 11:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rapid digitization and increasing interconnectedness in the healthcare industry are \u201cexposing clinical technology to threats it was never engineered to withstand,\u201d Trellix said in a report published on Tuesday.
\nThe threat intelligence report, based on 54.7 million detections from Trellix products in healthcare environments in 2025, highlighted email as the top threat vector (85% of all detections) and the U.S. as the biggest target (75% of all detections).
\nTrellix\u2019s report also described the evolution of the ransomware ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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\nThe \u201ccascading effect,\u201d in which a disruption of one system causes a chain reaction that paralyzes other systems, represented \u201cthe defining trend of 2025\u201d in healthcare cybersecurity, according to Trellix.
\n\u201cThese disruptions were not merely financial; they were lethal,\u201d Trellix said in its report, citing research on mortality rates and other patient harms resulting from cyberattacks that crippled hospital computer systems.
\nIn a blog post about the report, Trellix vice president of threat intelligence strategy John Fokker wrote that \u201cdigital transformation, cloud adoption, remote access, and AI-driven workflows \u2026 have dramatically expanded the healthcare attack surface.\u201d
\nAs a result, he added, \u201ccyber incidents are no longer an IT disruption. They are a patient safety crisis.\u201d
\nMultiple ransomware gangs seized on the healthcare sector\u2019s vulnerability in 2025. Qilin \u201cmatured into a high-tempo operation\u201d throughout the year, using Linux- and ESXi-based malware to target databases storing electronic health records. Another group, INC Ransom, surged to prominence in 2025, launching 34 attacks on healthcare organizations, nearly 10% of the annual total. Trellix said its data showed that INC Ransom targeted \u201ca regional hospital in North America, a national public health system, and a major hospital in the Southern Hemisphere.\u201d
\nOther groups also established dangerous reputations, including Sinobi, a new group focusing on biotechnology firms and other specialized health-care companies, and Devman2, which Trellix described as \u201cnotorious for massive data exfiltration.\u201d RansomHub\u2019s affiliate model, meanwhile, helped it conduct some of the most damaging attacks on the sector in 2025.
\nMore and more ransomware gangs are using extortion-only tactics against healthcare firms, Trellix said, a shift that reflects the sector\u2019s unique concerns about the exposure of private data. In 2025, 12% of all attacks on healthcare organizations involved solely extortion, a 300% increase from 2023. \u201cBy demanding just $50 to $500 per patient,\u201d Trelix said, \u201cactors bypass corporate insurance and legal teams,\u201d speeding up the process of getting paid.
\nTrellix\u2019s report also described threat actors\u2019 most effective breach tactics. Phishing remains the primary vector (accounting for initial access in 89% of incidents), but hackers are now making their lures more appealing to IT administrators with themes like \u201cAI Transformation\u201d and \u201cRegulatory Compliance.\u201d For command-and-control infrastructure, hackers use malicious domains with healthcare terms like \u201cHIPAA,\u201d as well as malicious subdomains built into legitimate healthcare websites.<\/p>\n

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