“The cyber threat landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, as one ransomware group is taken down, another appears,” said John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk. “The Akira group is using a legitimate remote access tool known as RustDesk to evade cyberthreat detection tools. In addition, the U.S. government has warned in general of an increasing threat from ‘deepfakes,’ AI-generated synthetic audio, video or image media that cyber actors may use for deceptive purposes or as part of social engineering techniques. At this time, there does not appear to be widespread use of deepfakes targeting health care, but we should maintain vigilance and promote awareness in the workforce.”
For more on this or other cyber and risk issues, contact Riggi at jriggi@aha.org. For the latest cyber and risk resources and threat intelligence, visit aha.org/cybersecurity.