New Attack Group Orangeworm Targets Healthcare Sector in US, Asia, and Europe: Symantec

Security researchers at Symantec say a group of hackers has been targeting firms related to health care in order to steal intellectual property. The security firm observed a hacking team, called Orangeworm, compromise the systems of pharmaceutical firms, medical-device manufacturers, health-care providers, and even IT companies working with medical organizations in the US, Europe, and Asia markets. Victims don't appear to have been chosen at random but "carefully and deliberately." You can read the full report here.

Crap

[olsmeister]

They want to steal the secret plans to our wonderful health care system.

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[taiwanjohn]

Maybe I've just grown cynical from recent history, but my first reaction to this headline was: "I wonder what angle the pharmaceutical companies are trying to push here."

My second thought is: If you spent half as much on security as you do on advertising, this story would never have happened.

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[Narcocide]

They just want to steal the secret contact lists so they can set up robo dialers to offer their own brand of health insurance.

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[account_deleted]

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[jmccue]

For me it is "Crap, why do I even bother reading these announcements from Symantec". Maybe some day I will learn.

Secure Medical Device Deployment

[Anonymous Coward]

This has been largely reported to impact x-ray and MRI machines. Hospitals can help to mitigate this by deploying medical devices securely such as by following the guidance contained in the OWASP Secure Medical Device Deployment Standard - https://www.owasp.org/images/c/c3/SecureMedicalDeviceDeployment.pdf

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[AHuxley]

Rent a really big and fast new firewall?

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[K. S. Kyosuke]

Why should I seek professional help for everyone? Surely they can find it themselves.

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[K. S. Kyosuke]

Ah, projection is your superpower!

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[gatfirls]

I thought it was pretty funny.

they just want oxy, no big deal

[swschrad]

probably end up face down in a ditch

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[HiThere]

Why should I believe even your first claim?
If you're going to make claims that seem strange, you really ought to offer at least some evidence.

To start with, if I were to accept that you were American, why should I believe your contention that it's being taken politically? I will agree that you didn't actually assert that it *was* politically motivated, but why should I presume that people are taking it that way? Most of the comments seem to assume economic motives of one sort or another.

Where is the mandatory blame on Russia, N.Korea...

[ffkom]

or Iran? News on new hacking activities feel so incomplete and inconvenient if they do not come with the usual early-on accusations of some axis-of-evil country being the source of them...

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[Ryanrule]

IP theft is China.