The biannual Horizon Report, released by Fortified Health Security, has highlighted rising cybersecurity threats in healthcare. The report discusses typical challenges faced by healthcare organizations such as budget and talent shortages, growing use of AI in hospitals, and increasing third-party risk management. It also notable that patient records exposed in 2024 rose by 9% to 183 million, with healthcare clearinghouses seeing a 2,000% increase in cyber-attacks. Furthermore, network servers remained the most common breach location, and phishing via email breaches grew by 18% in 2024.

Hackers are selling counterfeit phones with crypto-stealing malware
Kaspersky has identified thousands of low-cost Android smartphones sold online that come with preinstalled malware programmed to steal cryptocurrency details. The devices are infected with