Cybersecurity incidents targeting healthcare providers have increased by 93% from 2018 to 2022. Small and rural hospitals, in particular, are advised to leverage federal resources to improve their cyber defenses. Following the Change Healthcare breach, the Obama administration and Congress are initiating stronger cybersecurity requirements for health providers, with two bills currently pending. Despite this, many eligible hospitals are yet to take advantage of provided resources, and new legislation to increase cyber defense requirements is anticipated in future.

Mandiant warns of attacks on newly-disclosed Ivanti remote takeover threat
Google’s Mandiant team has issued an alert about a remote code execution flaw in the Ivanti Connect Secure VPN platform. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2025-22457, is