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NEWS Advisory: APT groups target healthcare and essential services Joint UK and US advisory highlights ongoing activity by APT groups against organisations involved in the international coronavirus response. Art Alex via Getty Images This is a joint advisory from the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This advisory highlights ongoing activity by APT groups against organisations involved in both national and international COVID-19 responses. It describes some of the methods these actors are using to target organisations and provides mitigation advice. The joint NCSC/CISA advisory from 8 April 2020 previously detailed the exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic by cyber criminals and APT groups. This joint NCSC/CISA advisory provides an update to ongoing malicious cyber activity relating to coronavirus. COVID-19 related targeting APT actors are actively targeting organisations involved in both national and international COVID-19 responses. These organisations include healthcare bodies, pharmaceutical companies, academia, medical research organisations, and local government. APT actors frequently target organisations in order to collect bulk personal information, intellectual property and intelligence that aligns with national priorities. The pandemic has likely raised additional requirements for APT actors to gather information related to COVID-19. For example, actors may seek to obtain intelligence on national and international healthcare policy or acquire sensitive data on COVID-19 related research. You can read the full advisory by downloading the PDF below. Downloads Pdf 212.9 KB Advisory: APT groups target healthcare and essential services A joint advisory from the NCSC and CISA about cyber campaigns targeting UK and US healthcare organisations. Share and print this article Download & print article PDF Share PUBLISHED Publish date 5 May 2020 WRITTEN FOR Written for Public sector Small & medium sized organisations Large organisations NEWS TYPE Alert Was this article helpful? Yes the article was helpful No the article was not helpful Back to top Also see BLOG POST Publish date 18 Apr 2024 'NCSC Cyber Series' podcast now available Listen to all five episodes now, covering a wide range of cyber security topics. NEWS Publish date 1 Jul 2021 NCSC joins US partners to expose global brute force campaign by Russian Intelligence Services NSA, CISA, FBI and the NCSC publish advice for network defenders to help protect their systems. NEWS Publish date 30 Jun 2021 Microsoft update on brute force and password spraying activity The NCSC has issued advice to UK organisations following an update from Microsoft on malicious cyber campaigns.