The Top Threats Targeting Healthcare
Explore the top five threats devastating healthcare today and how you can better defend against them.
When an attacker hits a hospital, it isn't just data on the line. It's surgeries delayed, records locked, and care that can't wait. Healthcare runs on uptime and trust, and attackers know it which is exactly why they keep coming.
This eBook breaks down the top five threats hitting healthcare right now and what you can do to stay ahead of them.
The five threats hitting healthcare hardest
Ransomware: Attackers encrypt or steal patient data and bet that you can't afford the downtime. In healthcare, that bet is often right.
Business email compromise: Adversaries pose as staff, vendors, or executives to reroute payments and pull sensitive information out of inboxes.
Phishing: Still the most common way in. One click from one busy employee can hand over the credentials that unlock everything else.
Malicious scripts and legacy exploitation: Healthcare runs a lot of old, hard-to-patch systems, and attackers lean on scripts and known gaps to slip through.
Insider and identity threats: Stolen logins and over-permissioned accounts let attackers move like they belong there.
Why healthcare gets hit so often
Tight budgets, lean IT teams, sprawling devices, and data that's worth a fortune on the wrong market. Add legacy systems that can't always be patched, and you get a target that attackers find hard to resist.
How Huntress helps
You don't need a bigger team to close these gaps—you need the right coverage. Huntress watches your endpoints and your Microsoft 365 identities, backed by a 24/7 human-led AI-centric SOC, so threats get caught and stopped before they reach patient care. See how it comes together for healthcare, and dig into the ransomware and business email compromise tactics aimed at the industry.
Download the eBook to see all five threats in detail—and the practical steps to shut each one down.
