The Royal & BlackCat Ransomware: What you Need to Know

The US healthcare sector continues to be aggressively targeted by ransomware operators. Royal and BlackCat are two of the more recent – and highly sophisticated – ransomware threats. These two new flavors of ransomware pose serious potential impacts on the healthcare sector, but there are appropriate mitigation and defense strategies that organizations can take to protect against them. What is Royal Ransomware? Royal Ransomware first reared its ugly head in early 2022 and, since then, has continued to make headlines with its nefarious acts. The Royal cybercriminal group employs typically…