Many industries are affected by skills gaps, but according to Cybersecurity Ventures, the shortage within the IT/cybersecurity sector is nearly unmatched: Over an eight-year period, the number of unfilled cybersecurity jobs increased from one million positions in 2013 to 3.5 million in 2021.
On August 4, 2022, Advanced – a major software provider for the UK’s National Health System (NHS) and other healthcare customers – suffered a ransomware attack from a group that is still unknown to the public. The attack disrupted NHS services including ambulance dispatch, appointment bookings, patient referrals and emergency prescriptions.
Vedere Labs recently developed a proof-of-concept (PoC) ransomware for IoT (R4IoT) using as an example attack scenario a hospital network containing IoT devices such as IP cameras, IT workstations and OT in the form of building automation controllers.
