Cyberattacks against healthcare organizations are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with new threats constantly emerging. 

In this week's episode of "Podnosis," we dive into one of the latest tactics: voice phishing, or vishing. This form of cyberattack uses AI to impersonate voices over the phone to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Fierce Healthcare's Anastassia Gliadkovskaya interviews Nametag CEO Aaron Painter, who explains what vishing is, why it's a growing concern, and how organizations—especially in healthcare—can protect themselves. 

To learn more about the topics in this episode: 
Disruptive cyberattacks against healthcare on the rise, with increasing impacts to patient care, survey finds
100M people impacted by massive Change Healthcare cyberattack: OCR
Providers and payers ramp up investments in cybersecurity, AI in 2024
Change Healthcare begins breach notifications to firms with impacted members, patients
Cybersecurity lessons from the Change Healthcare hack

Cyberattacks against healthcare organizations are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with new threats constantly emerging. 
In this week's episode of "Podnosis," we dive into one of the latest tactics: voice phishing, or vishing. This form of cyberattack uses AI to impersonate voices over the phone to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Fierce Healthcare's Anastassia Gliadkovskaya interviews Nametag CEO Aaron Painter, who explains what vishing is, why it's a growing concern, and how organizations—especially in healthcare—can protect themselves. 
To learn more about the topics in this episode: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/disruptive-cyberattacks-against-healthcare-rose-2023-2024-survey-finds">Disruptive cyberattacks against healthcare on the rise, with increasing impacts to patient care, survey finds</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/100m-people-impacted-massive-change-healthcare-cyberattack-ocr">100M people impacted by massive Change Healthcare cyberattack: OCR</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/klas-providers-and-payers-invested-cybersecurity-ai-2024">Providers and payers ramp up investments in cybersecurity, AI in 2024</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/optums-change-healthcare-responding-cybersecurity-issue">Change Healthcare begins breach notifications to firms with impacted members, patients</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/cybersecurity-lessons-change-healthcare-hack">Cybersecurity lessons from the Change Healthcare hack</a></li>
</ul>

Podnosis: the pulse of the healthcare industry. Every week, journalists from Fierce Healthcare dive into some of the industry’s biggest trends. We talk to the experts about what’s important now so you can prep for the future. Hear about all things healthcare, from physician practices to hospital chains and insurance giants—and those that mix all three—plus the tech they use, disruptors looking to compete and people moving the sector forward. Follow Podnosis on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.

Podnosis: the pulse of the healthcare industry. Every week, journalists from Fierce Healthcare dive into some of the industry’s biggest trends. We talk to the experts about what’s important now so you can prep for the future. Hear about all things healthcare, from physician practices to hospital chains and insurance giants—and those that mix all three—plus the tech they use, disruptors looking to compete and people moving the sector forward. Follow Podnosis on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.

Podnosis

Podnosis: the pulse of the healthcare industry. Every week, journalists from Fierce Healthcare dive into some of the industry’s biggest trends. We talk to the experts about what’s important now so you can prep for the future. Hear about all things healthcare, from physician practices to hospital chains and insurance giants—and those that mix all three—plus the tech they use, disruptors looking to compete and people moving the sector forward. Follow Podnosis on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.

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