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Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, arrives to testify before the House (Select) Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"17.179925031237\"><body readability=\"36.062376237624\"><\/p>\n<p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency plans to fully launch by year\u2019s end an automated vulnerability warning program to alert organizations that are running software with vulnerabilities being exploited by ransomware gangs, the agency\u2019s director, Jen Easterly, said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Currently running in a pilot phase, the program is mandated by the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 and aims to reduce the number of ransomware attacks by getting the owners and operators of vulnerable systems to patch them before they can be infiltrated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe warning pilot is focused on reducing the prevalence of ransomware by using our vulnerability scanning tools to let businesses know if they have vulnerabilities that need to be patched,\u201d Easterly said at an event hosted by the Institute for Security and Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Easterly said that the agency has issued 2,049 warnings since the pilot was launched in January of last year. It has since expanded to include CISA\u2019s database of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog\">known exploited vulnerabilities<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/stopransomware\/misconfigurations-and-weaknesses-known-be-used-ransomware-campaigns\">common misconfigurations<\/a> that can be linked to ransomware attacks. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though breaches carried out by state-backed hackers tend to garner the most attention, ransomware attacks are arguably a more immediate, urgent threat. A recent ransomware attack on the payment processor Change Healthcare crippled parts of the U.S. health care system, and on Monday the company warned that the sensitive and personal health information stolen in the breach could impact a <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/stolen-change-healthcare-data-could-contain-information-on-a-substantial-portion-of-americans\/\">\u201csubstantial portion\u201d<\/a> of the U.S. public.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be alerted, Easterly said that organizations need to be signed up for CISA\u2019s free cyber hygiene scanning tool but said the agency might also reach out if vulnerable devices are found on an internet-scanning service, such as Shodan. She said CISA would use its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/cisa-administrative-subpoena\">administrative subpoena<\/a> power to alert organizations with vulnerable devices that are internet-facing. Around 7,000 organizations have signed up for the pilot.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"1.3315789473684\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cisa-ransomware-warning-program-set-to-fully-launch-by-end-of-2024-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Christian Vasquez\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Christian Vasquez<\/h4>\n<p> Christian covers industrial cybersecurity for CyberScoop News. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector. 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