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How healthcare CISOs can balance security and accessibility without compromising care
2025-03-20 06:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Sunil Seshadri, EVP and CSO at HealthEquity, talks about the growing risks to healthcare data and what organizations can do to stay ahead. He shares insights...

Rhysida pwns two US healthcare orgs, extracts over 300K patients' data
2025-03-10 14:00

Terabytes of sensitive info remain available for download Break-ins to systems hosting the data of two US healthcare organizations led to thieves making off with the personal and medical data of...

China-based Silver Fox spoofs healthcare app to deliver malware
2025-02-25 16:17

Silver Fox, a China-based threat actor that may or may not be backed by the Chinese government, has been delivering the ValleyRAT backdoor to unsuspecting users by disguising the malware as...

US healthcare org pays $11M settlement over alleged cybersecurity lapses
2025-02-20 18:47

Health Net Federal Services (HNFS) and its parent company, Centene Corporation, have agreed to pay $11,253,400 to settle allegations that HNFS falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity...

New NailaoLocker ransomware used against EU healthcare orgs
2025-02-20 08:00

A previously undocumented ransomware payload named NailaoLocker has been spotted in attacks targeting European healthcare organizations between June and October 2024. [...]

Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11M
2025-02-19 01:14

If this makes you feel sick, knowing this happened before ransomware actors started targeting medical info may help An alleged security SNAFU that occurred during the Obama administration has...

US healthcare provider data breach impacts 1 million patients
2025-01-31 13:18

Community Health Center (CHC), a leading Connecticut healthcare provider, is notifying over 1 million patients that their personal and health information was stolen in an October breach. [...]

US healthcare provider data breach impacts 1 million patients
2025-01-31 13:18

Community Health Center (CHC), a leading Connecticut healthcare provider, is notifying over 1 million patients that their personal and health information was stolen in an October breach. [...]

Backdoor found in two healthcare patient monitors, linked to IP in China
2025-01-30 23:31

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that Contec CMS8000 devices, a widely used healthcare patient monitoring device, include a backdoor that quietly sends...

SimpleHelp RMM vulnerabilities may have been exploited to breach healthcare orgs
2025-01-30 15:13

Attackers may have leveraged vulnerabilities in the SimpleHelp remote monitoring and management solution to gain initial access to healthcare organizations. About the vulnerabilities On January...