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6 key elements for building a healthcare cybersecurity response plan
2024-10-30 04:30

Medical practices remain vulnerable to cyberattacks, with over a third unable to cite a cybersecurity incident response plan, according to Software Advice. This gap exposes healthcare providers to...

Change Healthcare Cyberattack Exposed Data of Over 100 Million People
2024-10-25 18:37

Personal information from one-third of Americans could have been affected in the $22 million ransomware attack, which has been attributed to the BlackCat gang.

UnitedHealth says data of 100 million stolen in Change Healthcare breach
2024-10-25 03:54

UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking this as the...

UnitedHealth says data of 100 million stolen in Change Healthcare hack
2024-10-25 03:54

UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking this as the...

How NIS2 will impact sectors from healthcare to energy
2024-10-17 04:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Mick Baccio, Global Security Advisor at Splunk SURGe, discusses the far-reaching implications of the NIS2 Directive beyond traditional IT security. He explains...

US healthcare org admits up to 400,000 people's personal info was snatched
2024-10-14 22:03

It waited till just before Columbus Day weekend to make mandated filing, but don't worry, we saw it A Houston-based services provider to healthcare organizations says a crook may have grabbed up...

Healthcare attacks spread beyond US – just ask India's Star Health
2024-10-11 02:57

Acknowledges bulk customer data leak weeks after Telegram channels dangled it online Leading Indian health insurance provider Star Health has admitted to being the victim of a cyber attack after...

Ransomware gang Trinity joins pile of scumbags targeting healthcare
2024-10-09 13:45

As if hospitals and clinics didn't have enough to worry about At least one US healthcare provider has been infected by Trinity, an emerging cybercrime gang with eponymous ransomware that uses...

Healthcare's Diagnosis is Critical: The Cure is Cybersecurity Hygiene
2024-09-19 11:00

Cybersecurity in healthcare has never been more urgent. As the most vulnerable industry and largest target for cybercriminals, healthcare is facing an increasing wave of cyberattacks. When a...

Microsoft Warns of New INC Ransomware Targeting U.S. Healthcare Sector
2024-09-19 10:12

Microsoft has revealed that a financially motivated threat actor has been observed using a ransomware strain called INC for the first time to target the healthcare sector in the U.S. The tech...