Security News

Uncle Sam ends financial support to orgs hurt by Change Healthcare attack
2024-06-18 13:15

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Major cybersecurity upgrades announced to safeguard American healthcare
2024-06-12 09:57

Recent cyberattacks targeting the nation's healthcare system have demonstrated the vulnerability of hospitals and payment systems. In January of 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services launched a healthcare cybersecurity gateway website to simplify access to the Department's healthcare-specific cybersecurity information and resources and published voluntary Healthcare and Public Health Cybersecurity Performance Goals designed to help healthcare institutions plan and prioritize high-impact cybersecurity practices.

Rebranded Knight Ransomware Targeting Healthcare and Businesses Worldwide
2024-06-05 10:10

An analysis of a nascent ransomware strain called RansomHub has revealed it to be an updated and rebranded version of Knight ransomware, itself an evolution of another ransomware known as Cyclops....

Take two APIs and call me in the morning: How healthcare research can cure cyber crime
2024-05-28 08:30

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Laundering cash from healthcare, romance scams lands US man in prison for a decade
2024-05-22 18:00

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect Under Attack - CISA Issues Urgent Warning
2024-05-21 07:13

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a security flaw impacting NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog,...

Researchers Uncover 11 Security Flaws in GE HealthCare Ultrasound Machines
2024-05-16 10:12

Security researchers have disclosed almost a dozen security flaws impacting the GE HealthCare Vivid Ultrasound product family that could be exploited by malicious actors to tamper with patient...

Cybersecurity analysis exposes high-risk assets in power and healthcare sectors
2024-05-15 03:00

To understand the scope of exposure and the associated risk facing cyber-physical systems environments, Claroty's research group Team82 analyzed data from over 20 million operational technology, connected medical devices, IoT, and IT assets in CPS environments. Researchers defined "High risk" as having a high likelihood and high impact of being exploited, based on a combination of risk factors such as end-of-life state, communication with insecure protocols, known vulnerabilities, weak or default passwords, PII or PHI data, consequence of failure, and several others.

US faith-based healthcare org Ascension says 'cybersecurity event' disrupted clinical ops
2024-05-09 19:15

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Ransomware attacks impact 20% of sensitive data in healthcare orgs
2024-05-09 04:00

The report estimates that one fifth of all sensitive data belonging to healthcare organizations is impacted in each ransomware attack. A typical healthcare organization has more than 42 million sensitive data records - 50% more sensitive data than the global average of 28 million.