Security News

Managed Healthcare Provider Humana Discloses Data Breach
2019-01-07 16:58

Healthcare management provider Humana recently revealed that hackers accessed information of individuals who had applied for a Humana health insurance policy via Bankers Life. With millions of...

Blockchain's Biggest Potential in Healthcare
2019-01-04 19:48

Where is the greatest potential for the implementation of blockchain in healthcare? Attorney Steven Teppler discusses the possibilities for the distributed ledger technology as well as its...

Quarter of Healthcare Organizations Hit by Ransomware in Past Year: Study
2018-12-19 16:54

One in four (27%) employees of healthcare organizations in North America admit to being aware of a ransomware attack targeting their employer over the past year, a new Kaspersky Lab survey...

CISO’s mission resonates with healthcare peers
2018-12-13 02:00

The vision of a standardized method to assess the risk management posture of third party suppliers to healthcare firms envisioned by the recently-formed Provider Third Party Risk Management...

Capitalinstall malware targets healthcare sector, delivers payload via Microsoft Azure
2018-12-11 17:00

Cloud storage providers offer virus and malware scanning, but the existence of that service is not enough to assume files from the cloud are not malicious.

30% of healthcare databases are exposed online
2018-12-11 14:50

Despite the fact that electronic health records (EHR) contain extremely sensitive information about individuals, it is shockingly easy for malicious actors to get their hands on them, Intsights...

3 Top Security Challenges in Healthcare
2018-12-07 22:03

Chris Bowen of ClearDATA on Improving 'Change Management'Understanding where data is stored so it can be protected, overcoming security misconfiguration and improving vendor management diligence...

Phishing, Ransomware Attacks Continue to Menace Healthcare
2018-12-05 20:48

Arizona Cancer Center a Recent Victim of Major Phishing AttackAs the year winds down, phishing and ransomware attacks continue to plague the healthcare sector, as illustrated by recent breach...

Another Healthcare Website Security Issue Revealed
2018-11-30 20:18

Tandigm Health Reports Vulnerability in Physician PortalIn yet another sign that website security issues are far too common in the healthcare sector, Tandigm Health says a vulnerability on a...

Healthcare's Insider Threat
2018-11-30 16:18

Veriato's Pete Nourse on Why This Is the Sector's Achilles HeelOrganizations in all sectors struggle with mitigating the insider threat, but it's an acute concern in healthcare, where patients'...