Security News

Defray Ransomware Seen Targeting Education, Healthcare Industry (Threatpost)
2017-08-25 19:21

Defray, a new, although small strain of ransomware, was spotted by researchers targeting comapnies in the education and healthcare verticals.

Healthcare Providers Warned of Flaws in Philips Product (Security Week)
2017-08-18 14:53

The U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) and Philips have warned healthcare providers that one of the company’s radiation dose management tools is affected by...

Has healthcare misdiagnosed the cybersecurity problem? (Help Net Security)
2017-08-07 14:30

Take a cursory look at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) wall of data breach shame and you might be scratching your head: Why does the healthcare sector seem so...

How healthcare IT decision makers approach IoT security (Help Net Security)
2017-07-20 13:00

More than 90% of healthcare IT networks have IoT devices connected to them. Over 70% of IT departments believe that the traditional security solutions used to secure laptops and servers are...

US data breaches surge, businesses and healthcare organizations hit hardest (Help Net Security)
2017-07-18 20:22

The number of US data breaches tracked through June 30, 2017 hit a half-year record high of 791, according to recent numbers released by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). This represents...

Feds Charge 412 in $1.3 Billion Healthcare Fraud Bust (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-14 19:18

Authorities Call Takedown a Record Enforcement ActionFederal authorities have charged 412 individuals allegedly responsible for $1.3 billion in billing fraud in a takedown that officials are...

Insider Steals Customer Data From Global Healthcare Group (Security Week)
2017-07-14 17:24

Major International Healthcare Organization Bupa Loses Customer Details to Insider Threat read more

Healthcare Entities Off the Hook in eClincialWorks' Case (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-10 19:03

Providers Won't Be Penalized for Using Vendor's EHR to Obtain HITECH IncentivesRegulators will not penalize healthcare providers that attested to meeting HITECH Act "meaningful use" incentive...

Sizing Up NotPetya's Impact in US Healthcare Sector (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-30 20:18

Who Are the Victims? And Why Aren't There More?Like in the recent WannaCry attacks, the U.S. healthcare sector has so far mostly avoided becoming a victim of NotPetya, the malware menacing many...

Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Report (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-12 14:06

New US government report: "Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry." It's pretty scathing, but nothing in it will surprise regular readers of this blog. It's worth reading...