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

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

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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

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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.

Ascension healthcare takes systems offline after cyberattack
2024-05-08 21:28

Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has taken some of its systems offline to investigate what it describes as a "Cyber security event." As a major U.S. nonprofit health system, Ascension operates 140 hospitals and 40 senior care facilities across 19 states and the District of Columbia.

UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection
2024-05-08 02:58

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Change Healthcare hacked using stolen Citrix account with no MFA
2024-04-30 14:13

The ransomware attack on Change Healthcare occurred in late February 2024, leading to severe operational disruptions on Optum's Change Healthcare platform. The healthcare org recently admitted that it paid a ransom to protect people's data post-compromise, but no details about the attack or who carried it out were officially disclosed.