Security News

Alabama Hospitals Pay Up in Ransomware Attack
2019-10-07 15:56

A trio of Alabama hospitals have decided to pay for a decryption key.

Alabama Hospital System Halts Admissions Amid Malware Attack
2019-10-03 14:30

A hospital system that serves a large part of rural west Alabama temporarily quit accepting new patients after a ransomware attack crippled some of its computer systems Tuesday. read more

Ransomware attacks paralyze, and sometimes crush, hospitals
2019-10-03 10:46

New attacks on the perennially besieged sector have crippled hospitals in the US and Australia and caused one health clinic to shut down.

Medic! Uncle Sam warns hospitals not to use outdated IPnet freely on their networks
2019-10-02 19:34

Meanwhile ransomware forces Alabama doctors to turn away non-urgent patients The US Food and Drug Administration is warning hospital IT admins to keep a close eye on their networks following the...

Ransomware Attacks Leave U.S. Hospitals Turning Away Patients
2019-10-01 19:22

Ransomware attacks have crippled hospitals worldwide, forcing them to turn away patients and cancel surgeries.

Ransomware Attack on Rural Hospital Disrupts Services
2019-09-23 20:03

Campbell County Health in Wyoming Sending Patients to Other Hospitals Many Miles AwayA ransomware attack late last week on a county hospital in rural Wyoming was still causing patient care...

Wyoming Hospital's Services Disrupted by Ransomware
2019-09-23 12:57

Gillette, Wyoming-based Campbell County Memorial Hospital continues to experience service disruptions after a ransomware attack hit Campbell County Health’s computer systems on Friday. read more

Hospital Fined for Slow Records Release
2019-09-09 20:18

HHS OCR Says Case Is First in New 'Right to Access' InitiativeHHS has slapped a Florida healthcare provider with an $85,000 settlement for failing to provide a mother with timely access to fetal...

Hospitals are being suffocated by robocalls
2019-06-19 10:48

Some pretend to be hospitals to get patients' payment data. Others pose as the goverment and try to get confidential data from hospitals.

Hospital medical equipment contains potentially lethal vulnerability
2019-06-13 18:25

A vulnerability in the Windows CE-powered Alaris Gateway Workstation allows attackers to modify dosage rates for infusion pumps, which can have lethal results.