Security News

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.

Hospital to Pay $250,000 After Alleged False HITECH Claims
2019-06-04 21:03

Whistleblowers Say Hospital Falsely Attested to Conducting Risk Analysis for EHR Incentive ProgramA Kansas hospital has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle allegations that it falsely attested to...

To catch a drug thief, hospital secretly recorded births, women’s surgeries
2019-04-03 15:41

81 women claim their privacy was violated as hospital tried to trap a drug thief.

How susceptible are hospital employees to phishing attacks?
2019-03-13 06:30

Cybersecurity threats are a rising problem in society, especially for healthcare organizations. Successful attacks can jeopardize not only patient data but also patient care, leading to...

Inside a GandCrab targeted ransomware attack on a hospital
2019-02-14 17:03

A recent attack on a US hospital gives us a colourful picture of both how a targeted ransomware attack happens, and how it can be stopped.

Refrigeration Systems Used by Supermarkets, Hospitals Left Exposed Online
2019-02-08 18:44

Thousands of instances of a temperature control system are exposed to remote attacks from the internet due to users’ failure to change default passwords and implement other security measures. read more

Smart building security flaws leave schools, hospitals at risk
2019-01-15 19:00

Vendors of smart building hardware issued updates to products without disclosing that vulnerabilities were patched, leading security systems for schools and hospitals to be accessible via the web.

Hackers who DDoSed African telecom and US hospital get long prison sentences
2019-01-14 12:45

Two men who launched DDoS attacks against a variety of targets have received substantial prison sentences on Friday. Attacks against Liberian telecom 30-year-old Daniel Kaye (aka “BestBuy”), from...