Security News

No plain sailing for Anon hacktivist picked up by Disney cruise ship: 10 years in the cooler for hospital DDoS caper
2019-01-11 09:05

Healthcare networks pummeled amid drama over teen girl's custody Five months after he was found guilty of orchestrating a distributed denial-of-service attack against US healthcare providers, the...

Hacktivist Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence for DDoS Attack on Hospitals
2019-01-11 07:37

A 34-year-old man from Somerville, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against two healthcare organizations in the...

If you wanna learn from the IT security blunders committed by hacked hospital group, here's some weekend reading
2019-01-11 04:04

Database intrusion should not have succeeded, probe finds, but... The theft of 1.5 million patient records, including those of Singapore's Prime Minister, from the city state's SingHealth hospital...

Top vulnerabilities hospital executives should address immediately
2019-01-08 06:15

The three most critical and common high-security cyber risks facing healthcare delivery organizations and their partners have been uncovered in an analysis by the Clearwater CyberIntelligence...

HIPAA Case: Hospital Fined for Ex-Employee's Access to PHI
2018-12-12 19:18

Enforcement Action is the Third in Recent Weeks, Eighth This YearIn its third enforcement action in recent weeks, federal regulators have hit a Colorado medical center with a HIPAA fine in a case...

Russian Hospital Targeted With Flash Zero-Day After Kerch Incident
2018-12-05 17:11

Security updates released by Adobe on Wednesday for Flash Player patch two vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw exploited by a sophisticated threat actor in attacks aimed at a healthcare...

Why hospitals are the next frontier of cybersecurity
2018-12-04 07:00

Hospital cybersecurity is a pressing problem with unique challenges and incalculable stakes. The healthcare industry’s accelerating adoption of sophisticated networks, connected devices and...

How hospitals can use AI to fight medical device hacking
2018-11-28 16:54

Ben-Gurion University researchers developed a device-focused cybersecurity solution to act as a last line of defense to protect patients.

The current state of cybersecurity in the connected hospital
2018-11-27 03:15

Abbott and The Chertoff Group released a white paper that shares key findings from a recent study of 300 physicians and 100 hospital administrators on cybersecurity challenges in the hospital...

Texas Hospital Catches Dharma Ransomware Infection
2018-11-19 13:18

Altus Baytown Hospital Among Latest Healthcare Cyberattack VictimsAn attack on Altus Baytown Hospital in Texas is the latest ransomware incident reported to federal regulators as a health data...