Security News

Texas Hospital Hit With Dharma Ransomware Attack
2018-11-16 20:20

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...

Spooky miasmic gas bricks hospital iPhones (mwah ha ha ha)
2018-10-31 17:34

Apple devices haunted by helium.

Hospitals Fined $1 Million After TV Crews Film Patients
2018-09-20 19:48

HHS Slaps Three Boston Hospitals With HIPAA PenaltiesHIPAA privacy violations can come in many forms. Case in point: Federal regulators have smacked three Boston hospitals with settlements...

Hospital Insider PHI Theft Case: Lessons to Learn
2018-09-18 21:18

Experts Offer Insights on Preventive MeasuresA case involving alleged insider theft of protected health information from a hospital in New York illustrates why healthcare organizations need to...

If it doesn't need to be connected, don't: Nurse prescribes meds for sickly hospital infosec
2018-08-23 04:56

Pro shares healthcare horror stories BSides Manchester A children's nurse prescribed hospitals ways to improve their computer security at the BSides conference in Manchester, England, earlier this month.…

300,000 Records Found at Hospital Slated for Demolition
2018-08-08 19:47

Documents Discovered Four Years After Hospital Moved to New FacilitiesDocuments containing information on more than 300,000 patients were recently discovered on the former campus of a Missouri...

Guilty! Court sinks children’s hospital attacker found stranded on a boat
2018-08-06 11:59

Martin Gottesfeld set off DDoS attacks against hospitals in #opJustina, fled the country in a boat, and had to be rescued by a Disney ship.

Boston Children's Hospital DDoS Attacker Convicted
2018-08-03 19:17

Hacktivist Was Protesting Controversial Child Custody CaseA federal jury has convicted a hacktivist who launched DDoS attacks in 2014 on Boston Children's Hospital and another local facility to...

Castaway hacker guilty of hospital DDoS attack
2018-08-02 18:51

He'll almost certainly get more than a three-hour tour for this A self-styled Anonymous hacker who attempted to flee the US in a sailboat has been convicted of two felonies for his role in a 2014...

Biggest Pediatric Hospital Breach Reported
2018-07-26 19:33

105,000 Affected at Boys Town National Research HospitalA hacking incident at Boys Town National Research Hospital is the largest ever reported by a pediatric care provider or children's hospital,...