Security News

CyberMDX raises $10 million Series A to expand medical cybersecurity to hospitals worldwide
2018-07-18 17:59

CyberMDX announced the completion of a $10 million Series A financing. The round was led by Pitango Venture Capital, with participation from OurCrowd Qure. The number of connected medical devices...

Hospital Diverts Ambulances Due to Ransomware Attack
2018-07-11 19:02

Latest Cyber Incident Spotlights Impact on Patient CareA ransomware attack that forced a Missouri medical center to divert ambulances carrying trauma and stroke patients to other facilities serves...

Texas Hospital CEOs: Cybersecurity Is No. 1 Worry
2018-05-07 20:33

At a recent meeting of hospital CEOs in Texas, the leaders said the issue that keeps them awake at night is cybersecurity, says Fernando Martinez of the Texas Hospital Association, who explains why.

Medic! Orangeworm malware targets hospitals worldwide
2018-04-24 14:00

Hacking campaign goes after care providers and equipment If there's one thing security vendors love it's a catchilly-named piece of malware to whip up fervor over, and boy is it a good day to be Symantec.…

What types of hospitals experience data breaches?
2018-02-20 12:59

An estimated 16 million patient records were stolen in the United States in 2016, and last summer the British health system was crippled by a ransomware attack. While we know these events are on...

Hospital Hit With Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
2018-02-08 21:33

Are More Healthcare Sector Entities at Risk?Do healthcare entities face a growing risk of being hit with cryptocurrency mining attacks, which have become more common in other sectors? A Tennessee...

US hospital paid $55,000 ransom to hackers despite having backups
2018-01-17 20:06

A US hospital has decided to pay a ransom of 4 bitcoin to regain access to some 1,400 files locked by attackers. Hancock Health, a regional hospital based in Greenfield, Indiana, said they’d...

UK Blames North Korea for Cyberattack That Crippled Hospitals
2017-10-27 12:38

Britain on Friday blamed North Korea for a ransomware attack this year that a new report revealed affected a third of English hospitals and could have been prevented with "basic" IT security. read more

Scottish Hospitals Hit by Bitpaymer Ransomware (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-31 16:33

New Variant of Crypto-Locking Ransomware Evaded DefensesHospitals in Lanarkshire, Scotland, are continuing to recover following an outbreak involving a new variant of Bitpaymer ransomware....

Hurricane Harvey: Hospital EHRs Appear to Weather the Storm (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-30 19:03

Official Says No Major Outages Reported YetIn the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Texas hospitals have not yet reported issues involving access to electronic health records and other critical systems,...