Because a data breach on the Palmetto Health site occurred, Prisma Health Midlands is informing about 19,000 patients and 3,000 employees. Prisma Health – earlier known as Palmetto Health – found out on August 29, […]
TitanHQ, a provider of cloud security, has seen an exceptional increase in quarter three of 2019, having the most bustling quarter for its MSP enterprise all through its 20+ year history. The company grew into […]
Smith’s Food & Drug based in Salt Lake City, OH has reported that around 58,000 patients’ pharmacy records were improperly disposed of. The grocery and drug store chain discovered the improper disposal on August 29, […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom affixed his signature on bill AB-1130 which revises the data breach notification law in California. The latest bill stretches the meaning of personal information impacting the need to issue notifications to […]
The vulnerability CVE-2019-13546 was discovered in the Philips IntelliSpace Perinatal obstetrics data management system. This vulnerability is remotely exploitable by a user of an authorized remote desktop session host application or a person that could […]
Geisinger Health Plan based in Danville, PA found out that some of its members’ protected health information (PHI) was exposed because Magellan NIA, one of its business associates, had a suspected phishing attack. Magellan NIA […]
Kalispell Regional Healthcare in Montana had a security breach last summer and is informing around 129,000 patients about the potential compromise of their protected health information (PHI). Kalispell Regional Healthcare manages Kalispell Regional Medical Center, […]
Monterey Health Center in Milwaukie, OR encountered a ransomware attack, which began on August 12, 2019. Because of the incident, its electronic health records system was encrypted and made patient information inaccessible. With the assistance […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) and Microsoft launched a new project to create guidance on the development and implementation of an effective patch management strategy. After […]
A new report from Emsisoft, a New Zealand-based cybersecurity company, exposed the magnitude of ransomware usage in cyberattacks in America. 2019’s first 9 months had 621 reports of ransomware attacks on government agencies, healthcare companies, […]
The 2019 Market Guide for Cloud Service Providers to Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) has been published by Gartner. It includes a study of the healthcare cloud market and points out how the cloud may be […]
A new Proofpoint report provides ideas on the cyber threats that healthcare companies run into and the most prevalent attacks that bring about healthcare data breaches. Proofpoint’s 2019 Healthcare Threat Report reveals the evolving threat […]
Hunt Regional Healthcare based in Texas learned that a May 2018 cyberattack was more extensive than earlier thought. The FBI informed Hunt Regional on May 14, 2019 that an advanced, targeted cyberattack hit its systems […]
The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business introduced a special healthcare-specific professional cybersecurity certificate program. The professional leadership and educational program is the first healthcare targeted cybersecurity certification program to be made […]
Three of DCH Health System’s hospitals in Alabama were forced not to accept new patients other than those in a critical state due to a ransomware attack. The staff in DCH Regional Medical Center in […]
CHI Health in Omaha, NE, a 14-hospital health system, had a ransomware attack, which led to the potential exposure of the protected health information (PHI) of close to 48,000 patients. CHI Health became aware of […]
On behalf of Kaspersky Lab, a B2B International survey recently performed confirmed there is an increase in the average expense of a data breach at the enterprise-level from $1.23 million (2018) to $1.41 million. The […]
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) is informing some patients about the exposure of their protected health information (PHI) because of a phishing-related email security breach at its Southeastern Regional Medical Center, which happened on […]
There has been an increase in the number of business email compromise (BEC) attacks in the United States. According to Symantec, an average of 6,029 businesses received BEC emails in the last 12 months and […]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights consented to a negotiation with Elite Dental Associates concerning its HIPAA violation case relating to the impermissible disclosure of protected health information (PHI) of […]
Armis Security researchers found 11 vulnerabilities in the Interpeak IPnet TCP/IP Stack, which is a third-party software part utilized in some medical devices and hospital networks. The DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) received […]
North Florida OB-GYN located in Jacksonville, FL found out that hackers acquired access to selected parts of its computer system holding personal and health information of patients and infected the system with a virus that […]
A damaging ransomware attack on Wood Ranch Medical in Simi Valley, CA caused its irreversible shutting down on December 17, 2019. The attack took place on August 10, 2019 and the ransomware corrupted the servers. […]
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