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Month: May 2022

Study Recognizes Risks Related to 3rd and 4th Party Scripts on Websites

May 31, 2022 Christine Garcia

A recent study conducted by Source Defense analyzed the risks related to using third- and fourth-party codes on online sites. They found that all modern, active websites had code that can be targeted by attackers […]

Washington University School of Medicine & Oswego County Opportunities Report Email Incidents

May 27, 2022 Christine Garcia

Oswego County Opportunities (OCO) in New York has reported that an unknown actor has recently accessed a small number of staff email accounts. OCO discovered the security breach because of notable suspicious email activity and […]

Sensitive Data of Breast Cancer Patients Compromised Because of Misconfiguration in AWS S3 Bucket

May 26, 2022 Christine Garcia

Researchers found out that a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket is exposing information. This cloud storage is owned by Breastcancer.org, a breast cancer support charity located in Ardmore, PA. SafetyDetectives learned that the unsecured AWS bucket […]

Healthcare Data Breach Report in April 2022

May 25, 2022 Christine Garcia

After four consecutive months of decreasing figures of data breaches, reported data breaches increased by 30.2%. In April 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received 56 data breaches […]

Data Breaches at Parker-Hannifin, Vail Health, Behavioral Health Partners of Metrowest

May 24, 2022 Christine Garcia

Parker-Hannifin Cyberattack Affects About 120,000 Health Plan Members Parker-Hannifin Corporation based in Cleveland, OH, a company offering motion and control technologies, lately announced that unauthorized people have obtained access to a section of its IT […]

Top 10 Security Vulnerabilities Exploited by Attackers

May 20, 2022 Christine Garcia

Based on the latest security advisory released by the Five Eyes Cybersecurity agencies in the U.K., U.S., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, the most frequent attack vectors cyber threat actors use for preliminary access to […]

Cyberattacks Reported by NuLife Med LLC and FPS Medical Center

May 19, 2022 Christine Garcia

The medical equipment organization NuLife Med LLC based in Manchester, NH, has just announced that it encountered a cyberattack in March 2022. It discovered suspicious network activity on or approximately March 11, 2022, and took […]

AvosLocker Professed to Have Conducted the Christus Health Ransomware Attack

May 18, 2022 Christine Garcia

The nonprofit health system Christus Health based in Irving, TX operates over 600 healthcare establishments in Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana. It has been reported recently that it discovered suspicious activity with its computer […]

Thousands of Patients Affected by Eye Care Leaders Hacking Incident

May 17, 2022 Christine Garcia

Unauthorized persons have acquired access to the computer systems of Eye Care Leaders, which is an electronic health records and patient management software solutions provider for eye care clinics. On or around December 4, 2021, […]

HC3 Shows Developments in Ransomware Attacks on the HPH Sector

May 13, 2022 Christine Garcia

The tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by ransomware and other cyber attackers are always changing to elude identification and enable the groups to carry out more successful attacks. The Department of Health and Human […]

Bill Presented to Help Strengthen Medical Device Cybersecurity

May 12, 2022 Christine Garcia

A new bill was presented to address the issue of cybersecurity of medical devices that will necessitate makers of medical devices to satisfy particular minimum criteria for cybersecurity with regard to the complete lifecycle of […]

Partnership Health Plan & Oregon Anesthesiology Group Face Class Action Lawsuits Over Ransomware Attacks

May 11, 2022 Christine Garcia

Class action lawsuits were lately filed against Oregon Anesthesiology Group and Partnership Health Plan in Northern California because of ransomware attacks that resulted in the theft of sensitive patient/plan member information. Partnership Health Plan of […]

Email Security Report Submitted by HealthPlex and Optima Dermatology

May 10, 2022 Christine Garcia

Healthplex Inc., one of the largest dental insurance providers located in New York state, has announced the compromise of an employee’s email account during a phishing attack on November 24, 2021. Upon discovery of the […]

NIST Issues Updated Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Guidance

May 9, 2022 Christine Garcia

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released an updated version of the cybersecurity supply chain risk management (C-SCRM) guidance to aid businesses in developing an effective plan for identifying, evaluating, and responding to […]

Password Security and Management Guidelines

May 6, 2022 Christine Garcia

Making and remembering long, complicated passwords is hard for many individuals, and it is made even more difficult because of the need to make passwords to protect several accounts – A study by NordPass advises […]

World Password Day and the Importance of Passwords

May 5, 2022 Christine Garcia

May 5, 2022 is World Password Day. This event was established in 2013 and is observed every first Thursday of May with the objective of bettering understanding of the value of using complex and unique […]

Which Vulnerabilities are the Most Exploited in 2021

May 4, 2022 Christine Garcia

The Five Eyes security agencies, a group of intelligence agencies from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom have released a joint advisory regarding the 15 vulnerabilities in software programs and […]

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