Month: July 2022

Cybercriminals are increasingly attacking business associates of HIPAA-covered entities because of the ease of accessing the systems of a number of healthcare providers. To help healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) manage the situation, the Cloud Security […]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released information to assist healthcare companies to be protected against web application attacks. In recent years, web applications have increased in […]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSofMA) has just confirmed that a data breach at a business associate resulted in the exposure of the protected health information (PHI) of a number of its health […]

In June 2022, 70 healthcare data breaches involving 500 or higher records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). This number is two less than May and […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made updates to its guidance for HIPAA-covered entities on enforcing the HIPAA Security Rule to better secure patients’ personal data and protected health information (PHI). The […]

The Methodist Hospitals Inc decided to resolve a class action lawsuit and allocated a $425,000 fund for claims filed by victims in relation to a data breach in 2019 that impacted about 70,000 patients. The […]

A new Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report showed that giving security awareness training to the employees considerably lowers risks to phishing attacks. KnowBe4 conducted the study to find out how helpful security awareness training is […]

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reported that Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) has decided to negotiate a HIPAA investigation arising from the […]

Health Aid of Ohio has decided to resolve a class action lawsuit to handle claims concerning its inability to secure the sensitive personal data of its clients. Health Aid of Ohio based in Parma, OH […]

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has lately released guidance to healthcare companies after the overturning of Roe v. Wade subsequent to the SCOTUS Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization judgment, which took away the […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of the Treasury, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint security advisory to the healthcare and public health industry about the risk of Maui […]

Google has stated that it is going to take steps to improve privacy protections for end users of its services. Google has always recommended an extensive, national privacy law covering consumer data to make sure […]

The Department of the Treasury, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) have released a joint cybersecurity warning regarding the MedusaLocker ransomware. The MedusaLocker […]

Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have written to two prominent mental health app companies and sought responses regarding their practices on data collection and sharing. There were several reports […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has advised the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a feedback system to enhance the efficiency of its data breach reporting procedure. The Health Information Technology for […]