The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is moving forward with its efforts to catch healthcare companies that fail to provide patients with prompt access to their healthcare records. OCR recently announced a settlement reached […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Private Industry Advisory regarding the growing number of cases of Egregor ransomware attacks. This ransomware-as-a-service operation was first discovered in September 2020. The attackers behind the Egregor […]
An email security breach at LSU Health University Medical Center-New Orleans led to the probable exposure of the protected health information (PHI) of some patients. LSU Health New Orleans Health Care Services Division earlier announced […]
Custom Internet Services LLC based in Winfield, KS provides Information Technology solutions to small- and medium-sized companies and institutions. It recently received a certification from Compliancy Group confirming that it has implemented an appropriate HIPAA […]
Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, West Virginia’s biggest behavioral health services provider, became aware that an unauthorized person potentially obtained access to the protected health information (PHI) of a small number of its present […]
Compliancy Group has certified Brightside Behavioral Health based in Warwick, Rhode Island to be in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) after implementing an efficient HIPAA compliance plan. Brightside Behavioral Health […]
Compliancy Group has certified that Miiskin has achieved Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance after completing all required steps to follow the HIPAA rules. Miiskin is a provider of an application and teledermatology […]
In the fall of 2020, CISA, FBI, and HHS cybersecurity gave a joint advisory to the healthcare and public health industry subsequent to a surge in ransomware activity. The joint notice discussed that attackers are […]
2020 was the most awful ever year when it comes to healthcare industry data breaches. There were 616 data breaches involving 500 or more health records documented by the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. Those […]
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity advisory concerning the activity of Russian state-sponsored hacking groups targeting a vulnerability found in VMWare virtual workspaces that is used for performing remote work. The vulnerability […]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has released a new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules guidance to tackle the issue of disclosing protected health information (PHI) to […]
Atlantic.net in Orlando, Florida made statements concerning big changes that will help improve its performance, make its billing more accurate, and allow it to deliver better overall customer assistance. The hosting provider currently provides its […]
The DHS’ Cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Agency has created a website offering information about the current cyber activities of the advanced persistent threat (APT) gang behind the compromise of the SolarWinds Orion software supply chain. […]
Compliancy Group has certified that KeyReply, an enterprise SaaS AI chatbot software company, has integrated an appropriate HIPAA compliance program. KeyReply offers a web- and on-premise chatbot and conversational AI tool for the medical care […]
The number of healthcare data breaches reported dropped again last November; however, take note that the number of reported breaches in October 2020 was thrice the average monthly number mostly because of the ransomware attack […]
Meharry Medical College located in Nashville, TN found an email account breach that possibly allowed unauthorized persons to get access or steal the protected health information (PHI) of up to 20,983 patients. Meharry Medical College […]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has publicized its 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits Industry Report, featuring areas where HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates are complying or unable to abide with […]
Jacksonville Children’s and Multispecialty Clinic (JCMC) is now certified as fully HIPAA compliant after completing Compliancy Group’s established HIPAA compliance system. JCMC is operating a number of clinics in the counties of Onslow, New Hanover […]
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued final guidance for healthcare delivery companies on securing the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) ecosystem. PACS […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a private industry notice regarding the increasing DoppelPaymer ransomware activity and the threat actors’ change in strategy to compel victims into paying the ransom. DoppelPaymer ransomware first […]
Cedar Springs Hospital based in Colorado Springs, CO is informing some patients regarding the loss of a portable storage unit that had their protected health information (PHI) last October 2020. The hospital gave a copy […]
Horizon Information Systems, Inc based in Johnstown, PA, a software solutions developer serving human service and community action organizations, has received its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance approval from the Compliancy Group. […]
Twitter is penalized with €450,000 ($544,600) for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland issued the fine in connection with Twitter’s privacy breach report to the DPC […]
The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a new bill (HR 7988), which tries to change the HITECH Act to necessitate the Department of Health and Human Services to identify whether or not HIPAA-covered entities […]
A phishing attack on Tufts Health Plan resulted in the compromise of the protected health information (PHI) of 60,545 members’ of EyeMed, a vision benefits management company. EyeMed uncovered the phishing attack on July 1, […]
GBMC HealthCare located in Towson, MD reported a ransomware attack that happened on December 6, 2020 causing the taking down of its computer network. The healthcare company currently implements EHR downtime protocols while it controls […]
Dental Care Alliance, LLC based in Sarasota, FL, a dental support provider with more than 320 affiliated dental practices in 20 states, was hacked and potentially compromising the protected health information (PHI) of over a […]
Rave Mobile Safety has announced a COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Option that will enable public health agencies to determine persons who must have priority vaccination, customize alerts to these individuals, provide reminders for second vaccinations, and […]
Montefiore Medical Center and Mercy Health have reported insider data breaches in the past few days. In both breaches, an employee accessed patient information even if there was no valid work reason for doing so. […]
Kalispell Regional Healthcare based in Montana has offered a $4.2 million settlement deal to take care of a lawsuit filed on behalf of victims associated with a data breach that was reported in October 2019. […]
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel talked about a potential bioterrorist attack that could jeopardize the synthetic DNA supply chain. DNA synthesis providers may be misled into creating unsafe DNA sequences, skipping present security controls, […]
Four vulnerabilities were identified in the OpenClinic software, the most critical of which could possibly permit unauthorized people to get around authentication and access protected health information (PHI). A lot of private clinics, hospitals, and […]
University of Minnesota Physicians recently experienced a phishing attack that permitted unauthorized people to obtain access to two workers’ email accounts. One email account was accessible from January 30 to January 31, 2020 and the […]
AspenPointe based in Colorado Springs, a provider of mental health and behavioral health services, has reported a cyberattack in September 2020 that resulted in the potential compromise of patient information. Because of the attack, the […]
Compliancy Group has certified Easy Way Delivery Services as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant after demonstrating it has effectively complied with its requirements. The HIPAA Seal of Compliance was awarded to Easy […]
A recent private industry alert from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that threat actors that use Ragnar Locker ransomware have increased their attacks and have been choosing businesses and organizations in different sectors […]
OCR imposed more financial penalties on HIPAA covered entities and business associates this 2020 than any year since OCR got authorized by the HIPAA Enforcement Rule to issue financial penalties on non-complying entities. As of […]
The number of reported data breaches to OCR for October is well above average. It was 33.68% less than September’s with 63 reported breaches involving 500 or more records, but it was still 41.82% above […]
The Compliancy Group has certified Daisee, a speech and sentiment analytics software company, as having an efficient HIPAA compliance program. Daisee is an acronym that stands for Deep Artificial Intelligence for Enterprise Ecosystem. The company […]
The biggest eyewear business in the world, Luxottica, had a cyberattack that affected several websites managed by the company. Luxottica is the owner of the popular eyewear brands Persol, Ray-Ban, and Oakley. It produces designer […]
Office 365 users have been cautioned regarding a continuous phishing campaign that collects user credentials. The attackers utilize sophisticated strategies to circumvent email security defenses and social engineering techniques to trick company personnel into going […]
According to Microsoft, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups in North Korea and Russia are directing attacks on companies engaged in COVID-19 research and vaccine development. Three APT groups have targeted six big pharmaceutical companies and […]
A phishing attack affected the Department of Human Services, North Dakota Department of Health, Cavalier County Health District, and other state departments that resulted in the compromise of employee email accounts from November 23 to […]
A ransomware attack on First Impressions Orthodontics, a Professional Dental Alliance of Connecticut PLLC’s subsidiary, occurred on September 28, 2020 that resulted in the potential compromise of the protected health information (PHI) of 23,000 patients. […]
The BD Alaris PC Unit identified a medium severity vulnerability that could be exploited to bring about a denial of service attack and a drop in wireless capacity. Medigate discovered the vulnerability and reported it […]
The TrickBot botnet is being used to conduct a new phishing campaign that delivers the Buer loader and Bazar backdoor malware. Researchers at Area 1 Security detected the campaign that has been operating since early […]
RevoluIT based in Frankfort, IL is an IT and small business consulting company serving the healthcare industry was certified as compliant with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) after taking […]
Ransom Demands Continue to Increase The Coverware Quarterly Ransomware report for Q3 2020 reveals that the average ransom demand progressively increased during the last 8 quarters, though the quarterly growth was more significant every quarter […]
Coveware has published its Quarterly Ransomware report for the third quarter of 2020 and featured the hottest ransomware attack developments. The report notes that data exfiltration before deploying the ransomware remains a well-liked tactic. About […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights just issued the 10th financial penalty covered by the HIPAA Right of Access enforcement initiative. Riverside Psychiatric Medical Group based in California has […]
An unauthorized person had accessed the email account of an employee of Centerstone, which provides mental health and substance use disorder treatment services in Illinois, Indiana, Florida and Tennessee. Centerstone detected strange activity in the […]
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the United Kingdom’s data protection authority, has enforced a £18.4 million ($23.8 million) financial fine on Marriott International for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The ICO had […]
computer systems remained offline, it is still providing patient care. The hospital’s emergency and urgent care departments are open and are fully operational. Most scheduled elective procedures will proceed as scheduled. Right now, while the […]
Compliancy Group made an announcement that health tech start-up BIONWORKS has attained compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements. BIONWORKS develops an advanced ML-driven enterprise mobility software program for the healthcare […]
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a significant increase in healthcare providers extending telehealth services to individuals. Virtual consultations are being made available to minimize the number of individuals traveling to hospitals and clinics to restrict […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have given an advisory regarding elevated Ryuk ransomware activity directed at the public […]
Aetna Life Insurance Company and the associated covered entity (Aetna) has decided to resolve several potential HIPAA violations that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found in the course […]
On October 11, 2020, Sonoma Valley Hospital based in California encountered a computer security breach that resulted in the shutdown of its computer systems, hence “a significant downtime event” occurred. The hospital went ahead with […]
At the beginning of this year, Rave Mobile Safety conducted a 2020 Healthcare Emergency Preparedness and Security Trends Survey. Now on November 12, 2020, there will be a webinar hosted by Rave Mobile Safety where […]
LuxSci, a provider of HIPAA-compliant email communications services based in Massachusetts, has reported that it has gotten HITRUST CSF Certification. The HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) is an all-inclusive, certifiable platform for companies that generate, […]
Before September, the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights only issued three financial penalties on covered entities and business associates over HIPAA violations. Yet, in September, there was a squall of notices regarding HIPAA settlements when […]
September is awful in terms of data breaches. HIPAA-covered entities and business associates reported 95 data breaches involving at least 500 records. The increase in breaches is 156.75% compared to last August 2020. There wasn’t […]
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) just recently issued a security warning urging companies to patch a critical remote code execution vulnerability present in Microsoft SharePoint. There is also an advisory from the DHS […]
On October 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft launched a patch to fix a critical remove code execution vulnerability identified in the Microsoft Windows Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP stack. The vulnerability is caused by the way TCP/IP […]
Silent Librarian, also known as Cobalt Dickens and TA407, centered in Iran has begun again spear-phishing attacks on colleges in America and all over the world. Since 2013, the hacking group has been executing attacks […]
Compliancy Group has certified NeuronUP’s good faith effort to achieve HIPAA compliance and satisfactorily fulfilled the specifications of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s regulations. NeuronUP is a 3-in-1 tool created to assist neurorehabilitation […]
Universal Health Services has affirmed that its 250 hospitals in the USA are operational and hoping to catch a person thought to be behind the ransomware attack that shut down its systems for three weeks. […]
eResearchTechnology in Philadelphia is a company marketing software for clinical trials, for instance, the clinical trials relating to Covid-19 vaccines. The company experienced a ransomware attack last September 20, 2020 that affected several clients, including […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint alert about advanced persistent hackers stringing exploits for a number of vulnerabilities in cyberattacks directed at federal and […]
Community Health Systems located in Franklin, TN, and its subsidiary CHSPCS LLC agreed to settle a multi-state action with 28 state attorneys general by paying out $5 M. An investigation directed by Tennessee Attorney General […]
The 12th HIPAA penalty of 2020 has been reported by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). It is the 8th under the HIPAA Right of Access enforcement initiative since […]
The chiropractor Accents on Health based in Lone Tree, CO encountered a ransomware attack on August 5, 2020 that saw the encryption of information kept on its computer systems. Cybersecurity forensics experts looked into the […]
Maternal Fetal Associates based in Virginia is a medical group composed of maternal fetal medicine professionals. It recently announced its completion of the Six Stage Implementation Program of Compliancy Group and has received certification as […]
A healthcare employee who was charged with violation of patient privacy and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules was cleared of any violation after the federal law enforcement’s investigation. The said employee […]
On September 30, 2020, Blackbaud submitted a Form 8-K with the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) that gave more details on the ransomware attack encountered by the company in May 2020. Blackbaud stated that […]
Oaklawn Hospital located in Marshall, MI, has begun informing 26,861 patients regarding a potential compromise of their personal and medical data. It is not clear when the hospital detected the breach, however, the forensic investigation […]
Health insurer Anthem Inc. based in Indianapolis, IN has settled its multi-state actions filed by state attorneys general in relation to its 2014 78.8 million record data breach. One settlement deal for $39.5 million was […]
Alameda Health System (AHS) based in Alameda, CA, an inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and wellness services provider around the East Bay area, became aware that an unauthorized individual had briefly gained access to an employee’s email […]
Universal Health Services (UHS) located in King of Prussia, PA has experienced a big security breach that resulted in the inaccessibility of its IT systems. The health system has got at least 400 healthcare facilities […]
People affected by the recent data breaches that occurred at Blackbaud and Assured Imaging took legal action for the compromise and theft of their personal data and protected health information (PHI). Several Lawsuits Filed in […]
stealing credentials from several applications and data resources, such as Firefox, Safari, and Chrome web browsers. It likewise rips off credentials utilized for email accounts, sFTP and FTP clients. The malware can be used to […]
Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York has dismissed a worker due to the supposed theft of the protected health information PHI of around 4,000 patients. Montefiore learned about the possible internal data breach in […]
Sudden Infant Death Services (SIDS) of Illinois, Inc. has been certified as compliant with the standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Security and Privacy Rules, the Breach Notification Rules, and the […]
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights received 37 reports of healthcare data breaches involving 500 or more records in August 2020. The number of breaches continued to be rather constant month-over-month, however, breached records in […]
There are 5 vulnerabilities with low- to medium-severity discovered in the Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform (Vue PACS). An attacker could exploit the vulnerability and influence an authorized user to perform unauthorized activities or disclose data […]
A recent joint cybersecurity alert published by the Cybersecurity Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that a hacking group connected to the Iranian government was detected exploiting […]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the newly released version of its tool for Security Risk Assessment (SRA). The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology […]
HealthAlliance Hospital and its health record management vendor, Ciox Health, are facing a lawsuit for refusing to give a widow the medical records of her deceased husband. In October 2020, the husband of Sherry Russell, […]
Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA is one of the healthcare companies that lately confirmed the impact of the Blackbaud ransomware attack on its company. The information contained in a backup donor database included […]
A Federal judge dismissed a potential class-action lawsuit that was filed in June 2019 against UChicago Medicine, the University of Chicago, and Google. The lawsuit was a response to an alleged breach of HIPAA Rules […]
Compliancy Group has certified MeDLiTE Inc. as HIPAA-compliant after satisfactorily meeting all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements. MeDLite is a full-service medical billing firm based in Hackensack, NJ. MeDLiTE has been in […]
The Baton Rouge Clinic located in Louisiana suffered a cyberattack at the beginning of July that made its email and phone system inaccessible and constrained its laboratory and radiology services. The ransomware attack caused systems […]
The National Insider Threat Awareness Month (NITAM) is being observed this September 2020 for the second time. The whole month, resources are being made accessible to point out the value of discovering, blocking, and reporting […]
Recently, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the eHealth Initiative & Foundation (eHI) issued a draft of a consumer privacy framework for health data to deal with the loopholes in legal protections for […]
There is a growing number of healthcare providers that are confirmed to have experienced a data breach as a result of the Blackbaud ransomware attack. Four more healthcare providers sent breach notification reports in the […]
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has reported the potential exposure of the personal data of persons who donated to Northwestern Memorial HealthCare in the past due to a Blackbaud ransomware attack fairly recently. An unauthorized man or […]
Paramount Counseling Services (PCS) based in Whitefish Bay, WI, a mental health agency providing counseling and psychotherapy services to outpatients, has proven its compliance with the requirements of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act […]
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. is going to pay $500,000 as a financial penalty to bring to an end a case against Viztek LLC, its ex-subsidiary, to take care of False Claims Act violations in […]
The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine, the American College of Radiology, and the Radiological Society of North America published an advisory with regards to online medical presentations and the possibility of inadvertent exposure of […]
The Secretary Alex Azar of the HHS has a public health emergency declared in the states of Texas and Louisiana because of Hurricane Laura, and in California because of the continuing wildfires. HIPAA Rules continue […]
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