Security Breaches August 9, 2016 Attempted Fraud Reports Suggest Optometry Association Data Breach An optometry association data breach is suspected to have occurred in which the sensitive data of optometrists and optometry students were stolen. Those data appear ... Read more
Compliance August 9, 2016 Qualcomm Chip Vulnerabilities Affect Close to 1 Billion Android Phones Android smartphones and tablets are at risk of compromise due to four recently discovered Qualcomm chip vulnerabilities, according to security researchers at Check Point. The ... Read more
Security Breaches August 8, 2016 Newkirk Products Data Breach Impacts 3.3 Million Individuals The recently announced Newkirk Products data breach impacts at least 13 health insurers and healthcare providers, and reportedly affects as many as 3.3 million health ... Read more
Compliance August 6, 2016 Banner Health Network Cyberattack Affects 3.7 Million Individuals 3.7 million individuals have been affected by a Banner Health Network cyberattack discovered last month. The Banner Health Network cyberattack is the largest healthcare data ... Read more
Tools & Practices August 5, 2016 Largest Ever HIPAA Penalty: Advocate Health Agrees to $5.55 Million Settlement This week, the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights announced it has issued the largest ever HIPAA penalty to a single covered entity. Advocate Health will ... Read more
Tools & Practices August 4, 2016 37 Months’ Imprisonment for Criminal HIPAA Violations A former customer service representative at Tampa General Hospital has been sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment for criminal HIPAA violations and tax fraud. Shanakia Benton ... Read more
Tools & Practices August 4, 2016 Infosys Joins the Growing List of Cloudyn Investors Infosys – India’s second largest software exporter – has announced it has invested $4 million in the cloud cost management and optimization firm Cloudyn – ... Read more
Security Breaches August 1, 2016 DHC Issues Message on Federal Government Cyber Incident Reporting The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a message on Federal Government cyber incident reporting. The document explains the importance of contacting the correct ... Read more
Trends & Reports July 29, 2016 Medical Students Potentially Violating HIPAA by Tracking Patients using EHRs A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests medical students may be violating HIPAA regulations by tracking patients using EHRs. A survey was conducted ... Read more
Compliance July 28, 2016 Wireless Keyboard Vulnerabilities Discovered Researchers at Bastille have discovered wireless keyboard vulnerabilities that can be exploited to inject keystrokes into targeted PCs, but worse still, armed with a $12 ... Read more
Security Breaches July 27, 2016 Free Stampedo Ransomware Decryptor Available A Stampedo ransomware decryptor has been posted by Emisoft which can be used by healthcare organizations to unlock data that have been encrypted by Stampedo ... Read more
Security Breaches July 27, 2016 Organizations Unprepared for Next Generation of Ransomware, Says Cisco Cisco has recently published its 2016 Midyear Cybersecurity Report which suggests many organizations are simply not equipped to deal with the next generation of ransomware. ... Read more
Compliance July 26, 2016 OIG Assesses HIPAA Standards for EHR Contingency Planning The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has conducted a survey to investigate whether HIPAA standards for EHR contingency planning were ... Read more
Security Breaches July 26, 2016 Premier Physicians Group Data Breach Reported 1,326 healthcare patients in Texas have been notified that some of their PHI was left unattended and unprotected, and was potentially viewed by unauthorized individuals. ... Read more
Compliance July 26, 2016 Patients Informed of Athens Orthopedic Clinic Cyberattack Patients of Athens Orthopedic Clinic are in the process of being notified that their protected health information has been obtained by a hacker. The Athens ... Read more
Trends & Reports July 25, 2016 ONC: Healthcare Information Sharing and Analysis Organization to Receive $250K Karen B. DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has announced that two new ... Read more
Security Breaches July 25, 2016 Shade Ransomware Botnet Taken Down The Shade Ransomware botnet has been taken down and new ransomware decryption tools have now been released to help victims recover their files. The takedown ... Read more
Security Breaches July 25, 2016 New Ransomware Prevention Initiative Launched by Europol Intel Security is leading a new ransomware prevention initiative which has the dual purpose of educating individuals on the danger of ransomware in an effort ... Read more
Security Breaches July 23, 2016 New PowerWare Ransomware Variant Mimics Locky Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 team has reported the discovery of a new PowerWare ransomware variant that pretends it is Locky in an attempt to ... Read more
Trends & Reports July 22, 2016 University of Mississippi Medical Center HIPAA Settlement Announced The failure to comply with HIPAA Rules can prove costly, as the University of Mississippi Medical Center HIPAA compliance settlement clearly shows. Following an investigation ... Read more
Security Breaches July 22, 2016 Bart and PowerWare Ransomware Decryption Tools Released Two relatively new ransomware variants have been neutralized by security researchers. New Bart and PowerWare ransomware decryption tools have now been released which will allow ... Read more
Tools & Practices July 21, 2016 Firefox will be Blocking Invisible Flash Content from August 2016 Firefox has announced that it will be blocking invisible Flash content from August 2016. The move has been prompted by the risk that Flash content ... Read more
Security Breaches July 20, 2016 Cerber Ransomware C&C Shut Down A command and control server used for a recent ransomware campaign has been shut down. The Cerber ransomware C&C was used as part of a ... Read more
Tools & Practices July 19, 2016 Oracle July Critical Patch Update: 276 Vulnerabilities Patched The Oracle July critical patch update issued today is the biggest to date. In total 276 security vulnerabilities have been addressed across 84 different products. Oracles ... Read more
Security Breaches July 19, 2016 Ransomware Gang Starts Sending CryptXXX Spam Emails CryptXXX is now one of the most prevalent variants of ransomware. While the ransomware variant has previously been delivered using exploit kits such as Neutrino ... Read more
Trends & Reports July 19, 2016 OCR Announces $2.7 million OHSU HIPAA Violation Settlement The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has agreed to settle ... Read more
Tools & Practices July 18, 2016 Starbucks and McDonalds Block Porn Access on WiFi Networks Starbucks and McDonalds have announced that they are starting to block porn access on WiFi networks. McDonalds implemented web filters earlier this year, and Starbucks ... Read more
Security Breaches July 18, 2016 Theft of Houston Astros Data Results in 4-Year Jail Term The theft of Houston Astros data by a former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director was widely reported in the press earlier this year. An FBI ... Read more
Insights July 15, 2016 Pager Replacement for Hospitals Smartphones have brought with them new possibilities, but also new challenges in healthcare. Physicians, nurses, and administrators carry to many devices. Many Physicians can be ... Read more
Tools & Practices July 15, 2016 U.S. Government Looking to Recruit 3,500 More Cybersecurity Professionals in 2016 The U.S. government is currently trying to deal with increasingly sophisticated and persistent cybersecurity threats. Attacks are coming from all angles: Individuals, criminal gangs, hacktivists, ... Read more