June 26, 2017 Healthcare Data Breach Resolution Costs Fall Healthcare data breach resolution costs are still higher than all other industries, but the latest Ponemon Institute/IBM Security study has shown that for the first ... Read more
June 24, 2017 Healthcare Data Breach Report Shows Breaches Are Taking Years to Detect The latest healthcare data breach report issued by Protenus, in conjunction with databreaches.net, shows healthcare data breaches increased in May, with 37 breaches reported compared ... Read more
June 22, 2017 Sophos Included in Gartner UTM Magic Quadrant for 2017 Sophos has announced it has been included in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management. Gartner’s Magic Quadrants include the best companies in ... Read more
June 21, 2017 RightScale Shortlisted for 2017 SIIA CODiE Award RightScale has been named a finalist in the Best Cloud Management category for the upcoming 2017 SIIA CODiE Awards – The only peer-reviewed program to ... Read more
June 17, 2017 HHS Looking Into OCR’s Wall of Shame Following Criticism The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights started publishing OCR’s ‘Wall of Shame’ – summaries of healthcare data breaches – on ... Read more
June 16, 2017 CloudRanger Now Automates Scheduling of RDS Instances Running RDS instances can be costly, and while that cost is not a problem when RDS instances are being constantly used, for many businesses that ... Read more
June 1, 2017 Pacemaker Cybersecurity Protections Found Lacking A recent study has found pacemaker cybersecurity protections not only to be lacking, but woefully inadequate. Many of the devices tested were discovered to contain ... Read more
May 31, 2017 Patient Portal Security Flaw Exposed Data of Molina Healthcare Patients A patient portal security flaw has resulted in the exposure of patient claims information. Claims information had been uploaded to the patient portal of the ... Read more
May 31, 2017 Children’s Mercy Hospital Alerts 5,500 Patients to a Potential PHI Breach Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City has started notifying more than 5,500 patients that some of their electronic protected health information has been exposed online. ... Read more
May 23, 2017 Healthcare Data Breach Reporting Improves; IT Security Incidents Rise The monthly Breach Barometer Report from Protenus shows healthcare data breach reporting is improving, data breaches are down, and there was a significant reduction in ... Read more
May 21, 2017 Dept. of Health and Human Services Issues Ransomware Warning Following the recent WannaCry ransomware attacks, the Department of Health and Human Services has been issuing cybersecurity alerts and warnings to healthcare organizations on the threat ... Read more
May 12, 2017 $2.4 Million HIPAA Fine Following Memorial Hermann Health System HIPAA Breach A HIPAA compliance breach arising from disclosure on a press release issued by Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) in September 2015 has led to the ... Read more
May 11, 2017 Memorial Hermann Health System HIPAA Fine Issued for Improper Disclosure of PHI An unauthorized disclosure of a patient’s name has resulted in a Memorial Hermann Health System HIPAA compliance fine. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ... Read more
May 10, 2017 New Mexico HIPAA Violation Lawsuit Heads to NM Supreme Court A New Mexico HIPAA violation lawsuit filed by the victim of a sexual assault whose identity was improperly disclosed has been referred to the Supreme ... Read more
May 9, 2017 True Health Diagnostics Website Flaw Exposes Patient Records The health reports of patients of the True Health Group have been exposed online and were viewable by other patients for months – most likely ... Read more
May 9, 2017 Motion Filed to Dismiss ‘Baseless’ MDLive HIPAA Lawsuit A motion has been submitted to dismiss a MDLive HIPAA lawsuit that was filed b y a plaintiff who alleges the firm improperly disclosed protected ... Read more
April 27, 2017 Alleged Patient Privacy Violations Could Lead to Class Action Lawsuit for MDLive Claims that telemedicine company MDLive violated the privacy of patients by disclosing sensitive medical information to a third party without informing or obtaining official consent ... Read more
April 23, 2017 Supreme Court Ruling: Donor Network Must Disclose Patient Details A New York Supreme Court Judge has recently ruled that patient details recorded by the New York Organ Donor Network must be handed over to a plaintiff ... Read more
April 21, 2017 HIPAA Rules on Business Associate Agreements This week, the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent a warning to covered entities about the need to ensure HIPAA compliance rules on business ... Read more
April 20, 2017 Automated Solution Searches Dark Web for Stolen Healthcare Data Hackers are targeting healthcare organizations and are breaking through defenses and stealing data. Healthcare data carries a high value on the black market and the ... Read more
April 18, 2017 March Sees Increase in Healthcare Data Breaches and Victim Count This year has seen healthcare data breaches remain steady for the first couple of months, although March saw the number of incidents rise and the ... Read more
April 13, 2017 Security Management Process HIPAA Violations Resolved with $400,000 OCR Settlement Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that a $400,000 settlement had been agreed with Metro Community Provider ... Read more
April 12, 2017 Suspected Ransomware Attack Impacts Erie County Medical Center Patients It has been a bad month for healthcare industry ransomware attacks and malware infections. A ransomware attack on Ashland Women’s Health was confirmed this week ... Read more
April 12, 2017 Ashland Women’s Health Ransomware Attack Confirmed The ransomware attacks on healthcare providers are continuing, with one of the latest victims a small one-practitioner gynecology practice in Ashland, Kentucky. Ashland Women’s Health ... Read more
April 11, 2017 Philadelphia Ransomware Used in Targeted Attacks on US Hospitals Cybercriminals are conducting targeted attacks on U.S. healthcare organizations using Philadelphia ransomware; a relatively new ransomware variant developed from Stampedo ransomware. Philadelphia ransomware was first ... Read more
April 6, 2017 Study Analyses Hospital Data Breach Risk A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at the hospital data breach risk and determined which organizations are most at risk of experiencing ... Read more
April 5, 2017 Ransomware Attack on ABCD Pediatrics Impacts 55,000 Patients The protected health information of more than 55,000 patients has potentially been compromised in a recent ransomware attack on ABCD Pediatrics. Attackers gained access to ... Read more
April 3, 2017 Black Book of Cybersecurity Ranks PhishLabs Highest for Cybersecurity Client Experience At the recent InfoSec World Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Black BookTM of Cybersecurity LLC ranked PhishLabs highest in the category of Cybercrime Threat Intelligence for ... Read more
March 29, 2017 Severino Appointed as Director of HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Former civil rights trial attorney Roger Severino has been appointed, by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, to lead its ... Read more
March 29, 2017 New Resource Provides HIPAA Help for mHealth Developers A new online tool has been released by the Connected Health Initiative providing HIPAA help for mHealth developers and healthcare providers. The new tool – ... Read more