October 13, 2016 Peachtree Orthopedics Discovers Patient Database has been Hacked Peachtree Orthopedics has announced a hacker gained access to a patient database containing names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, treatment codes, prescription records, and ... Read more
October 11, 2016 5 Critical Flaws and 5 Zero Days Fixed This Patch Tuesday Microsoft has issued ten bulletins this Patch Tuesday, which fix five new zero days and five critical vulnerabilities. In contrast to previous Patch Tuesdays, older ... Read more
October 6, 2016 Marin Healthcare Ransomware Attack Reported A Marin Healthcare ransomware attack has been reported that resulted in sensitive patient data being encrypted. The attack affected one of Marin Healthcare’s vendors, Marin ... Read more
October 4, 2016 Patients Warned of Animas Insulin Pump Security Vulnerabilities Johnson & Johnson has issued a warning to patients advising them that recently discovered insulin pump security vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited by hackers to ... Read more
October 3, 2016 Another Public Health Service Data Breach is Discovered Another public health service data breach has recently been discovered. This time around it is current and former members of the Commissioned Corps that have ... Read more
October 1, 2016 Business Associate HIPAA Audits Now Imminent The business associate HIPAA audits are scheduled to commence this month, The business associate HIPAA compliance audits are not expected to result in punitive action ... Read more
September 28, 2016 Healthcare Web Application Attacks Have Increased 3 Fold in 12 Months According to a recent report from cloud service provider Akamai Technologies, healthcare web application attacks have increased threefold since the second quarter of 2015. Web ... Read more
September 27, 2016 Healthcare Data Breach Costs Rise 282% in 12 Months A recent study from CheckPoint shows that healthcare data breach costs have risen by an astonishing 282% in the past 12 months, while there has ... Read more
September 27, 2016 ONC Issues Guidance on EHR Contract Negotiations The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has issued new guidance on EHR contract negotiations to help HIPAA covered entities avoid some ... Read more
September 20, 2016 Agari Named as a Distinguished Vendor in Email Security by TAG The Amoroso Group (TAG Cyber) has published its first 2017 TAG Cyber Security Annual – A Practical Handbook and Reference Guide for the Working Cyber Security ... Read more
September 19, 2016 UK Healthcare Data Breach Statistics May Be Misleading A look at the UK healthcare data breach statistics gives the impression that the healthcare industry is being targeted by cybercriminals and the industry is ... Read more
September 8, 2016 St. Jude Medical Sues Muddy Waters for Disseminating False Information The “revelation” that St. Jude Medical devices contain serious security flaws that could potentially be exploited by hackers to cause harm to patients has certainly ... Read more
September 8, 2016 18,000 Patients Impacted by Highline Medical Center Data Breach CHI Franciscan Health Highline Medical Center has notified 18,399 patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed on the Internet as a ... Read more
August 31, 2016 Scan Health Data Breach Involved Unauthorized Use of Legitimate Login Credentials On June 27, 2016, SCAN Health discovered that an unauthorized individual had gained access to the data of its members. Sales contact sheets had been ... Read more
August 31, 2016 Appalachian Regional Healthcare Security Breach Announced Hospitals in Kentucky and West Virginia have been forced to work without key computer systems as a result of an Appalachian Regional Healthcare security breach. A ... Read more
August 26, 2016 EXTRABACON Flaw Patched by Cisco After being alerted to the EXTRABACON flaw on August 13, 2016, Cisco has begun issuing software updates for its Adaptive Security Appliance devices, and other ... Read more
August 19, 2016 Surge in Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Reported by FireEye According to a recent report from security firm FireEye, there has been a surge in healthcare ransomware attacks in August. Massive new Locky ransomware campaigns ... Read more
August 19, 2016 Health and Fitness App Privacy Policies Often Absent, says Think Tank One would assume that health and fitness app privacy policies would be more important than many other types of app, given the types of data ... Read more
August 12, 2016 Bon Secours Health System Announces 655,000 PHI Incident This week, Maryland-based Bon Secours Health System has announced that the protected health information of some of its patients has been accessible over the Internet ... Read more
August 9, 2016 CMS Takes Steps to Prevent Abuse of Nursing Home Residents on Social Media Sites Reports of abuse of nursing home residents on social media networks have prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to take steps to ... Read more
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
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
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
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
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
July 14, 2016 Malicious Actors Are Conducting Targeted Healthcare Industry Attacks Random ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations are a cause for concern, although the recent spate of targeted healthcare industry attacks are even more worrying. Malicious ... Read more
July 13, 2016 11 Security Bulletins Released by Microsoft Microsoft has released a swathe of updates addressing vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, the .NET framework, and its Edge and IE Internet browsers. In total 10 ... Read more
July 12, 2016 167 HIPAA Covered Entities Selected for a Compliance Audit The long awaited second phase of HIPAA compliance audits started earlier this year with the sending of emails to covered entities requesting contact information. From ... Read more
July 12, 2016 13,000 Patients Impacted by Ambulatory Surgery Center Ransomware Attack The recent Ambulatory Surgery Center ransomware attack has resulted in the protected health information of 13,000 patients being exposed, according to a recent article in ... Read more
July 1, 2016 Hackers Use Conficker to Conduct Hospital IOT Attacks Hospital IOT attacks are not just theoretical. Hackers are actively targeting medical devices such as MRI machines, CT scanners, and other Internet-connected medical devices. The ... Read more