Tag: healthcare

July 9, 2021

Crime thrives in a crisis, and the coronavirus was the largest collective emergency that the world has faced for decades. While there are more heroes than villains in the coronavirus story — think of all the sacrifices doctors, nurses, and […]

April 23, 2021

The language of digital attacks shares a lot with the language of disease: ‘viruses’ ‘infect’ computers, and stopping their spread can be like trying to keep down a contagious disease. The two worlds also come together when threat actors attack […]

March 12, 2021

Cybersecurity is not just about data and network security; it’s about life security. Cyberattacks can have very personal consequences. We have seen examples of this throughout 2020 with an increase in cyberattacks targeting the healthcare sector due to the pandemic. […]

December 9, 2020

A healthcare provider based in the US state of Ohio has released a statement saying it fired an employee for snooping in on patients’ records, showing transparency amid unfavorable news. Credit card information was not accessed, the practice says. Mercy […]

October 26, 2020

News of an unusual data breach at a psychotherapy center in Finland broke over the weekend, after affected patients began receiving emails telling them to pay up or risk their personal and health data being publicly released. Therapist session notes […]

June 8, 2020

Researchers are warning of an ongoing phishing attack that’s targeting the credentials of more than 100 high-profile executives at a German multinational corporation that’s tasked with procuring coronavirus medical gear for Germany. The company, left unnamed by researchers, is part […]

June 3, 2020

Hospitals and clinics in Canada can’t cope with growing cyber threats amid the COVID-19 pandemic, say healthcare and cybersecurity professionals. The reason? Healthcare institutions spend a bare minimum on IT, putting every dollar to front-line care services. Criminals know this […]

April 8, 2020

The healthcare sector has witnessed a 150% increase in cyberattacks since the beginning of the year. With medical staff already overburdened and overworked by the demands brought on by COVID-19, healthcare organizations could be the perfect targets for various attacks. […]

March 9, 2020

Healthcare cybersecurity attacks are on the rise. As Protenus notes, industry data breaches increased by 48 percent between 2018 and 2019, with more than 41 million patient records compromised. Meanwhile, according to the 2019 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey, 82 percent of […]

October 23, 2019

A healthcare provider in Kalispell, Montana has suffered an embarrassing data breach resulting in the leak of 129,000 health records, exposing patients to identity theft and fraud. Kalispell Regional Healthcare learned of the breach in June, but an investigation suggests […]

October 9, 2019

Yet another non-password protected cloud database has come to light, this time exposing a raft of highly personal information on healthcare workers and traveling nurses – including drug tests and arrest records. The incident showcases the unfortunate reality that cloud […]

July 15, 2019

Healthcare organizations have high levels of confidence in their cybersecurity preparedness despite most of them using only basic user authentication methods in the face of an increasing number of patient identity theft and fraud instances in the marketplace, according to […]

May 17, 2019

The convergence of IT, IoT and OT makes it more difficult for the healthcare industry to manage a wide array of hard-to-control network security risks. IoT and OT devices are rapidly increasing in numbers, but traditional IT still represents the […]

October 3, 2018

The successful SamSam ransomware campaign targeting hospitals and clinics across the United States in the last year is breathing new life into hungry ransomware operators. The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific based in Honolulu, Hawaii is the latest victim […]

June 7, 2018

Colorado has enacted a new data breach notification law that contains some of the most stringent requirements in the US. If your company has customers in Colorado, get ready to revamp your policies notifying victims of a data breach. Last […]

February 5, 2018

Healthcare has been at or near the top of the list for industries at greatest risk of cyber intrusions over the past two years. And CIOs and CISOs at healthcare organizations are shelling out a lot of money to cyber […]

August 28, 2017

Earlier this month, researchers at Proofpoint spotted a targeted ransomware campaign against education and healthcare organizations. The ransomware used in the campaign was dubbed Defray, based on the command and control (C&C) server hostname used for the first observed attack: […]

August 7, 2017

Take a cursory look at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) wall of data breach shame and you might be scratching your head: Why does the healthcare sector seem so disproportionately victimized by hackers and cybercriminals? Why do its defenses seem […]

July 31, 2017

The Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium (MDISS) launched the first of more than a dozen planned specialized labs for security testing medical devices. Who MDISS is a non-profit public/private partnership dedicated to advancing patient safety and public health, […]

July 14, 2017

Imagine discovering that a local hospital’s IT system has been hacked and the hackers are threatening to publish patients’ names, addresses, and medical records on the Internet. In September 2016, this happened to 6,000 patients in Oklahoma. As security professionals know, this […]