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Most healthcare breaches still come from hacking
In 2017 the number of individuals affected by breaches within the healthcare sector reached a four-year low. However, 71 percentof breaches in 2017 were due to hacking and IT …
Phillips clinical imaging solution plagued by vulnerabilities
Phillips is developing a software update to mitigate 35 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities in the Philips IntelliSpace Portal (ISP), a clinical imaging visualization and analysis …
What types of hospitals experience data breaches?
An estimated 16 million patient records were stolen in the United States in 2016, and last summer the British health system was crippled by a ransomware attack. While we know …
99 percent of domains are not protected by DMARC
Essentially every global domain is vulnerable to phishing and domain name spoofing. A new report incorporates data from Agari, revealing that 90 percent of its customers have …
Norwegian health authority hacked, patient data of nearly 3 million citizens possibly compromised
Hackers have breached the systems of the Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Sør-Øst RHF), and possibly made off with personal information and health …
US hospital paid $55,000 ransom to hackers despite having backups
A US hospital has decided to pay a ransom of 4 bitcoin to regain access to some 1,400 files locked by attackers. Hancock Health, a regional hospital based in Greenfield, …
One in five healthcare pros have experienced patient data breaches
According to a recent University of Phoenix College of Health Professions online survey of 504 registered nurses and administrative staff, only a quarter of registered nurses …
Healthcare breaches involving ransomware increase year-over-year
2017 has been a very challenging year for healthcare institutions as these organizations remain under sustained attack by cybercriminals that continue to target their …
Healthcare organizations and the cloud: Benefits, risks, and security best practices
Healthcare organizations are moving their business-critical applications and workloads to the cloud, and while there are many benefits (lower costs, added flexibility and …
Taking the physician’s pulse on cybersecurity
More than four in five U.S. physicians (83 percent) have experienced some form of a cybersecurity attack, according to Accenture and the American Medical Association (AMA). …
OpenEMR flaw leaves millions of medical records exposed to attackers
A vulnerability in the free, open source electronic medical record and medical practice management software OpenEMR can be exploited to steal patients’ medical records …
Is the healthcare industry prepared to combat evolving cyber threats?
One in four UK healthcare IT professionals aren’t confident in their organisation’s ability to respond to cyberattacks, according to Infoblox. Technology is …
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