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Heartbeat
Insecure pacemakers can be easily hacked

A group of researchers has discovered that it’s not that difficult for a “weak adversary” with limited resources and capabilities to fiddle with or even shut …

smart hospitals, healthcare
Protecting smart hospitals: A few recommendations

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) has released a new report to help IT and security officers of healthcare organizations implement IoT …

Healthcare
Services disrupted at three UK hospitals due to virus attack

Computer systems of the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust have been hit by a “virus”, and the HNS Trust reacted by shutting down the majority of …

healthcare
Healthcare industry lacks basic security awareness among staff

SecurityScorecard released a comprehensive analysis exposing cybersecurity vulnerabilities across 700 healthcare organizations including medical treatment facilities, health …

healthcare
Stolen medical records available for sale from $0.03 per record

The development of the market for stolen data and related hacking skills indicate that the business of cybercrime in the healthcare sector is growing, according to Intel …

medical money
Securing medical devices: Cybersecurity spending to triple by 2021

The medical IoT is set to transform healthcare through smart medical devices. However, their success is in jeopardy if cybersecurity concerns are not addressed immediately.

Healthcare
SOC 2 + HITRUST: Evolving infosec demands in healthcare

Two-thirds of business associates are not fully prepared to meet the growing marketplace demands regarding controls for protecting healthcare information, such as patient …

healthcare
Compromised electronic health records may haunt you forever

A recent report on the Deep Web black market for electronic health records (EHRs) by researchers affiliated with the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology has …

Review: Protecting Patient Information
Review: Protecting Patient Information

About the author Paul Cerrato has more than 30 years of experience working in healthcare and has written extensively on patient care, electronic health records, protected …

Armor
Armor helps streamline HITRUST certification

As the healthcare industry continues to be a major cybercrime target, compliance has gained even more significance. HITRUST certification has emerged as the benchmark for …

skull
UK universities hit repeatedly with ransomware, one over 21 times!

63 percent of UK universities have been hit by ransomware – most of them multiple times, and Bournemouth University a total of 21 times in the last year, SentinelOne has …

Doctor
Healthcare cybersecurity market flooded with solutions

Hospitals face heightened concerns due to ubiquitous cyber-attacks that threaten the privacy and security of their data assets and enterprise IT systems. Theft of protected …

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