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Healthcare IT Help Desk Employees Targeted in Payment-Hijacking Attacks

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Healthcare IT Help Desk Employees Targeted in Payment-Hijacking Attacks 2024-04-08 at 17:01 By Ionut Arghire The US Department of Health warns of financially motivated social engineering attacks targeting healthcare organizations. The post Healthcare IT Help Desk Employees Targeted in Payment-Hijacking Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View […]

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Trudeau announces $1.8B package to boost Canada’s AI sector

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Trudeau announces $1.8B package to boost Canada’s AI sector 2024-04-08 at 05:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Canada is launching a fund to invest in AI infrastructure, grow startups, and create a new AI safety institute, among others. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Healthcare’s cyber resilience under siege as attacks multiply

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Healthcare’s cyber resilience under siege as attacks multiply 2024-04-04 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Eric Demers, CEO of Madaket Health, discusses prevalent cyber threats targeting healthcare organizations. He highlights challenges in protecting patient data due to infrastructure limitations and the role of employee awareness in preventing insider threats. Demers […]

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Massachusetts Health Insurer Data Breach Impacts 2.8 Million

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Massachusetts Health Insurer Data Breach Impacts 2.8 Million 2024-03-29 at 13:17 By Ionut Arghire Harvard Pilgrim Health Care says the personal information of over 2.8 million individuals was stolen in a year-old ransomware attack. The post Massachusetts Health Insurer Data Breach Impacts 2.8 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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NHS Scotland confirms ransomware attackers leaked patients’ data

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NHS Scotland confirms ransomware attackers leaked patients’ data 2024-03-28 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz NHS Dumfries and Galloway (part of NHS Scotland) has confirmed that a “recognised ransomware group” was able to “access a significant amount of data including patient and staff-identifiable information,” and has published “clinical data relating to a small number of patients.” […]

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How security leaders can ease healthcare workers’ EHR-related burnout

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How security leaders can ease healthcare workers’ EHR-related burnout 2024-03-27 at 08:05 By Help Net Security Staff experiencing burnout in healthcare settings is not something that security leaders typically worry about – unless, maybe, it is the security team itself that is suffering from it. Healthcare CISOs and privacy officers worry more about the confidentiality […]

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Only 13% of medical devices support endpoint protection agents

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Only 13% of medical devices support endpoint protection agents 2024-03-14 at 07:00 By Help Net Security 63% of CISA-tracked Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs) can be found on healthcare networks, while 23% of medical devices—including imaging devices, clinical IoT devices, and surgery devices—have at least one known exploited vulnerability, according to Claroty. Traditionally, medical devices have […]

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Healthcare’s Ransomware Epidemic: Why Cyberattacks Hit the Medical Sector With Alarming Frequency

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Healthcare’s Ransomware Epidemic: Why Cyberattacks Hit the Medical Sector With Alarming Frequency 2024-03-13 at 16:47 By Kevin Townsend Healthcare has long been a primary target for ransomware attacks. This is not changing and is not likely to change. The post Healthcare’s Ransomware Epidemic: Why Cyberattacks Hit the Medical Sector With Alarming Frequency appeared first on […]

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Change Healthcare Restores Pharmacy Services Disrupted by Ransomware

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Change Healthcare Restores Pharmacy Services Disrupted by Ransomware 2024-03-08 at 16:09 By Ionut Arghire Change Healthcare says it has made significant progress in restoring systems impacted by a recent ransomware attack. The post Change Healthcare Restores Pharmacy Services Disrupted by Ransomware appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View […]

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HHS Aiding Organizations Hit by Change Healthcare Cyberattack

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HHS Aiding Organizations Hit by Change Healthcare Cyberattack 2024-03-06 at 16:32 By Ionut Arghire US government lays out actions to assist healthcare providers following the highly disruptive Change Healthcare cyberattack. The post HHS Aiding Organizations Hit by Change Healthcare Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original […]

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Navigating regulation challenges for protecting sensitive healthcare data

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Navigating regulation challenges for protecting sensitive healthcare data 2024-03-06 at 07:10 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Chris Bowen, CISO at ClearDATA, emphasizes the importance of digital health companies being more transparent with their users. As more and more Americans flock to direct-to-consumer digital health apps and resources, most people don’t […]

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ALPHV/BlackCat threatens to leak data stolen in Change Healthcare cyberattack

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ALPHV/BlackCat threatens to leak data stolen in Change Healthcare cyberattack 2024-02-29 at 14:46 By Helga Labus The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that targeted Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), causing disruption to the Change Healthcare platform and affecting pharmacy transactions across the US. ALPHV/BlackCat is back Last December, US […]

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Hackers Steal Personal Information From Pharma Giant Cencora

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Hackers Steal Personal Information From Pharma Giant Cencora 2024-02-28 at 16:02 By Eduard Kovacs Pharmaceutical solutions provider Cencora discloses a cyberattack that resulted in personal information being stolen from its systems. The post Hackers Steal Personal Information From Pharma Giant Cencora appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View […]

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State-Sponsored Group Blamed for Change Healthcare Breach

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State-Sponsored Group Blamed for Change Healthcare Breach 2024-02-26 at 17:33 By Ionut Arghire UnitedHealth Group is blaming a state-sponsored threat actor for a disruptive cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. The post State-Sponsored Group Blamed for Change Healthcare Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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Eye Care Services Firm Faces Lawsuit Over Data Breach Impacting 2.3 Million

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Eye Care Services Firm Faces Lawsuit Over Data Breach Impacting 2.3 Million 2024-02-22 at 19:01 By Eduard Kovacs Eye care practice management firm American Vision Partners faces lawsuit over data breach impacting 2.3 million patients. The post Eye Care Services Firm Faces Lawsuit Over Data Breach Impacting 2.3 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]

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Change Healthcare Cyberattack Causes Significant Disruption

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Change Healthcare Cyberattack Causes Significant Disruption 2024-02-22 at 15:03 By Ionut Arghire Change Healthcare is experiencing network disruptions after taking systems offline in response to a cyberattack. The post Change Healthcare Cyberattack Causes Significant Disruption appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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Ransomware Attack Knocks 100 Romanian Hospitals Offline

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Ransomware Attack Knocks 100 Romanian Hospitals Offline 2024-02-13 at 13:31 By Ionut Arghire Romanian hospitals turn to pen and paper after ransomware attack on centralized healthcare management system. The post Ransomware Attack Knocks 100 Romanian Hospitals Offline appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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A Chicago Children’s Hospital Has Taken Its Networks Offline After a Cyberattack

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A Chicago Children’s Hospital Has Taken Its Networks Offline After a Cyberattack 2024-02-06 at 16:01 By Associated Press Chicago children’s hospital forced to take networks offline after cyberattack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication. The post A Chicago Children’s Hospital Has Taken Its Networks Offline After a Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This […]

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Balancing AI benefits with security and privacy risks in healthcare

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Balancing AI benefits with security and privacy risks in healthcare 2024-01-30 at 06:01 By Help Net Security To manage an environment of increasing risks and limited resources, healthcare internal audit and compliance departments must align their risk assessments and audit work plans to areas most vital to achieving the strategic goals and business objectives of […]

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HMG Healthcare Says Data Breach Impacts 40 Facilities

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HMG Healthcare Says Data Breach Impacts 40 Facilities 2024-01-10 at 20:02 By Ionut Arghire The compromised information includes names, contact information, dates of birth, health information, medical treatment details, Social Security numbers, and employee records. The post HMG Healthcare Says Data Breach Impacts 40 Facilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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