Tag: cybersecurity

March 26, 2024

Here we go again. The US health system is in a desperate cybersecurity state of affairs. Another healthcare cyberattack has made the news and it’s a big one. UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit, Change Healthcare, is currently facing an ongoing ransomware […]

February 7, 2024

The settlement comes as regulators have been sounding the alarm about cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. More than 134 million people were affected by large breaches reported to the OCR last year, compared with just 55 million in 2022, according […]

February 27, 2023

The threat by Clop, a ransomware group that has been active since February 2019, shows how vulnerable personal health information is to cyberattacks. More than 289 hospitals may have been impacted by ransomware attacks in 2022, according to the HHS. […]

January 6, 2023

As people in the US and abroad celebrate the holiday season, policymakers, scientists, and doctors are struggling to solve the most important problems in finance and healthcare. This year has been difficult for many people around the world, bringing several […]

November 14, 2022

Ransomware incidents are on the rise in the healthcare industry as attackers eye the vast stores of patient data collected by providers. Venus is the latest in a wave of threats that HHS has sounded the alarm over in the […]

September 9, 2022

North America extended its dominance for cybersecurity hiring among medical industry companies in the three months ending July. The number of roles in North America made up 78.6% of total cybersecurity jobs – up from 76.8% in the same quarter […]

September 9, 2022

Johnson & Johnson and Roche are among the companies best positioned to take advantage of future cybersecurity disruption in the medical devices industry, our analysis shows. The assessment comes from GlobalData’s Thematic Research ecosystem, which ranks companies on a scale […]

December 1, 2021

Medical device manufacturers and hospitals are both responsible for protecting devices from cybersecurity threats and working together to manage the risks to patient safety. However, while there is recognition of shared cyber responsibility on both sides, device security continues to […]

December 19, 2019

Data theft within the healthcare sector continues to skyrocket, led by third-party data breaches and phishing attacks. Halfway through 2019, the number of patient records breached already exceeds the 2018 number by more than 10 million. Perhaps most concerning, many […]

October 2, 2019

Referred to as URGENT/11, these flaws exist in third-party software called IPnet, which computers use to communicate over a network. The faults in the system could allow a remote attacker to take over and interfere with the function of medical […]

January 7, 2019

New cybersecurity best practices from the Department of Health and Human Services are more than helpful suggestions for provider organizations—they set security practices that are likely to become the de facto standard industry wide. The new guidance, available here, should […]

October 17, 2018

The Food and Drug Administration and Department of Homeland Security will work more closely to address threats to medical device cybersecurity. The federal agencies have signed a memorandum of agreement to increase coordination and cooperation when it comes to potential […]

July 10, 2018

Most people know blockchain as the transaction ledger associated with cryptocurrency transactions. However, evidence suggests a specific use for it that applies to health professionals — reducing medical fraud. Blockchain’s Innate Characteristics May Cut Down on Fraud Individuals think blockchain […]

February 27, 2018

The more accessible healthcare information is, the more value it provides to patients and providers alike. But much of this information is sensitive, privileged or regulated, making it highly vulnerable when traveling in and out of networks. In this guest […]

January 26, 2018

Allscripts has barely recovered from a ransomware attack that wiped out access for 1,500 clients and it’s already being hit with a class-action complaint alleging it failed to adequately secure its systems against potential intruders. Filed on Thursday by Surfside […]

January 4, 2018

Healthcare organizations have been experiencing increased threats to their cybersecurity lately, due to the amount of private info they usually have on file. In particular, system attacks caused by ransomware are on the rise, and there’s no better time than […]

December 27, 2017

There’s a familiar quote that says, “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” But ‘tis the season for doing just that so we asked some of the leading healthcare experts to give us their predictions for the industry in 2018. […]

October 30, 2017

Healthcare data breaches account for over 22% of the data breaches so far in 2017. To put a number on it, that’s nearly 2 million health data records. If you’re looking for an idea of what’s to come the remainder […]

August 18, 2017

HIPAA regulations—and the mindset they have inspired for information security—can no longer be the standard on which a healthcare information security program is built. The philosophy spawned from the compliance mentality toward information security, in too many instances, has resulted […]

August 11, 2017

Despite the consensus that healthcare is widely underprepared for protecting patient data, more and more hospitals are making cybersecurity a significant clinical and business necessity than in the past. “The healthcare sector is taking cybersecurity very seriously and making it […]