Tag: cybersecurity

November 30, 2016

Cyber attackers are increasingly breaching Internet-enabled medical devices using ransomware and this is likely to continue for the next two to four years, according to Intel Security’s recent McAfee Labs 2017 Threats Predictions Report. According to the threat predictions report, […]

November 21, 2016

Ransomware attacks across all sectors continued to increase rapidly during the first nine months of 2016, with most organizations getting infected because an employee clicks on a malicious attachment or a bad link in an email message, according to Beazley […]

November 15, 2016

For many users of Johnson & Johnson’s OneTouch Ping insulin pump, the benefit of ease of use has been outweighed by the fear of hacking. In early October, the company sent letters to patients using the devices, alerting them to […]

October 31, 2016

Any healthcare company or provider knows the obvious—hackers are working hard to get into their networks. The industry has long been in the top 10 for the number of records compromised in data breaches, and now has moved to first […]

October 24, 2016

Smart medical devices connected through the medical Internet of Things (IoT) are poised to transform healthcare, but that role could be jeopardized if cybersecurity concerns remain unaddressed. An ABI Research report has warned, “The millions of connected medical devices introduce […]

October 13, 2016

On an almost daily basis, we hear of another healthcare organization, hospital or health plan that has experienced some kind of hack or data breach. According to a study by Symantec Corporation, there were 120 healthcare data breaches in 2015, […]

October 6, 2016

While 94 percent of IT decision makers – including directors responsible for IT, resilience and business operations – at businesses worldwide, including healthcare organizations, say they are aware that criminal entrepreneurs and organizations are actively working to penetrate their organizations, […]

September 29, 2016

A new strain of ransomware, called Mamba, is circulating through multiple industries, including healthcare, and crippling computers by encrypting entire hard drives. So far, there really isn’t much that can be done except pay the ransom to gain a key […]

September 9, 2016

Nearly 20 million patients have been affected by personal health information breaches this summer, with 8.8 million records breached in August alone, according to The Protenus Breach Barometer. The August breach reporting follows an unheard of 11 million patient records […]

September 6, 2016

Big data is generated by a variety of different gadgets and sensors, including security devices. The new report from the Cloud Security Alliance — “100 Best Practices in Big Data Security and Privacy” — looks at the best practices that […]

September 1, 2016

The prospects for IT security remain downright terrifying, particularly in light of the growing use of ransomware. A recent survey by Malwarebytes and Osterman Research suggest that an average of 4,000 daily ransomware attacks have occurred since early this year, […]

August 24, 2016

Do you know how many medical devices are in your hospital or group practice? Do you know where they are? Do you know if they have embedded encryption and if it is turned on? Do you know these aren’t just […]

August 16, 2016

Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, a large practice with more than 300 providers serving multiple hospitals across the greater Phoenix region, has suffered a cyber attack affecting 882,590 patients. The incident also affects all current and former employees and providers, […]

August 9, 2016

Healthcare organization’s computer networks are 114 times more likely to suffer ransomware attacks than those at financial institutions and 21 times more likely than schools and universities according to research from security firm Solutionary. CSO reported while healthcare accounts comprise […]

July 27, 2016

The modern healthcare ecosystem is all about data and what we can do with it, which is why Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools should be on everyone’s list of priority solutions to implement. I used to say that DLP solutions […]

June 20, 2016

Over the last few years, the healthcare industry has had its consciousness raised over hacking and cybercriminals, as cybersecurity has been thrust into the spotlight – especially with the recent surge in ransomware attacks, according to Paula E. Litt, a […]

March 1, 2016

The standing-room-only status of the HIMSS16 Cybersecurity Symposium on Monday told the story: The healthcare industry finally grasps the acute risk posed by cybercriminals to hospital systems and medical devices. That said, awareness still doesn’t necessarily mean folks always grasp […]