Security News and Advice
Theft Incident at SAC Health and Ransomware Attacks on Bryan County Ambulance Authority and Atlanta Perinatal Associates
Social Action Community Health System (SAC Health) has lately advised 149,940 patients regarding the theft…
Solara Medical Supplies will Pay $9.76 Million to Resolve Data Breach
Solara Medical Supplies offered to pay $9.76 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit in connection…
McKenzie Health System & Omnicell Report Cyberattacks
McKenzie Health System in Sandusky, MI, has just begun informing 25,318 individuals regarding the theft…
New Framework for Examining the Privacy, Security, and Safety of Electronic Health Technologies
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), American College of Physicians (ACP), and the Organization for the…
FBI Announcement on BEC Scams Reveals Losses Up to $43 Billion
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a public service statement cautioning about the…
Data Breaches Reported by La Casa de Salud and Valley View Hospital
La Casa de Salud, New York The human services organization Acacia Network based in New…
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Data Privacy
HHS Alerts HPH Sector Concerning Insider Threats in Medical Care
A lot of healthcare data breaches are taking place, however, not all privacy and security issues arise from outside the company. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector…
Advisory Issued Regarding Phishing Campaigns Involving Trusted Email Marketing Platforms
Because of a recent data breach at Mailchimp, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a warning about the risk of phishing attacks…
DataHealth, JDC Healthcare Management, and Dr. Douglas C. Morrow Report Hacks and Ransomware Attacks
DataHealth DataHEALTH, the cloud hosting and data storage company based in Austin, TX, has announced a ransomware attack on November 3, 2021. Immediate action was undertaken to manage the incident…
Data Security
McKenzie Health System & Omnicell Report Cyberattacks
McKenzie Health System in Sandusky, MI, has just begun informing 25,318 individuals regarding the theft of some of their protected health information (PHI) due to a recent security incident that…
Data Breaches Reported by La Casa de Salud and Valley View Hospital
La Casa de Salud, New York The human services organization Acacia Network based in New York City has lately informed the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights regarding an email account…
Final Guidance on Effective Enterprise Patch Management Published by NCCoE
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has introduced the finalized versions of two Special Publications that offer guidance on business patch management practices to avoid taking advantage of vulnerabilities…
HIPAA and HITECH Compliance
Solara Medical Supplies will Pay $9.76 Million to Resolve Data Breach
Solara Medical Supplies offered to pay $9.76 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit in connection with a 2019 data breach. This offer has gotten initial approval from the court. Solara…
New Framework for Examining the Privacy, Security, and Safety of Electronic Health Technologies
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), American College of Physicians (ACP), and the Organization for the Review of Care and Health Applications (ORCHA) have worked together to make a new system…
Dental Practices Penalized for Breach of HIPAA Rules
$50,000 Civil Monetary Penalty Issued to Dental Practice for Social Media HIPAA Violation OCR investigated Dr. U. Phillip Igbinadolor, D.M.D. & Associates, P.A., (UPI), a dental practice operating offices in…
IT Security Breaches
Theft Incident at SAC Health and Ransomware Attacks on Bryan County Ambulance Authority and Atlanta Perinatal Associates
Social Action Community Health System (SAC Health) has lately advised 149,940 patients regarding the theft of documents that contain their protected health information (PHI) in a break-in at an off-site…
FBI Announcement on BEC Scams Reveals Losses Up to $43 Billion
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a public service statement cautioning about the risk of Business Email Compromise/Email Account Compromise (BEC/EAC) frauds. The number of attacks documented by…
HHS Alerts the HPH Sector Regarding Hive Ransomware
The HHS’ Office of Information Security Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has given a TLP: White alert concerning the Hive ransomware group – An especially violent cybercriminal operation that…