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What is Ransomware?
Ransomware attacks against healthcare organisations are becoming...
Cottage Health Pays $3,000,000 to OCR for HIPAA Violations
Cottage Health has agreed to pay a $3,000,000 settlement to the Department...
New Trojan Horse Malware Campaign Targeting Linux Servers Identified
Security researchers have discovered a new Trojan horse malware campaign...
ICS-CERT Issues Medical Advisory for Vulnerabilities Found in BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometry Solution
The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has...
HITRUST Incorporates GDPR into the CSF
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What is Ransomware?
Ransomware attacks against healthcare organisations are becoming increasingly common. However, many individuals are still uncertain as to what constitutes a ransomware attack, and the potential...
UCLA Hospitals Receives $865K HIPAA Penalty for Lacking to Safeguard Superstar Medical Reports
The Division of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has penalized the UCLA Health System $865,500 for HIPAA breaches triggered by letting the medical reports of 2 superstar patients...
Negligence in Business Associate Security Results in 20K Patient HIPAA Infringement
As per a New York Times story circulated this week, the health reports of 20,000 patients of Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have been announced online and available to the public...
Sutter Health Charged for 4.24M HIPAA Mega Infringement
Two class action litigations have now been registered versus the Sutter Health hospital system in Northern California following a theft at its administrative workplaces in Sacramento potentially...
Blue Cross Blue Shield to Reimburse HHS $1.5M for HIPAA Infringement
The Office for Civil Rights has accomplished its first implementation action developing from the HITECH Infringement Notice Rule and has penalized Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) for...
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Cottage Health Pays $3,000,000 to OCR for HIPAA Violations
Cottage Health has agreed to pay a $3,000,000 settlement to the Department...
FilesLocker Master Key Released, File Decryptor Made Available for Free
Following the leaking of the master key for the FilesLocker ransomware on...
Rhode Island and Illinois Healthcare Clinics Hit by Ransomware Attacks
The Center for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases in Libertyville, IL, has announced...
New Trojan Horse Malware Campaign Targeting Linux Servers Identified
Security researchers have discovered a new Trojan horse malware campaign...
Global Netflix Phishing Scan Identified
A new global phishing scam has been identified in which hackers target...
Adobe Releases Patch for Flash Player Vulnerability
On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, Adobe issued an update to correct a...
What is Ransomware?
Ransomware attacks against healthcare organisations are becoming...
HHS Guidelines on Cybersecurity Best Practices for Healthcare Organisations Released
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a four-volume...
ICS-CERT Discovers Vulnerability in Philips Health App
The Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber...
ICS-CERT Issues Medical Advisory for Vulnerabilities Found in BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometry Solution
The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has...
Cyberattack Disrupts Printing of Major Newspapers
An investigation has been launched into a recent cyberattack that disrupted...
Beazley’s Publishes Breach Insights Report for Q3 2018
Beazley’s, a specialist insurance group, has released their quarterly...
