A ransomware attack on Accellion, a file transfer service company, permitted unauthorized individuals to access the protected health information (PHI) of University of Miami Health…
Microsoft has introduced out-of-band security changes to deal with the four zero-day Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities which a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group identified…
All through the pandemic, cybercriminals took advantage of new opportunities and have been attacking hospitals, medical clinics, and other companies and organizations on the front…
A Campbell County Health (CCH) employee made an email error that resulted in the impermissible disclosure of the protected health information (PHI) of 900 people….
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an announcement about the seizure of a dark web website utilized by the NetWalker ransomware gang in connection…
University of Minnesota Physicians lately encountered a phishing attack that made it possible for unauthorized persons to get access to two employees’ email accounts. One…
Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) sent a notification about a potential breach of the protected health information (PHI) of 37,000 persons due to several…
The HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has released a recent advisory on ransomware activity that targets the healthcare and…
Server Breach Impacts Patients of Northwest Eye Surgeons and Sight Partners Northwest Eye Surgeons LLC and Sight Partners LLC began informing 20,838 patients regarding the…
Comparitech security researcher Bob Diachenko has found an open group of databases that belong to the Voice over IP (VoIP) telecommunications merchant Broadvoice. The records…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint advisory about sophisticated advanced persistent threat groups sequencing…
Subsequent to a time period of dormancy between February 2020 and July 2020, the Emotet botnet jumped back again and began spam runs circulating the…
Universal Health Services (UHS) based in King of Prussia, PA has encountered a major security breach that led to the unavailability of its IT systems….
The National Insider Threat Awareness Month (NITAM) is being celebrated this September 2020 for the second year. All through the month, resources will be offered…
IRONSCALES new research showed a substantial spike in credential theft utilizing spoofed websites. In the first half of 2020, the researchers discovered and reviewed bogus…
Beaumont Health, the leading healthcare system located in Michigan, began notifying 6,000 patients about the potential access of their protected health information (PHI) by unauthorized…
A pharmacy chain reported that looters stole the protected health information (PHI) of some of its clients at the end of May at the time…
Lorien Health Services based in Ellicott City, MD, which manages 9 assisted living facilities throughout Maryland had encountered a ransomware attack on June 6, 2020….
A few vulnerabilities were discovered in the Apache Guacamole remote access system. Plenty of companies had been using Apache Guacamole to allow administrators and personnel…
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has published guidance to aid businesses in protecting IP Security (IPsec) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that are utilized to…
Rangely District Hospital in Colorado began informing patients concerning the April 2020 ransomware attack that affected some of their protected health information (PHI) located on…
A lot of organizations are compelled to modify working strategies due to the COVID-19 crisis. A big number of workers now do their jobs from…
Healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente based in Oakland, CA found out that an ex-employee got access to the radiology files of a lot of patients with…
Four Senators sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) due to the new…
BJC Healthcare made an announcement about the unauthorized persons accessing the email accounts of three BJC employees after replying to the phishing emails in their…
FBI has released another notice subsequent to a rise in COVID-19 phishing scams aimed towards healthcare organizations. In the notification, the FBI points out that…
Doctors Community Medical Center in Maryland sent notification to some patients concerning a breach of their PHI. The discovery of the data breach in January…
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) found a medium severity vulnerability in the BD Pyxis MedStation medication dispensing system version 1.6.1 and in the anesthesia carts…
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it compulsory for lots of persons to self-isolate. Organizations are under rising pressure to permit their personnel to work from…
Proofpoint researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign directed at healthcare organizations, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical firms. The intercepted emails imitate Vanderbilt University Medical Center…
Peregrine Corporation, also known as PSL Services, found out about the unauthorized access to the email accounts of several employees from December 16 to December…
My Health My Resources (MHMR) of Tarrant County in Fort Worth, TX suffered a phishing attack that resulted in the compromise of some employees’ email…
The threat actors responsible for the Maze ransomware attacks are threatening their victims that they will post the information stolen during ransomware attacks if they…
The cybersecurity firm Proofpoint shared its 2020 State of the Phish report, which showed that 65% of American organizations (55% worldwide) experienced at least one…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published an alert to warn private companies in the U.S. concerning Maze ransomware attacks. FBI gave the alert after…
Kalispell Regional Healthcare based in Montana is charged with another legal case on account of the May 2019 phishing attack that allowed cybercriminals to access…
Despite the implementation of HIPAA regulations, the healthcare industry’s cybersecurity still lags behind other sectors. According to Security Scorecard’s 2019 Healthcare Cybersecurity Report, the industry…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, which is Minnesota’s biggest health insurance company, is presently trying to take care of approximately 200,000 unaddressed vulnerabilities detected…
Sunrise Community Health located in Evans, CO uncovered the exposure of a number of employees’ email accounts because of the employees’ response to phishing emails….
Loudoun Medical Group, also known as Comprehensive Sleep Care Center (CSCC), experienced a phishing attack approximately on June 19, 2019. The IT department was notified…
A ransomware attack on Great Plains Health based in North Platte, NE resulted in the encryption of some patients’ health records. Great Plains Health discovered…
Philips released information about a vulnerability found in Philips IntelliBridge EC40/80 hubs. An attacker could exploit to access vulnerable hubs and execute a software program,…
A series of phishing attacks have compromised the protected health information of 56,000 members of Presbyterian Health Plan. The phishing attacks did not directly target…
Fedcap Rehabilitation is in the process of notifying 2,200 individuals of a data security incident which may have seen their confidential information compromised. New York-based…
Users of the Android app CamScanner have been advised to uninstall the app after a recent version was found to harbour malware. Security researchers at…
Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Washington is notifying 88,399 patients that their confidential health information may have been compromised in a ransomware attack. The hospital…
Northwood Inc. is notifying individuals that their private information may have been comprised in a data breach following a phishing attack. Northwood Inc., based in…
A fake Office 365 phishing website is being used by hackers to distribute the Trickbot Trojan. The website is a convincing mimic of the legitimate…
Microsoft has issued patches for 88 vulnerabilities this patch Tuesday. Of the vulnerabilities, 20 were rated critical. One servicing stack and 4 advisories were also…
A breach at the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) has compromised the records of nearly 12 million Quest Diagnostics patients. AMCA, a billing collections company…
The Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence is notifying 25,000 patients that their PHI has been compromised in a ransomware attack. SCADD, based in…
Cybersecurity researchers have identified vulnerabilities in mail clients that could be exploited by hackers in digital signature spoofing attacks. Digital signatures are widely used to…
Baystate Health has notified 12,000 patients a phishing attack on their facility compromised their PHI. Baystate Health, based in Massachusetts, discovered that an unauthorised individual…
Riverplace Counselling Centre is notifying 11,639 patients of a data security incident following the discovery of malware on its systems. Riverplace Counselling Center in Anoka,…
TitanHQ has released an update of its SpamTitan email security solution. TitanHQ, which specialises in providing email security solutions to SMBs and MSPs, has added…
A breach at a third-party vendor has resulted in 6,314 patients records from Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA being exposed. The breach occurred between May…
Microsoft and Adobe have issued patches for 150 vulnerabilities this February 2019 Patch Tuesday. These updates included patches for 43 critical Adobe flaws and 20…
VFEmail has announced that it has suffered a debilitating cyber attack which saw nearly all of their data compromised. VFEmail, an email provider, issued a…
A business associate of Blue Cross Blue Shield has announced that it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The breach was reported by Wolverine…
A phishing attack at Family Physicians Group, Orlando, has resulted in 8,400 patients having their protected health information (PHI) compromised. The breach was identified on…
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, a Texan medical centre based in Frisco, has announced that due to a data security incident, the payment information…
Microsoft has issued patches for 39 vulnerabilities this December 2018 Patch Tuesday. Of the vulnerabilities, 10 were rated critical, 9 of which were in Microsoft…
Altus Baytown Hospital in Baytown, TX, has announced that it was recently a victim of a ransomware attack, with their servers being infected with the…
Raley’s Pharmacy, associated with the family-owned Raley’s supermarket chain, has announced that up to 10,000 patients may have had their protected health information (PHI) compromised…
February 9, 2018 The FBI has spent the past few months investigating reports of Internet Crime Complaint Center phishing scams. IC3 has been impersonated in…
March 26, 2018 The 2018 Malware Review from security awareness and anti-phishing solution provider Cofense (Formerly PhishMe) looks at malware trends over the past 12…
April 23, 2018 The recent shootings at schools in the United States have shocked the nation, with educational institutions now on high alert for any…
May 17, 2018 A new variant of August Stealer – named Vega Stealer – is being distributed in small phishing campaigns targeting marketing, advertising, and…
A new banking Trojan – MnuBot – has been detected by IBM X-Force researchers which uses an unusual method of communication. Instead of using a…
June 21, 2018 More than 400 models of Axis Communications’ security cameras contain vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors to intercept and view…
June 29, 2018 A recently disclosed vulnerability in the WordPress CMS Core could be exploited to escalate privileges, remotely execute code, and take full control…
July 22, 2018 The city of Cincinnati has taken steps to improve response times of the emergency services in the wake of a tragic incident…
July 28, 2018 One more side-channel vulnerability has been found that could be abused in a Spectre-Class attack. This attack method is not stopped by…
August 18, 2018 Multi-factor certification can assist to safeguard accounts and defend against phishing attacks. If an accurate username and password combo is obtained, without…
August 21, 2018 A phishing campaign called PhishPoint utilizes SharePoint files to steal users’ Office 365 identifications. Huge numbers of phishing electronic mails are being…
August 23, 2018 The Necurs botnet is being utilized to transmit huge quantities of spam electronic mails having Marap malware. Marap malware is presently being…
September 2, 2018 The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued the final form of…
August 25, 2018 Cofense has declared that more updates have been made to its prize-winning phishing electronic mail simulation program, Cofense PhishMe. The updates offer…
August 21, 2018 Legacy Health has found an illegal person has gained access to its electronic mail system and the protected health information (PHI) of…
August 19, 2018 A grave data break has been informed by Augusta University Health that has impacted roughly 417,000 people including faculty members, patients, and…
August 1, 2018 Cofense has created a new product which will shortly be added to its collection of anti-phishing solutions for healthcare companies and included…
June 25, 2018 The Overdose Avoidance and Patient Security Act – H.R. 6082 – targets to reduce limitations on the sharing of health files of…
June 24, 2018 On June 19, 2018, the central government circulated the final law for the Central Policy for the Defense of Human Topics –…
May 6, 2018 Criminal fines for HIPAA violations are comparatively rare, even though the Division of Justice does follow criminal indictments for HIPAA breaches when…
April 22, 2018 The previous few years have seen an upsurge in the number of medical appliances that have come to marketplace. While those appliances…
March 17, 2018 The Division of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has circulated the findings of its 2017 fiscal appraisal of HHS…
February 4, 2018 Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has declared the introduction of a new online data break reporting tool. The purpose is to make…
February 14, 2018 Ademero is a document management software (DMS) supplier whose platform assists companies to keep trail of big numbers of documents and change…
HIPAA-secured substances must guarantee protected health information (PHI) dispatched by email is ensured to keep unapproved people from hijacking information. Numerous HIPAA consistent email suppliers…
Many specialists and medical attendants interact making use of online chat. A standout amongst these platforms, nowadays, is Facebook Messenger. Keeping in mind the end result,…
MidMichigan Medical Center (MMC) in Alpena has alarmed victims to a possible rupture of their wellbeing data, which may have actually fallen under the control…
Protenus has discharged its November human services information break report. The report points there has been a progressive fall in human services information ruptures. November…
Data on the cover included names, dates of administration, birth dates, current procedural phrasing code, guarantor names, and protection ID numbers. Now and again, brief…
The American Health Management Association (AHIMA) has issued a direction to enable human services associations to build up a thorough and successful digital security design….
OCR has propelled new devices and actions as a feature of its endeavors to help address the opioid emergency in the U.S., and satisfy its…
Microsoft is providing a free webmail assistance since 1996, renowned as Hotmail. Hotmail has now been supplanted with Outlook.com. Thusly, Hotmail and Outlook.com will be…
Disobedience to HIPAA can be very costly for social insurance associations, yet despite the fact that the punishments for HIPAA infringement can be meaningful, numerous…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) accepted 21 reports of social insurance information ruptures in November 2017. These…
A 21st Century Oncology HIPAA agreement has been accepted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to determine potential…
GoToMeeting is a web-based gathering and video conferencing arrangement offered by LogMeIn. The administration is one of numerous conferencing and desktop sharing arrangements that can…