LabCorp Cyberattack Forces Shutdown of Systems: Investigators Currently...
LabCorp, one of the largest clinical laboratories in the United States, has experienced a cyberattack that has potentially resulted in hackers gaining access to patients’ sensitive information;...
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June 2018 Healthcare Breach Report
There was a 13.8% month-over-month increase in healthcare data breaches reported in June 2018, although the data breaches were far less severe in June with 42.48% fewer healthcare records exposed or...
View ArticleInvestigation Launched Over Snapchat Photo Sharing at M.M. Ewing Continuing...
Employees of a Canandaigua, NY nursing home have been using their smartphones to take and share images and videos of at least one resident and share the content with others via Snapchat – a violation...
View ArticleNew York Physician Notifies Patients of Exposure of their PHI
A New York physician has started notifying patients that their protected health information has been exposed and has been potentially accessed unauthorized individuals. Ruben U. Carvajal, MD was...
View ArticleFDA Issues New Guidance on Use of EHR Data in Clinical Investigations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released new guidance on the use of EHR data in clinical investigations and the requirement to ensure that appropriate controls are in place to ensure the...
View ArticleBill Proposes 18 Months Free Credit Monitoring Services for Data Breach...
A new bill has been introduced in Massachusetts that seeks to improve protections for consumers affected by data breaches. The bill calls for free credit monitoring services to offered to individuals...
View ArticleHHS Secretary Alex Azar Promises Reforms to Federal Health Privacy Rules
At a July 27 address at The Heritage Foundation, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar, explained that the HHS will be undertaking several updates to health privacy...
View ArticleCofense Develops New Phishing-Specific Security Orchestration, Automation and...
Cofense has developed a new product which will soon be added to its portfolio of anti-phishing solutions for healthcare organizations and incorporated into its phishing-specific security orchestration,...
View Article1.4 Million Patients Warned About UnityPoint Health Phishing Attack
A massive UnityPoint Health phishing attack has been reported, one in which the protected health information of 1.4 million patients has potentially been obtained by hackers. This phishing incident is...
View ArticleConsumers More Worried About Exposure of Financial Information Than Health Data
The privacy and security of health data is less of a concern for consumers than the privacy and security of financial information such as credit card numbers, according to a recent survey by the...
View ArticleNIST/NCCoE Release Guide for Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile...
The HIPAA Security Rule requires HIPAA-covered entities to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information at all times. Healthcare organizations must...
View ArticleOCR Reminds Healthcare Organizations of HIPAA Rules for Disposing of...
In its July Cybersecurity Newsletter, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has reminded HIPAA covered entities about HIPAA Rules for disposing of electronic devices and...
View ArticleVulnerabilities Discovered in Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitors and...
An advisory has been issued by ICS-CERT about vulnerabilities in MedTronic MyCareLink Patient Monitors and the MiniMed 508 Insulin Pump. This is the second advisory to be issued about MyCareLink...
View ArticleMore Than 20 Serious Vulnerabilities in OpenEMR Platform Patched
OpenEMR is an open-source electronic health record management system that is used by many thousands of healthcare providers around the world. It is the leading free-to-use electronic medical record...
View ArticleAt Least 3.14 Million Healthcare Records Were Exposed in Q2, 2018
In total, there were 143 data breaches reported to the media or the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in Q2, 2018 and the healthcare records of at least 3,143,642...
View ArticleAPWG Detects 46% Rise in Phishing Websites in Q1, 2018
The Anti-Phishing Working Group has released its Q1, 2018 Phishing Activity Trends Report which shows there was a substantial increase in unique phishing sites detected in the first few months of 2018...
View ArticleVulnerabilities in Fax Machines Can Be Exploited to Gain Network Access and...
Despite many alternative communication methods being available, healthcare organizations still extensively use faxes to communicate. Some estimates suggest as many as 75% of all communications occur...
View ArticleICS-CERT Warns of Vulnerabilities in Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular...
ICS-CERT has issued and advisory about two vulnerabilities that have been identified in Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular products, one of which has been given a high severity rating and could allow...
View ArticleSignificant Vulnerabilities Identified in Maryland’s Medicaid Management...
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the findings of an audit of Maryland’s Medicaid system. The audit was conducted as part of the HHS OIG’s...
View Article9,350 Patients of Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute Notified of Data Breach
The Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute in La Jolla, CA, is alerting thousands of patients that their medical records may have been stolen after files containing protected health information were...
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