MedusaLocker ransomware is the latest variant used to encrypt healthcare systems, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) warned in its latest analyst note.
The note follows a July...
Clop ransomware continues to pose a threat to healthcare and other sectors, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) warned in its most recent alert about the Russia-linked ransomware...
CommonSpirit Health has incurred $150 million in losses as a result of an October 2022 ransomware attack, the health system’s unaudited quarterly report stated.
“The Cybersecurity...
Healthcare data breaches had the greatest impact in the second quarter of 2022 compared to previous years, with a 35 percent increase in the number of patient records affected, Critical Insight noted...
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a major threat to healthcare cybersecurity, as exemplified by the ongoing cyberattack tactics of KillNet, a pro-Russian hacktivist group that has been...
If approved by the Worcester County Superior Court, UMass Memorial Health Center will pay $1.2 million to settle a healthcare data breach lawsuit. The lawsuit stemmed from a breach that took place...
New deployment methods of the GootLoader malware loader, search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning tactics, and the deployment of additional C2 frameworks such as Cobalt Strike and SystemBC are...
San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare notified 62,777 patients of a healthcare data breach that may have exposed their personal health information.
On January 12, 2023, Sharp HealthCare discovered...
North Korean state-sponsored cyber threat actors have been targeting the healthcare sector with ransomware, the National Security Agency (NSA), HHS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S....
Behind the transportation and automotive industries, healthcare employees were the most likely to read and reply to malicious emails, falling victim to business email compromise (BEC) attacks, Abnormal...
GoodRx, along with Meta, Google, and online advertising company Criteo, were hit with a proposed class action lawsuit containing allegations of improper health data sharing practices.
GoodRx...
Duo, Imprivata, and Medigate by Claroty, were among the variety of vendors that achieved “Best in KLAS” status in the newly released 2023 Best in KLAS: Software & Services...
While the number of total third-party breaches slightly dipped in 2022, the attacks impacted nearly twice as many victims, wreaking havoc on the healthcare industry more than any other sector, Black...
Healthcare data breaches did not slow down in 2022, impacting more than 590 organizations and upwards of 48 million individuals.
In fact, healthcare data breaches accounted for 22 percent of the...
The recent rise in third-party data breaches warrants a reevaluation of third- and fourth-party vendor relationships, new data from SecurityScorecard and the Cyentia Institute suggested. As previously...
UPDATE 2/6/2023 - This article has been updated to reflect recent developments.
Florida-based Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is actively responding to “an IT security issue that began...
UPDATE 2/2/2023 - This article has been updated to include a statement from GoodRx.
GoodRx agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty for violating the Health Breach Notification Rule by failing...
Three cybersecurity vulnerabilities in an older version of OpenEMR may leave healthcare organizations open to cyberattacks, HHS warned. HHS urged healthcare organizations using versions of OpenEMR...
A hacktivist group known as KillNet is actively targeting the US healthcare sector with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyberattacks, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned in...
Dixon, Illinois-based Katherine Shaw Bethea (KSB) Hospital reached a proposed settlement of $380,000 to resolve a class action lawsuit filed in the aftermath of a September 2021 healthcare data...
