Scripps Health in San Diego reached a $3.5 million proposed settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit stemming from a May 2021 ransomware attack and subsequent breach that impacted 2.1 million...
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued an analyst note about KillNet, a pro-Russian hacktivist group that is known to be a threat to the US healthcare sector. The group has...
HITRUST plans to release version 11 of its cybersecurity framework (CSF) in January with new and improved features for managing emerging cybersecurity threats and reducing certification efforts, the...
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released the text of an omnibus appropriations bill that would keep the government funded through September 30, 2023. The document is more than 4,000...
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has signed an executive order aiming to protect infrastructure organizations from the overall increase in cybersecurity threats.
Led by the Secretary of the...
Citrix released patches for a critical zero-day cybersecurity vulnerability (CVE-2022-27518) in its Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway platforms.
HHS knows of healthcare entities that...
An uptick in cyberattacks across critical infrastructure organizations is causing organization leaders to bolster their security postures, going beyond basic perimeter security.
Healthcare...
The HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued two new analyst notes detailing the tactics and indicators of compromise for LockBit 3.0 and BlackCat. The LockBit ransomware family...
Organization executives are doubling down on investments toward cybersecurity reliance as an uptick in data security breaches jeopardizes business operations and overwhelms industries, including the...
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS) provided their feedback on Senator Mark R....
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a detailed brief regarding automation and its impacts on healthcare cybersecurity and beyond.
HC3 defined automation as “[t]he...
Conway Regional Medical Center in Arkansas agreed to pay $295,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a 2019 healthcare data breach. In June 2019, Conway fell victim to a phishing scheme resulting in the...
A new analyst note from the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) shed light on Royal ransomware, a human-operated ransomware variant first observed in September 2022.
“Due to...
Hospitals and healthcare systems have implemented the necessary steps to protect patients and defend their networks from cyberattacks, but they need future support through cybersecurity policies to...
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As organizations continue to digitally transform their ecosystems to enable new operations and care delivery models, healthcare cybersecurity concerns must remain top-of-mind.
During a...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn critical infrastructure organizations of...
Medical device security continues to be an issue for healthcare organizations, especially as the threat of cyberattacks increases in the industry.
The medical internet of things (IoT) has...
San Juan Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) reached a proposed settlement following a 2020 healthcare data breach that impacted nearly 69,000 individuals.
According to the original breach notice, issued...
Connected device security company Ordr published a maturity model to help healthcare organizations evaluate and improve the security of their connected devices. The guide is broken down into five...
Ransomware attacks continue to be the most prolific threat that organizations face across all infrastructure verticals, with the healthcare sector as a top target, according to the GuidePoint...
