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HC3 Checklist Helps Healthcare Sector Ensure Mobile Device Security

March 24, 2023 - The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) released a mobile device security checklist, containing important considerations for using mobile devices in a healthcare setting. “Mobile devices are prevalent in the health sector, and due to their storage and processing of private health information (PHI) as well as other sensitive...


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FTC, HHS Update Mobile Health App Data Privacy Compliance Tool

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and HHS updated their Mobile Health App Interactive Tool, designed to help mobile health app developers understand which data privacy laws apply to their apps. The...

10 State AGs Call on Apple to Bolster Reproductive Health Data Privacy in App Store

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A group of ten state attorneys general penned a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook urging the tech company to address gaps in reproductive health data privacy, particularly as it applies to third-party apps...

Addressing Mobile Device Security Risks in Healthcare

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Mobile device security risks have become a more prominent threat along with the rise of remote work. In fact, nearly half of more than 600 security professionals surveyed by Verizon in its new Mobile...

EHI Provides Guidance for Protecting non-HIPAA-Covered Health Data

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Executives for Health Innovation (EHI) released a report with guidance for protecting non-HIPAA-covered health data held by health tech companies. In the report, EHI advocated for the adoption of...

NIST Issues Final Guidance on RPM, Telehealth Security

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The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), which is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), released final guidance on remote patient monitoring (RPM) and...

81% of Telehealth Providers Are Concerned About Data Leakage

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Telehealth proved to be a crucial and tool in healthcare at the height of the pandemic, but patients and providers still harbor concerns about data security and privacy. Over 90 percent of global...

What Data Privacy Risks Are Associated with Mobile Health Apps?

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In an analysis of over 20,000 mobile health (mHealth) apps available in the Google Play marketplace, researchers found that 88 percent contained code that had the ability to collect user data,...

NIST Unveils Guide to Mobile Device Authentication for First Responders

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A new NIST report sheds light on the role of mobile device biometrics for authentication to provide first responders immediate access to sensitive data, as an increasing number of public safety...

The Telehealth Security Impact: Now and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 response resulted in a virtual care boom that’s expected to last well beyond the pandemic. As telehealth continues to support the shift in healthcare, ensuring a minimal security...

Google Sued, Lawsuit Claims COVID-19 Contact Tracing Tool Exposes Data

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Two individuals who used California’s state public health COVID-19 contact tracing app have filed a lawsuit against its developer, Google, claiming the tool exposes user data and violated their...

HSCC Shares Telehealth Cybersecurity Assessment, Mitigation Guidance

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The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) shared guidance directed at telehealth vendors and services providers, to support with the assessment and mitigation of potential...

NIST Shares Mobile Device Privacy, Security Guide for BYOD Policies

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NIST recently shared draft guidance for enterprise bring-your-own-device policies, designed to provide system administrators with a standards-based approach and need tools for the privacy and...

Verkada Security Camera Hack Allows Access, Leak of Hospital Live Feeds

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A report from Bloomberg shows hackers were able to gain access to the live feeds from at least 150,000 security cameras, including those belonging to several hospitals, health clinics, Tesla, and...

Congress Urges FTC Crackdown on Health Apps Via Breach Notice Rule

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A group of three Congressional members from New Jersey are urging the Federal Trade Commission to utilize its Health Breach Notification Rule to crack down on mobile health apps that share personal...

30 Popular mHealth Apps Vulnerable to API Attacks, Posing PHI Risk

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The 30 most popular mHealth apps are highly vulnerable to API cyberattacks, which could enable unauthorized access to full patient records, such as protected health information and personally...

Report: COVID-19 Telehealth Risks and Best Practice Privacy, Security

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Highlighting the risks posed by lifted restrictions on communication apps amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association urged...

OCR Updates HIPAA Resource for mHealth Apps, Cloud Computing

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights updated and renamed its former Health App Developer Portal as a HIPAA resource page for mobile health apps, APIs, and...

Researchers Find More Devices, Vendors Vulnerable to Ripple20

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An additional 34 devices have been identified as vulnerable to Ripple20 flaws, which are found in the TCP/IP communication stack software developed by Treck, according to...

Philips Discloses Vulnerability in DreamMapper Mobile App Software

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The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an advisory on a medium-severity vulnerability found...