UK-Based telehealth app Babylon Health recently experienced a breach of its general practitioner platform, where users were able to access videos from other patients’ appointments, first reported...
The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled the pace of change in the healthcare sector, from telehealth expansion to the rapid deployment of temporary hospitals. But the increase in telework, mobile tech, remote...
The number of confirmed data breaches in the healthcare sector substantially increased last year, as external threats exceeded the number of insider-related incidents for one of the first times,...
Contact tracing app initiatives have emerged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a modern enhancement to traditional methods for tracking the spread of the virus, finding new infections, and...
Successful ransomware attacks on the US healthcare sector are in decline with just 25 providers impacted during the first quarter of 2020, compared to a total of 764 events, or an average of 191 per...
The week COVID-19 was declared a national emergency, several media outlets reported some hacking groups vowed to stop targeting the healthcare sector during the pandemic. At the same time, the majority...
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly expanded the use of telehealth, telemedicine, remote work, and bring-your-own-device, both on-site and remote in the healthcare sector. But while some outlets have...
Hacking groups are targeting healthcare in full force, with the World Health Organization and Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR), a UK-based research team on standby for developing a...
A recent study from Kantar shows that privacy and security concerns are hindering patients’ willingness to use health technology, such as patient portals to improve their care. And while many in...
Last week, NRC Health became the latest vendor to report it fell victim to a ransomware attack, which locked the company out of its computer systems as it worked to recover. Given its massive list of...
Recent reports have shown the hacking group behind Maze ransomware has been steadily posting the data of its victims online after the organizations fail to pay the ransom demand. A compiled list of...
Healthcare suffers with a unique endpoint challenge: a host of vendors, legacy systems, and an ever-increasing list of connected devices. But even with what it may deem a secure network, the threat landscape also continuously adds new...
The healthcare sector relies on a vast number of third-party vendors, supply chain businesses, and other business associates to ensure relatively seamless care transactions. But with each transaction...
Microsoft will end its support for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and 2008 R2 on January 14, marking the end of regular security updates. Given that 56 percent of healthcare still rely on Windows 7,...
The past year in health IT security was one of the worst seen in recent years, with multiple breaches each impacting several millions of patients. Patients are also growing increasingly aware of their...
The last few months of cyberattacks, especially ransomware incidents, demonstrated healthcare providers aren’t fully prepared for the new age of sophisticated threats.
As the Department of...
The use of wearable health technology is expected to expand substantially within the next few years.
Wearable devices offer many health tracking capabilities, including measuring heart rate, number of...
