Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and its parent company, Highmark Health, announced that a phishing attack had led to potential protected health information (PHI) exposure for approximately 8,000...
BJC HealthCare agreed to put $2.7 million toward implementing multifactor authentication (MFA) and other email security measures under the terms of a data breach settlement.
The lawsuit stemmed from a...
Healthcare phishing attacks are still a top cyberattack vector, but new research shows that consistent security awareness and training can greatly reduce the likelihood of a successful attack.
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Kaiser Permanente notified 69,589 individuals of a data breach that occurred at the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington. According to a notice on its website, Kaiser Permanente discovered on...
Social engineering attacks remain some of the most efficient and effective ways for threat actors to exploit victims and gain network access, and the healthcare sector is no exception. Baiting, tailgating, and pretexting are all popular...
Cybersecurity authorities from the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia issued a joint alert warning critical infrastructure entities of increased cyber threats to managed...
Phishing attacks remain a reliable method for threat actors looking to gain network access and compromise data.
Employee education, web filters, and cyber hygiene can help healthcare organizations...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued guidance for critical infrastructure entities regarding cybersecurity information sharing. Specifically, the guidance sheds light on...
Three healthcare organizations recently began notifying patients of separate email security incidents that potentially exposed protected health information (PHI).
Charleston Area Medical Center...
H-ISAC and Booz Allen Hamilton released a report and survey outlining the top cyber threats concerning healthcare executives in today’s sophisticated cyber threat landscape.
H-ISAC surveyed...
Healthcare data breaches continue to impact hospitals and health systems, but cyberattacks at health plans and specialty clinics are also increasing as threat actors set their sights on smaller and...
Of all critical infrastructure sectors, the healthcare sector faced the most ransomware attacks in 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) 2021 Internet Crime Report revealed. The...
West Virginia-based health system Monongalia Health began notifying patients of a healthcare data breach that resulted in unauthorized access to protected health information (PHI). Just a few months...
The Houston Health Department suffered a data breach on its COVID-19 test results portal. Approximately 3,500 portal users may have had access to 10,000 COVID-19 test results.
The results included the...
More than 30 healthcare organizations were impacted by a business associate data breach targeted at Ciox Health, a clinical data technology company.
An unauthorized third party accessed one Ciox...
West Virginia-based Monongalia Health System (Mon Health), along with its affiliated hospitals Monongalia County General Hospital Company and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company announced that...
Poor cyber hygiene and weak passwords leave organizations vulnerable to healthcare data breaches. Almost a third of surveyed IT professionals from a variety of industries reported weak password...
Holiday ransomware attacks, compromised medical records, and network outages continue to overwhelm healthcare organizations.
Despite an increase in cyber threats, recent research suggested that 42...
Hospitals and health systems continue to face an overwhelming amount of cyberattacks, spoofing and phishing incidents, and breaches resulting from unauthorized email access.
Threat actors such as...
UC San Diego Health is facing a lawsuit after a healthcare data breach spanning from December 2020 to April 2021 impacted almost 500,000 individuals. Lawyers filed the suit in San Diego federal court...
