The threats targeting healthcare continue to increase in both their frequency and sophistication. And if the latest third-party vendor security incident is any indication, the need for developing a cyber resilient vendor management process...
A federal judge for the US District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against Nuance Communications, filed by Heritage Valley Health System...
Improper access controls have left the data of more than 150,000 to 200,000 patients, and likely more, exposed online in at least nine GitHub repositories, shining a light on the need for...
More than 274,000 patients from several healthcare providers and payers that use Benefit Recovery Specialists (BRSI) for billing and collections services are...
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Personnel Cabinet is notifying nearly 1,000 Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan (KEHP) members that some of their personal and protected health information was...
The healthcare sector relies heavily upon its relationships with third-party vendors and business associates, which are critical to ensuring uninterrupted patient care. However, given the vast number...
The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council released best practice guidance around cyber threat information sharing programs to help healthcare organizations develop and manage these...
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...
The FBI recently sent an alert to privates sector organizations warning them that hackers are targeting supply-chain vendors with Kwampirs malware cyberattacks, in an effort to gain access to the...
NIST unveiled its latest draft guidance around cyber supply chain management, designed to help organizations develop an effective risk management program. Industry stakeholders are being asked to...
The Best in KLAS awards were released early January 31, with Meditology Services landing the top spot for the second consecutive year for its cybersecurity advisory services with a score of 95.2. The...
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...
Minnesota-based Alomere Health is notifying 49,351 patients that their medical data was potentially exposed during a hack on two employee email accounts.
Hospital staff first discovered unauthorized...
LifeLabs is potentially facing a class-action lawsuit after a several civil lawsuits were filed against the testing giant in a British Columbia Court, following reports that the data of 15 million...
Healthcare faced some of the biggest data breaches of recent history in 2019, as hackers shifted tactics to increase the success rate of financially motivated attacks. At the start of last year, trojan...
In 2018, the healthcare sector saw 15 million patient records compromised in 503 breaches, three times the amount seen in 2017, according to the Protenus Breach Barometer. But just over halfway through...
The healthcare sector has been a prime target for hackers over the last few years. Attacks have increased in sophistication, shifting at times from the obvious ransomware attacks to subtle, credential-stealing cyberattacks that hide in the...
