The healthcare sector continued to face a high volume of cyberattacks in the past few months as infostealing malware rose in popularity, BlackBerry stated in its latest Global Threat Intelligence...
The Biden-Harris Administration unveiled the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES), aimed at reducing cyber workforce gaps and empowering individuals to enter the cyber workforce. The...
Insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities in web applications pose a threat to organizations around the world, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned in a...
Following a cyberattack on Tampa General Hospital (TGH) that impacted 1.2 million people, Florida Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) penned a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking the bureau to...
The average cost of a healthcare data breach rose to $11 million, signifying a $1 million increase from last year, according to IBM Security’s 2023 "Cost of a Data Breach Report." The global...
Healthcare organizations face an uptick in cyber threats, as malicious actors turn to tools like ransomware, artificial intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT) attacks. These threats are...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) urged critical infrastructure entities to enhance monitoring of Microsoft Exchange Online...
The HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a brief regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and the threats it may pose to healthcare cybersecurity. As AI continues to advance,...
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) inspected the information security program at the Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System and discovered significant security...
The Biden-Harris Administration issued its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP), which provides a detailed roadmap to achieving the National Cybersecurity Strategy. The...
MedCrypt, a cybersecurity solution provider for medical device manufacturers, announced a partnership with Kansas State University (KSU) to drive medical device security research. MedCrypt provided a...
Claroty’s Team82 and Check Point Research (CPR) discovered critical vulnerabilities in the QuickBlox software development kit (SDK) and application programming interface (API), a framework that...
Healthcare organizations are increasingly connecting devices to their networks to enable efficiency and aid in patient care. However, increased device connectivity exposes organizations to additional...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Canadian Centre for...
The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG) issued a new publication, entitled “Health Industry Cybersecurity Coordinated Healthcare...
Kronos, also known as Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG), agreed to pay $6 million to resolve a class action lawsuit over a 2021 data breach. The HR management solutions provider suffered a ransomware attack...
Medtronic notified the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of a cybersecurity vulnerability (CVE-2023-31222) found in its Paceart Optima System. If exploited, threat actors may be...
Catalyzed by ongoing technological innovation and the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare sector has steadily increased its digital transformation efforts in recent years. Cloud adoption, telehealth, and...
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center’s (HC3) latest analyst note details the threat of search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning, which is increasingly being used against the...
San Jose, California-based Good Samaritan Hospital has reached an undisclosed settlement, which includes a nearly $460,000 commitment to cybersecurity upgrades, to resolve a class-action lawsuit...