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Anthem
Anthem will pay $16 million to settle HIPAA violation due to 2015 breach

Anthem has agreed to pay $16 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and take substantial corrective action to settle …

vulnerability
Health websites routinely share your activity with 57 third-parties

B9 Systems conducted research into the use of cookies by health websites and discovered that all the major players share your private information with, on average, 57 other …

healthcare
Hackers are finding creative ways to target connected medical devices

Hackers are leveraging error messages from connected medical devices — including radiology, X-ray and other imaging systems — to gain valuable insights, according to Zingbox. …

Philips health
Phillips plugs security flaws in e-Alert tool

Dutch tech company Phillips has fixed several serious security flaws in Philips e-Alert, a tool that helps magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems work as intended. About …

healthcare
Healthcare CISOs: Manage infosec risks and safeguard patient safety

Prominent CISOs from leading health systems and providers throughout the country have come together to establish the Provider Third Party Risk Management Council to develop, …

Datacaptor Terminal Server
Old “Misfortune Cookie” flaw opens medical gateway and devices to attack

A vulnerability in Qualcomm Life Capsule Datacaptor Terminal Server (DTS) can be easily exploited to allow attackers to execute unauthorized code to obtain administrator-level …

Australia
Analysis: Reported data breaches in Australia

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published the first full quarter report on data breaches that fall under Notifiable Data Breaches scheme and, …

healthcare
Securing healthcare organizations: The challenges CISOs face

Healthcare organizations are ideal targets for criminals looking to steal personal and other sensitive information, as the industry is lagging behind when it comes to …

Facepalm
Hackers stole personal, medication data of a quarter of Singaporeans

Hackers have breached Singapore’s health service and have stolen personal information of some 1.5 million patients. They have also compromised outpatient medication data …

healthcare
Innovation in healthcare: A hacker’s dream and CISO’s nightmare?

It’s hard not to be excited about artificial intelligence and machine learning in pure technology terms, but applying these innovations to the healthcare sector has the …

healthcare
1 in 10 healthcare organizations paid a ransom within the last year

More than one in three healthcare organizations have suffered a cyberattack within the last year, while almost one in 10 have paid a ransom or extortion fee, according to …

healthcare
Rising concerns about managing risk and proving compliance in the medical device industry

Perforce Software released the results of a global survey of medical device professionals. Key findings show increased concerns for mitigating risk and proving compliance …

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