healthcare

There’s hardly a day anymore that we don’t hear about a hospital being hit with ransomware. But while most have been infected via phishing emails carrying or …

For many years, when you swiped your credit card, your number would be stored on the card reader, making encryption difficult to implement. Now, after nearly a decade of …

Security researchers have discovered 1,418 vulnerabilities in CareFusion’s Pyxis SupplyStation system – automated cabinets used to dispense medical supplies …

Dutch tech company Philips recently announced that its digital pathology solutions have been certified for compliance with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security …

Healthcare organizations average about one cyber attack per month, say the result of the recent Ponemon study on the state of cybersecurity in healthcare organizations. Almost …

At least three hospitals in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have been hit with crypto ransomware. One is Lukas Krankenhaus (Lukas Hospital) in Neuss, the second one …

Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) published a study that demonstrates security flaws to be pervasive within the healthcare industry. The research found that adversaries …

The Hollywood hospital whose systems have been infected with ransomware has paid $17,000 to get the decryption key from the criminals, and is operating normally once again. …

The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, an “acute-care facility” located in Los Angeles, has had its computer systems compromised by hackers. The attackers are …

In 2015, one in three Americans were victims of healthcare data breaches, attributed to a series of large-scale attacks that each affected more than 10 million individuals. …

Cybersecurity threats to medical devices are a growing concern. The exploitation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities presents a potential risk to the safety and effectiveness of …

Of all the IoT devices out there, none are more crucial to users than the medical devices that help them simplify the management of certain medical conditions or, in the most …