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PaloAlto Unit42 researchers observed a 189 percent spike in attacks against hospitals and pharmacies and a 530 percent increase in COVID-19-related phishing attacks amid the vaccine rollout.
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Mashup Score: 0Limited Security, Privacy Budgets Impede Connected Health Growth - 3 year(s) ago
Limited budgets are inhibiting security and privacy efforts as connected health increases, according to a report form Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media.
Source: HealthITSecurityCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Zoom reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the company engaged in misleading privacy and security practices. Zoom must strengthen its security controls.
Source: HealthITSecurityCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Medical device vendor and manufacturer Zoll filed a lawsuit against IT service provider Barracuda Networks to recoup losses stemming from a patient data breach of 277,000 individuals in 2018.
Source: HealthITSecurityCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Every healthcare information security program should first center around a chosen cybersecurity framework, which is supported by key elements like third-party assurance and risk management processes.
Source: HealthITSecurityCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0External Threats Outpace Insider-Related Breaches in Healthcare - 4 year(s) ago
Verizon’s annual 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report shows for one of the first times, external threats caused insider-related healthcare data breaches in 2019; breaches are on the rise, overall.
Source: HealthITSecurityCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Ransomware Hacking Groups Post Data from 5 Healthcare Entities - 4 year(s) ago
Ransomware hacking groups posted the data allegedly stolen from five separate healthcare entities in recent weeks, spotlighting an increase in double extortion attacks and the harm of paying ransoms.
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Hospitals and healthcare enterprises are being targeted with double extortion ransomware: the hackers first extract data to extort providers when they refuse to pay the ransom demand to unlock files.
Source: HealthITSecurityCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Data exfiltration and extortion attempts occur in 50 percent of ransomware incidents, as ransom demand payments increased 31 percent to an average of $234,000, according to Coveware research.
Source: HealthITSecurityCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Ransomware has pummeled the healthcare sector in recent months, combined with DHS alerts on increasing Iranian cyber threats, healthcare needs to better prepare with bolstered response plans.
Source: HealthITSecurityCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
According to Health IT Security, “A new report sheds light on the tactics leveraged by hackers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the latest phishing schemes against hospitals and pharma spurred by the vaccine rollout.” Read the full story at https://t.co/pO6AzAausk