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Healthcare IT Security March 4, 2021

Microsoft Launches Patches for Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft has introduced out-of-band security changes to deal with the four zero-day Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities which a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group identified…

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Healthcare IT Security

Facts About Healthcare Industry Cyber Threats and the Supply Chain Helping Criminal Activity


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PHI Security

Impermissible Disclosure of the PHI at Campbell County Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center


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HIPAA Violation News

Hospital Researcher Jailed for Stealing and Selling Research Data to China


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Healthcare IT Security

Global Law Enforcement Action Interferes with NetWalker Ransomware Activities


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HIPAA Violation News

Rady Children’s Hospital Confronted With Class Action Lawsuit as a Result of the Blackbaud Ransomware Attack


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HIPAA Violation News

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Revoked on Appeal


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HIPAA Updates

HITECH Act Amendment To Provide Cybersecurity Safe Harbor Signed into Law


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HIPAA Updates

Hidden Backdoor Found in 100,000 Zyxel Products


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HIPAA Updates December 31, 2020

CISA Introduces Website About the SolarWinds Supply Chain Compromise and Free Tool to Detect Malicious Activity

The DHS’ Cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Agency has published a website with resources concerning the recent activities of the advanced persistent threat (APT) group liable…


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HIPAA Violation News December 23, 2020

19th HIPAA Penalty of 2020 Issued by OCR

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has arrived at a settlement deal with Peter Wrobel, M.D., P.C., dba Elite…


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HIPAA Violation News December 18, 2020

Seasonal Staff Sentenced to 42-Months In Jail for Theft of Information from Healthcare.Gov Database

A seasonal staff at a tech firm in Virginia got sentenced to 42 months imprisonment for accessing patient files, theft of personally identifiable information (PII),…


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HIPAA Updates December 9, 2020

Rave Mobile Safety Introduces COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Solution

Rave Mobile Safety has introduced a COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Solution that will make it possible for public health agencies to determine who should receive priority…


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PHI Security December 3, 2020

University of Minnesota Physicians and McLeod Health Encounters Email Account Breaches

University of Minnesota Physicians lately encountered a phishing attack that made it possible for unauthorized persons to get access to two employees’ email accounts. One…


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PHI Security November 26, 2020

Phishing Incidents Reported by Connecticut Department of Social Services, Mercy Iowa City, and LSU Care Services

Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) sent a notification about a potential breach of the protected health information (PHI) of 37,000 persons due to several…


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Healthcare IT Security November 18, 2020

ASPR Gives Update on Ransomware Activities in the Healthcare Sector

The HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has released a recent advisory on ransomware activity that targets the healthcare and…


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PHI Security November 12, 2020

PHI Incidents at Northwest Eye Surgeons and Sight Partners, DJO, LLC and Lawrence General Hospital

Server Breach Impacts Patients of Northwest Eye Surgeons and Sight Partners Northwest Eye Surgeons LLC and Sight Partners LLC began informing 20,838 patients regarding the…


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HIPAA Violation News November 4, 2020

Failure of New Haven, CT to Remove Past Employee’s Access Rights Led to $202,000 HIPAA Fine

The City of New Haven, Connecticut has made the decision to resolve its HIPAA violation case with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office…


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HIPAA Updates October 28, 2020

FDA Okays Tool for Determining Medical Device Vulnerability Scores

MITRE Corporation created a new rubric for determining Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores of medical device vulnerabilities and it has passed the FDA’s scrutiny….


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Healthcare IT Security October 21, 2020

Exposed Broadvoice Databases Contained 350 Million Records, Including Health Information

Comparitech security researcher Bob Diachenko has found an open group of databases that belong to the Voice over IP (VoIP) telecommunications merchant Broadvoice. The records…


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Healthcare IT Security October 14, 2020

CISA/FBI Advisory on APT Groups Chaining Legacy Vulnerabilities Along with Netlogon Vulnerability

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint advisory about sophisticated advanced persistent threat groups sequencing…


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Healthcare IT Security October 7, 2020

CISA Publishes Advisory Due to Greater Emotet Malware Attacks

Subsequent to a time period of dormancy between February 2020 and July 2020, the Emotet botnet jumped back again and began spam runs circulating the…


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Healthcare IT Security September 30, 2020

Universal Health Services IT Systems Across the United States Shutdown Due to Ransomware Attack

Universal Health Services (UHS) based in King of Prussia, PA has encountered a major security breach that led to the unavailability of its IT systems….


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HIPAA Violation News September 24, 2020

A Dark Overlord Hacking Group Member Sentenced to 5 Years Imprisonment

The U.S. Department of Justice issued an advisory that an associate of the well known hacking group, The Dark Overlord, obtained his sentence to 5…


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HIPAA Updates September 17, 2020

CISA Gives Alert of Continuing Attacks by Chinese Hacking Groups Aimed Towards F5, Pulse Secure, Citrix, and MS Exchange Vulnerabilities

The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a security warning that hackers associated with China’s Ministry of State Security…


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News September 10, 2020

Resources to Enable Healthcare Companies Boost Resilience Against Insider Threats

The National Insider Threat Awareness Month (NITAM) is being celebrated this September 2020 for the second year. All through the month, resources will be offered…


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HIPAA Updates September 4, 2020

Recommended Procedures to Prevent PHI Exposure in Online Medical Presentations

An advisory issued by the American College Of Radiology, the Society For Imaging Informatics In Medicine, and the Radiological Society of North America highlight a…


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PHI Security August 27, 2020

Study Shows Increase in Credential Theft Through Spoofed Login Pages

IRONSCALES new research showed a substantial spike in credential theft utilizing spoofed websites. In the first half of 2020, the researchers discovered and reviewed bogus…


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PHI Security August 20, 2020

About 10,000 Patients Affected by Beaumont Health and The Connection, Inc. Phishing Attacks

Beaumont Health, the leading healthcare system located in Michigan, began notifying 6,000 patients about the potential access of their protected health information (PHI) by unauthorized…


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HIPAA Updates August 12, 2020

House of Representatives Approves the Lift on the Ban to Create HHS National Patient Identifier System

The House of Representatives voted to remove the restriction on the Department of Health and Human Services to use federal funds for creating a national…


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PHI Security August 6, 2020

PHI of Consumers Compromised in Theft Incidents at Cub Pharmacies

A pharmacy chain reported that looters stole the protected health information (PHI) of some of its clients at the end of May at the time…


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HIPAA Violation News July 30, 2020

Lifespan to Pay OCR $1 Million HIPAA Penalty Due to Lack of Encryption and Other HIPAA Violations

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has issued to Lifespan ACE, an affiliated covered entity of Lifespan Health System, a $1,040,000 HIPAA fine right after…


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PHI Security July 22, 2020

Data Breaches at Lorien Health Services, Accu Copy of Greenville and National Cardiovascular Partners

Lorien Health Services based in Ellicott City, MD, which manages 9 assisted living facilities throughout Maryland had encountered a ransomware attack on June 6, 2020….


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PHI Security July 17, 2020

Serious Vulnerabilities Identified in Apache Guacamole Remote Access Software

A few vulnerabilities were discovered in the Apache Guacamole remote access system. Plenty of companies had been using Apache Guacamole to allow administrators and personnel…


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PHI Security July 9, 2020

NSA Releases Guidance on Protecting IPsec Virtual Private Networks

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has published guidance to aid businesses in protecting IP Security (IPsec) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that are utilized to…


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HIPAA Updates July 3, 2020

Grays Harbor Community Hospital Agreed to $185,000 Settlement of Ransomware Lawsuit

Grays Harbor Community Hospital and Harbor Medical Group accepted the proposed settlement deal of the class-action lawsuit that the representative plaintiff filed in connection with…


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HIPAA Updates June 25, 2020

Insufficient Visibility and Poor Access Management are Key Factors to Cloud Data Breaches

A lot more organizations these days are implementing their digital transformations and are utilizing the flexibility, scalability, and cost savings presented by public cloud spaces….


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PHI Security June 17, 2020

PHI Compromised Due to a Ransomware Attack and an Email Security Breach

Rangely District Hospital in Colorado began informing patients concerning the April 2020 ransomware attack that affected some of their protected health information (PHI) located on…


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PHI Security June 10, 2020

Voicemail Phishing Trick Discovered Targeting Remote Healthcare Employees

A lot of organizations are compelled to modify working strategies due to the COVID-19 crisis. A big number of workers now do their jobs from…


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PHI Security June 4, 2020

Healthcare Provider Employees Terminated Because of Impermissible Disclosure of PHI

Healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente based in Oakland, CA found out that an ex-employee got access to the radiology files of a lot of patients with…


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Healthcare IT Security May 27, 2020

Senators Wrote CISA and FBI Concerning the Danger to COVID-19 Research Data

Four Senators sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) due to the new…


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HIPAA Updates May 21, 2020

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Faces Lawsuit Related to Two Data Breaches

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is confronted with legal action pertaining to two privacy breaches that involved staff accessing the medical records of patients without…


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HIPAA Updates May 14, 2020

PHI Exposed Due to Breaches at Florida Internal Medicine Practice, Saint Francis Healthcare Partners and Ascension Eastwood Clinic

Daniel Bendetowicz, MD, PA is informing 3,314 patients about the exposure of their PHI because of a ransomware attack. The attack took place on March…


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PHI Security May 7, 2020

BJC HealthCare Phishing Attack Affects PHI of Patients at 19 Hospitals

BJC Healthcare made an announcement about the unauthorized persons accessing the email accounts of three BJC employees after replying to the phishing emails in their…


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HIPAA Updates May 1, 2020

PHI of 41,000 Patients Compromised in Phishing Attacks at UPMC Altoona and Aurora Medical Center

UPMC Altoona found out about an unauthorized access to the email account of one doctor and the person possibly viewed or obtained the protected health…


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Healthcare IT Security April 23, 2020

FBI Gives Flash Advisory Regarding COVID-19 Phishing Attacks Targeting Healthcare Organizations

FBI has released another notice subsequent to a rise in COVID-19 phishing scams aimed towards healthcare organizations. In the notification, the FBI points out that…


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PHI Security April 16, 2020

Phishing Attacks at the Doctors Community Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine

Doctors Community Medical Center in Maryland sent notification to some patients concerning a breach of their PHI. The discovery of the data breach in January…


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HIPAA Updates April 9, 2020

Phishing Attacks on Healthcare Resource Group and Confido Exposed the PHI of Patients

Confido, a pharmacy benefits consulting company began mailing notification letters to 3,600 of its clients’ personnel, users, and their dependents concerning the probable access of…


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Healthcare IT Security April 2, 2020

Vulnerability Found in BD Pyxis MedStation and Pyxis Anesthesia (PAS) ES System

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) found a medium severity vulnerability in the BD Pyxis MedStation medication dispensing system version 1.6.1 and in the anesthesia carts…


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Healthcare IT Security March 26, 2020

Remote Employees Targeted By Cybercriminals Taking Advantage of the COVID-19 Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it compulsory for lots of persons to self-isolate. Organizations are under rising pressure to permit their personnel to work from…


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