OCR Issues 11 Further Financial Penalties To Noncompliant Entities
The Department of Health and Human Service’ Office for Civil Rights has recently announced a further 11 financial penalties to HIPAA-regulated entities who have failed…
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Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Notifies Patients Following Ransomware Attack
Researchers Find Mail Clients Vulnerable to Digital Signature Spoofing Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have identified vulnerabilities in mail clients that could be exploited by hackers in digital signature spoofing attacks. Digital signatures are widely used to…
Deadline For Small Data Breach Reports Approaches
All HIPAA covered entities (CEs) should be aware that the deadline for reporting data breaches that occurred in 2018 of fewer than 500 records is…
Menlo Security Discovers New Emotet Trojan Campaign Tactic
Researchers at Menlo Security have announced the discovery of a new campaign tactic used by hackers to distribute the Emotet Trojan malware. Menlo Security’s researchers…
Microsoft February Patch Tuesday
Microsoft and Adobe have issued patches for 150 vulnerabilities this February 2019 Patch Tuesday. These updates included patches for 43 critical Adobe flaws and 20…
VFEmail Suffers Debilitating Cyber Attack
VFEmail has announced that it has suffered a debilitating cyber attack which saw nearly all of their data compromised. VFEmail, an email provider, issued a…
Blue Cross Blue Shield Business Associate Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack
A business associate of Blue Cross Blue Shield has announced that it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The breach was reported by Wolverine…
Phishing Attack at Family Physicians Group Orlando Compromises Patient’s PHI
A phishing attack at Family Physicians Group, Orlando, has resulted in 8,400 patients having their protected health information (PHI) compromised. The breach was identified on…
Phishing Campaign Uses Custom Web Font to Avoid Detection
A new phishing threat has been revealed in which the hacker has created a custom web font on their phishing website which renders the malicious…
Email Error Results in PHI of Veterans Accidentally Sent to Unauthorised Individual
A data security incident at Lebanon VA Medical Center has resulted in the protected health information (PHI) up to a thousand patients being accidentally sent…
Microsoft December Patch Tuesday Overview
Microsoft has issued patches for 39 vulnerabilities this December 2018 Patch Tuesday. Of the vulnerabilities, 10 were rated critical, 9 of which were in Microsoft…