Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider in New York State, has released a new chatbot, Northwell Health Pregnancy Chats, in an effort to reduce morbidity…
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Multiple lawsuits will take place in the U.S. District Court of Western Washington regarding a significant breach of PHI. At least 4 class-action lawsuits have…
Nuri Firat Ince, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston, has been awarded a $3.7 million BRAIN initiative grant from the…
A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has highlighted the use of biometric authentication on mobile devices to enable quick…
St. Vincent Medical Center is once again notifying patients of a data breach after experience a fourth phishing attack since December 2018. On March 26,…
The Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence is notifying 25,000 patients that their PHI has been compromised in a ransomware attack. SCADD, based in…
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…
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…
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 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 has announced that it has suffered a debilitating cyber attack which saw nearly all of their data compromised. VFEmail, an email provider, issued a…
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…
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…
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…
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 has issued patches for 39 vulnerabilities this December 2018 Patch Tuesday. Of the vulnerabilities, 10 were rated critical, 9 of which were in Microsoft…