Email Error Results in Data Breach at Prairie Fields Family Medicine
Prairie Fields Family Medicine has announced that an email error has resulted in the protected health information (PHI) of nearly 6,500 patients being compromised. Prairie…
Prairie Fields Family Medicine has announced that an email error has resulted in the protected health information (PHI) of nearly 6,500 patients being compromised. Prairie…
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, a Texan medical centre based in Frisco, has announced that due to a data security incident, the payment information…
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…
Altus Baytown Hospital in Baytown, TX, has announced that it was recently a victim of a ransomware attack, with their servers being infected with the…
Bankers Life, a health insurance organisation which is part of the CNO Financial Group Inc., has experienced a data breach which has affected more than…
Protenus, a healthier security organisation, has released its quarterly Breach Barometer Report for Q3 2018. The report is designed to give an insight into the…
Raley’s Pharmacy, associated with the family-owned Raley’s supermarket chain, has announced that up to 10,000 patients may have had their protected health information (PHI) compromised…
February 9, 2018 The FBI has spent the past few months investigating reports of Internet Crime Complaint Center phishing scams. IC3 has been impersonated in…
March 26, 2018 The 2018 Malware Review from security awareness and anti-phishing solution provider Cofense (Formerly PhishMe) looks at malware trends over the past 12…
April 23, 2018 The recent shootings at schools in the United States have shocked the nation, with educational institutions now on high alert for any…
May 17, 2018 A new variant of August Stealer – named Vega Stealer – is being distributed in small phishing campaigns targeting marketing, advertising, and…
A new banking Trojan – MnuBot – has been detected by IBM X-Force researchers which uses an unusual method of communication. Instead of using a…
June 21, 2018 More than 400 models of Axis Communications’ security cameras contain vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors to intercept and view…
June 29, 2018 A recently disclosed vulnerability in the WordPress CMS Core could be exploited to escalate privileges, remotely execute code, and take full control…
July 22, 2018 The city of Cincinnati has taken steps to improve response times of the emergency services in the wake of a tragic incident…
July 28, 2018 One more side-channel vulnerability has been found that could be abused in a Spectre-Class attack. This attack method is not stopped by…
August 18, 2018 Multi-factor certification can assist to safeguard accounts and defend against phishing attacks. If an accurate username and password combo is obtained, without…
August 21, 2018 A phishing campaign called PhishPoint utilizes SharePoint files to steal users’ Office 365 identifications. Huge numbers of phishing electronic mails are being…
August 23, 2018 The Necurs botnet is being utilized to transmit huge quantities of spam electronic mails having Marap malware. Marap malware is presently being…
February 24, 2018 In January, a new data breach notice bill was announced in Colorado that suggested updates to state rules to improve safeguards for…
February 25, 2018 Is IBM Cloud HIPAA compliant? Is the cloud platform appropriate for healthcare companies in the United States to introduce infrastructure, develop health…
June 27, 2018 Patients who believe HIPAA Laws have been violated can submit a complaint to the Division of Health and Human Services’ Office for…
March 17, 2018 Intercom’s messaging software-as-a-service solutions are trendy with companies for conversing with possible clients. The solutions have the possibility for use in the…
April 12, 2018 The Division of Health and Human Services has filed a proposal to reject a court case filed by the healthcare information management…
April 13, 2018 An ex-receptionist at a New York dental practice has been penalized to serve 2 to 6 years in state prison for stealing…
June 2, 2018 The Division of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reminded protected units that HIPAA not only needs technical…
June 16, 2018 SendGrid is an electronic mail marketing platform that lets businesses easily and quickly transmit their marketing messages to clients, however, can the…
June 17, 2018 The Division of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has released new guidance for HIPAA-covered units to simplify HIPAA approvals…
June 21, 2018 April was a specifically bad month for healthcare data breaks with 41 reported incidents. Although it is certainly good news that there…
July 5, 2018 Healthcare companies have been reminded of HIPAA patch administration necessities to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of ePHI is protected. Patch…
August 15, 2018 The Oklahoma Division of Veteran Matters has been blamed of breaking Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Laws by three Democrat…
August 29, 2018 After the unintentional drowning of their adopted son, Denise and Wayne Russell were communicated by the child’s birth mother who made threats…
February 24, 2018 Nearly 1,900 patients of the University of Virginia Health System are being informed that an illegal person has gained access to their…
April 29, 2018 A strange error by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has seen a former worker sent the PHI of roughly 100…
May 18, 2018 In the latest filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Burlington, MA-based Nuance Communications revealed it suffered a data break involving…
June 20, 2018 An ex-worker of the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, CA who thieved the protected health information (PHI) of over 1,000…
July 26, 2018 The phishing attacks on healthcare companies carry on… The previous few days have seen two more healthcare companies declare that electronic mail…
July 27, 2018 Blue Springs Family Care in Missouri has suffered a ransomware attack that has led to the encryption of confidential data. The attack…
August 3, 2018 A mistake made by a transcription facility supplier in the course of a software upgrade on a server has led to the…
August 10, 2018 SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri is notifying hundreds of thousands of patients that a few of their PHI…
August 12, 2018 MedSpring Urgent Care, a setup of urgent care health centers in Atlanta, Fort Worth, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, and Houston, has seen an…
August 19, 2018 InterAct of Michigan, a supplier of mental health and substance misuse cures through clinics in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids has learnt an…
August 22, 2018 The Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute in La Jolla, CA, is warning thousands of patients that their medical files might have been…
August 31, 2018 The West Los Angeles-based drug and alcohol cure center, Authentic Recovery Center, is warning 1,790 people that some of their personally identifiable…
September 1, 2018 A mistake in a mailing to Missouri Care members reminding them to book well-child visits has led to the unintentional exposure of…
September 2, 2018 The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued the final form of…
August 25, 2018 Cofense has declared that more updates have been made to its prize-winning phishing electronic mail simulation program, Cofense PhishMe. The updates offer…
August 21, 2018 Legacy Health has found an illegal person has gained access to its electronic mail system and the protected health information (PHI) of…
August 19, 2018 A grave data break has been informed by Augusta University Health that has impacted roughly 417,000 people including faculty members, patients, and…
August 1, 2018 Cofense has created a new product which will shortly be added to its collection of anti-phishing solutions for healthcare companies and included…