By Jill McKeon
July 12, 2023 – MedCrypt, a cybersecurity solution provider for medical device manufacturers, announced a partnership with Kansas State University (KSU) to drive medical device security research. MedCrypt provided a grant to KSU…
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By Jill McKeon
July 11, 2023 – Healthcare organizations are increasingly connecting devices to their networks to enable efficiency and aid in patient care. However, increased device connectivity exposes organizations to additional security and privacy risks,…
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By Jill McKeon
July 11, 2023 – Global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe suffered a data breach involving more than 40,000 individuals. The data was originally in the firm’s possession because it was working on…
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By Jill McKeon
July 10, 2023 – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)…
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By Jill McKeon
July 06, 2023 – The latest string of reported healthcare data breaches impacted small and mid-sized healthcare organizations. Two of the three breaches mentioned below occurred in 2022.
Community Research Foundation Notifies HHS of…
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By Jill McKeon
July 05, 2023 – Strong authentication practices can help healthcare organizations mitigate breach risk and maintain compliance, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reminded covered entities in its June 2023 newsletter.
According to…
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By Jill McKeon
June 30, 2023 – Medtronic notified the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of a cybersecurity vulnerability (CVE-2023-31222) found in its Paceart Optima System. If exploited, threat actors may be able to execute…
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By Jill McKeon
June 28, 2023 – The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center’s (HC3) latest analyst note details the threat of search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning, which is increasingly being used against the healthcare sector.
SEO poisoning…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
June 28, 2023 – Good Samaritan Hospital settled a class-action lawsuit that alleged its inadequate cybersecurity measures were responsible for a 2020 data breach.
San Jose, California-based Good Samaritan Hospital has reached an undisclosed…
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By Jill McKeon
June 22, 2023 – Digital health company Kannact disclosed a breach to HHS that impacted 103,547 individuals. According to a breach notice posted on the company’s website, Kannact discovered that an unauthorized party…
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