The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced a new funding commitment designed to improve hospital cyber resiliency.The new National Institutes of Health initiative, Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense,…
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to do more to help health systems, health plans and other healthcare organizations manage the increasingly disruptive fallout…
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MediSecure, a provider of a digital prescription platform, is the latest in Australia to fall victim to a major ransomware attack by unidentified actors. On Thursday, 16 May, the company reported a cyber attack “impacting…
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It’s been a bad couple months for cybersecurity in healthcare. Or maybe it will end up being a good thing. I remember after the devestation of Hurricane Katrina, we all woke up to the…
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Ascension confirmed Saturday that a May 8 cybersecurity incident was a ransomware attack. But the 19-state health system said it’s making progress in updating systems and has provided separate updates for facilities in each…
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US non-profit health system Ascension has confirmed that its electronic health records (EHR) system is down following a ransomware incident on 8 May 2024.In a cybersecurity update, published on 13 May 2024, Ascension said…
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The Vivid T9 ultrasound system
What You Should Know:
– Security researchers at Nozomi Networks Labs have identified a total of 11 vulnerabilities affecting GE HealthCare’s Vivid family of ultrasound machines, the accompanying Common Service Desktop…
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Ascension’s most recent update from Monday evening reaffirms that it will take some time – no timelines were announced — for it to return to normal operation following its May 8 cyberattack.
The update…
I have friends who work for Ascension. The concerns coming out of their facilities, which are offline due to a ransomware attack, are quite serious. It sounds like they haven’t done adequate downtime preparation,…
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The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector.Prompted by H-ISAC, the American Hospital Association also…
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