Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after it was a victim of a ransomware attack in May. Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack that hit the organization on May 9, 2023. Norton Healthcare is a healthcare system based in Louisville, Kentucky (US).

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The State of Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Millions of dollars have been stolen from healthcare companies after fraudsters gained access to customer accounts and redirected payments. The post FBI warns of criminals attacking healthcare payment processors appeared first on The State of Security.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore, recently proposed the Algorithmic Accountability Act, legislation that would require companies to assess their automated systems for accuracy, bias, and privacy risks. This includes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems that are increasingly used in healthcare. for SecureWorld News.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 23, 2024

UnitedHealth Group has given an update on the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare , one of its subsidiaries. On Wednesday February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to the cyberattack. The incident led to widespread billing outages, as well as disruptions at pharmacies across the United States.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 7, 2022

PFC), a full-service accounts receivables management company, says that a ransomware attack in late February led to a data breach affecting over 600 healthcare organizations. [.]. Professional Finance Company Inc.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

25, 2023— DataPivot Technologies , a prominent provider of Data Center, Cloud and Data Protection Solutions, understands that healthcare providers today are scrambling to solve complex clinical, operational and patient data backup & recovery challenges. North Andover, Mass.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2023

Health-ISAC, a nonprofit, private sector, member-driven organization, has released its annual cyber threat report on current and emerging threat activity in the healthcare industry, in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Threat Intelligence.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Recently, Politico revealed its research on data breaches affecting the healthcare industry In their analysis of data captured by the U.S. […]. The post CRM data breach leaks personal info tied to crypto accounts; Healthcare security breach affects 100K appeared first on BlackCloak | Protect Your Digital Life™.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 21, 2024

The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare subsidiary last month demonstrated how appealing the data-rich US healthcare industry is to hackers, how devastating the consequences can be, and how sophisticated cybercriminals are. Why is Healthcare Targeted? It’s not the healthcare they’re after.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Healthcare system Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of 3,000,000 patients. The US-based hospital healthcare system Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of 3,000,000 patients. The company is notifying the impacted individuals.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about hackers targeting healthcare payment processors to route payments to bank accounts controlled by the attacker. [.].

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Cytelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The healthcare industry has witnessed a rapid digital transformation, with hospitals, clinics, and medical practices relying heavily on technology to store and manage patient data, streamline operations, and improve patient care. Patient records, insurance information, and intellectual property are just a few examples.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 30, 2021

The healthcare industry sector is increasingly the target of cybercriminals. According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Journal, over the past eleven years (2009-2020) there have been more than 3,705 healthcare data breaches impacting more than 268 million medical records.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. In a 2022 report they state that they have “received multiple reports of cyber criminals increasingly targeting healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments.” How does it affect healthcare? In one case, $3.1 In one case, $3.1

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

The first data that emerged from the report is that ransomware accounts for 54% of cybersecurity threats in the health sector. According to the report, organizations in the European health sector experienced a significant number of incidents, with healthcare providers accounting for 53% of the total incidents.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Amid fears that the newly mutated & detected Omicron variant of Corona could trigger a lockdown across the world, security experts warn that some group of threat actors probably funded by adversary governments are threatening to disrupt the healthcare services and vaccine supply meant to contain the spread of COVID-19 on a global note.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The FBI has issued an alert about threat actors targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about cyber attacks against healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. million payments. ” reads the alert.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A new alert has been issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding hacker-conducted cyberattacks, which target healthcare payment processors. Millions of dollars have been stolen after the threat actors gained access to customer accounts and redirected their payments to bank accounts controlled by them.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2023

HCA Healthcare disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of roughly 11 million patients. HCA Healthcare this week announced that the personal information of roughly 11 million patients was compromised in a data breach. ” In response to the incident, HCA Healthcare disabled user access to the storage location.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Preliminary analysis made by security experts of AAH revealed hackers accessed the following info, such as IP address, dates and times of scheduled appointments, gist of patient’s medical history, insurance data and proxy account info. million patients. .

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recently released staggering figures revealing a significant increase in healthcare data breaches affecting 88 million Americans in 2023 alone. These findings were revealed in light of a settlement case in the healthcare industry.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 9, 2022

May 2021 was a tough month for the Healthcare and Medical sector–the most notable threat trend at the time was the heavy use of a new popular exploit against Dell systems, leading to immense effort by attackers to utilize the exploit before it became less effective due to patching. Securing healthcare and medical organizations.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

At least 69,000 people have been impacted by a data breach at Kaiser Permanente, a long-running managed healthcare consortium. The latest in a long-running series of healthcare attacks, the road to stolen data began on April 5 this year with an email compromise. Healthcare attacks: big business for fraudsters.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Millions of dollars have been stolen from healthcare companies after fraudsters gained access to customer accounts and redirected payments. The post FBI warns of criminals attacking healthcare payment processors appeared first on The State of Security.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 30, 2023

Highlighting the key elements of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to ensure HIPAA best practices The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a vital piece of legislation that safeguards the privacy and security of individuals’ healthcare information.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. By Tom Neclerio , Vice President of Professional Services at SilverSky.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 5, 2019

Expect more healthcare companies to come forward. LabCorp says its third-party debt-collection provider, AMCA, notified the company that information on 7.7 million patients had leaked.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Healthcare company Norton says a May breach led to the theft of data of around 2.5 Some people also had their financial account numbers, driver licenses or other government ID numbers, and digital signatures also taken. million of its patients, as well as employees and their dependents. Take your time. Set up identity monitoring.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Comparitech released the results of its most recent study , looking at the true cost of ransomware on healthcare organisations around the world. Place this scenario in a healthcare environment, and the stakes are much higher. In 2022, ransomware attacks on healthcare organisations remain a very prominent threat.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Securing the healthcare data warehouses themselves is equally vital to ensure the software applications’ security in their development and maintenance. Use strong access controls: Setting up strict access restrictions is one of the critical elements in securing healthcare data warehouses.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The healthcare sector continues to be a high priority target for malicious threat actors, as it has been throughout the pandemic. Broward Health, a large healthcare system in South Florida, disclosed a data breach that impacts more than 1.3 million of its patients. million of its patients.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Job Title: Office and Accounting Administrator Location: Office and remote working options Tenure: 5 days per week BH Consulting is an expanding cybersecurity and data protection consulting service – with offices in Dublin, London and New York. Salaries, pension, healthcare, 3 rd party supplier management. Fluent in English.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2024

This breach ranks among the largest ever reported for a healthcare provider or health plan in the U.S. It is believed that PII (personally identifiable information) was transmitted to third-party vendors via mobile applications and other website tools used by the healthcare giant. in terms of the number of people impacted.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 12, 2021

We have seen examples of this all throughout 2020 with an increase in cyberattacks targeting the healthcare sector due to the pandemic. The pandemic has also exposed some existing weaknesses and challenges of cybersecurity in healthcare. 1 key finding on cyberattacks in healthcare. . #1

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2022

The Professional Finance Company, PFC, suffered a ransomware attack on February 26 and on July 1 confirmed that over 650 healthcare providers were affected by the breach. According to a notice from PFC, attackers stole confidential patient information including patient names, addresses, and outstanding account balances.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Increasingly, patients want to access their healthcare information using mobile applications or web applications. As healthcare providers increased their use of technology during the COVID pandemic, securing health applications is more important than ever. Reduce healthcare fraud and abuse. Accounting. Utilization review.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

United States government agencies recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing information on how North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are actively using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations. Mitigations for Maui ransomware.

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