Security
Congressmen from both sides of the aisle weigh in on ransomware worries.
A third-party vendor is responsible for the security breach of the protected health information of 4,300 patients at Mass. General. Hospital executives posted an apology on its website on June 29.
Discovered by two security researchers, JavaScript ransomware provides hackers with an advantage over traditional .exe files, according to the cybersecurity company, Proofpoint.
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Unique copies of the records – apparently stolen from three large health organizations and a U.S. insurance company – are being offered for as much as $485,000 worth of bitcoin, according to the website DeepDotWeb.
New software and services are tailored for ransom attacks. Will more security vendors follow suit or build anti-ransomware functionality into existing malware tools?
The defendants, 61 of them clinicians, are being charged with various crimes, including conspiracy, violations of anti-kickback statutes, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.
Protecting the perimeter and safeguarding against phishing attacks don’t have to cost a fortune, according to one cybersecurity investigator and a CISO, if you plan carefully and spend wisely.
The research also found that 55 percent of healthcare organizations have already moved Tier 1 applications to a cloud. But security and orchestration remain as significant obstacles.
Cost of data breaches climbs to $4 million as healthcare incidents are most expensive, Ponemon finds
The overall costs include fines levied by the federal government as well as instituting business continuity and incident response plans, employee training, and hiring a CISO.