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Privacy & Security

By Bill Siwicki | 10:27 am | April 13, 2017
Cybercriminals increasingly are using object linking and embedding packages though healthcare executives have options to fight them.
By Bernie Monegain | 03:49 pm | April 11, 2017
IBM breaks down the much-hyped technology for healthcare and other industry executives looking to better grasp what the tech can do.
By Jessica Davis | 03:09 pm | April 10, 2017
Philadelphia ransomware is part of a highly targeted spear-phishing campaign that may signify more ransomware-as-service campaigns are on the horizon.
By Jessica Davis | 05:02 pm | April 07, 2017
A failed contract to build a customer database for HealthNow Networks, left personal health information exposed online for months, according to an investigation by ZDNet and DataBreaches.net.
By Mike Miliard | 03:14 pm | April 07, 2017
The law was enacted when the internet was in its infancy and healthcare was still paper-based.
By Jessica Davis | 02:36 pm | April 07, 2017
If passed, the law would help small- and medium-sized healthcare providers that often have constrained security budgets.
By Tom Sullivan | 04:16 pm | April 06, 2017
With Bitcoin allowing attackers to stay anonymous, and a bulls-eye painted over the industry, time to get prepared is running out, group says.
By Jessica Davis | 05:36 pm | April 05, 2017
ABCD Children’s Pediatrics also discovered other evidence of hackers on the network, which included suspicious user accounts.
By Jessica Davis | 12:51 pm | April 05, 2017
More than a third of the 1,798 breaches discovered in 2016 affected either large hospitals or academic medical centers, a JAMA report found.
By Jessica Davis | 09:08 am | April 05, 2017
As threats continue to plague the healthcare industry, Congress needs to financially support industries willing to share threat data, group says.