Wednesday, February 20, 2019
While the company is downplaying the risk to patients, some security experts say the vulnerabilities could pave the way for malicious attacks, including ransomware attacks, if they are not patched.The alert from DHS’ Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team says Munich, Germany-based Siemens identified four vulnerabilities in the medical imaging products and is preparing
[ Read More ]When Irving, Texas-based CHRISTUS Health looked to hire more specialized health information coders three years ago, moving work offsite required IT to rethink how the system controlled sensitive data.Vice President and CTO Lynn Gibson wanted to work with individuals in several locations, but the health system had previously only hired coders available onsite at a
[ Read More ]Golden EyePetya, the latest ransomware attack devastating businesses from shipping companies to banks and even drug manufacturers across the U.K., has brought to the fore the seriousness of cybersecurity and why it is an issue hospitals cannot afford to ignore. In May 2017, the WannaCry ransomware attack crippled nearly a quarter of the hospitals in
[ Read More ]Employees are still falling for phishing scams that are leading to major breaches, including those related to ransomware attacks such as WannaCry, say federal regulators who are urging healthcare entities to step up their workforce training and awareness of email schemes.
[ Read More ]Fisher-Titus Medical Center prides itself on staying ahead of the technology curve.The Norwalk, Ohio-based provider organization which includes a 99-bed acute-care hospital, a 69-bed skilled-nursing facility, a 48-unit assisted-living facility and outpatient services incorporates IT into all aspects of care delivery, from deployment of an integrated electronic health record system to use of real-time location
[ Read More ]When Alexander Popowycz became CIO of Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First in 2015, many of the organizations IT systems lived in only one data center.The situation was untenable for the integrated system, which operates four hospitals in an area notorious for hurricanes. If an especially large storm took down a single data center, Health First risked
[ Read More ]Proposed legislation introduced into the Senate aims to help bolster the security of medical devices, including creating a report card that provides transparency about a device’s “cyber capabilities,” such as results from cyber risk assessments and testing.
[ Read More ]Three months after the global attack that infected over 300,000 computers and crippled the UK National Health Services, the cybercriminals behind the outbreak collected their 52.2 bitcoins Wednesday night.
[ Read More ]In healthcare, unintended disclosure continued to drive the majority of healthcare losses in the first half of 2017, according to Beazley.
[ Read More ]Anthems Medicare insurance coordination services vendor discovered in April that an employee was stealing and misusing Medicaid member data from as early as July 2016.
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