Cybersecurity

The California Department of State Hospitals announced March 18 that one of its employees improperly accessed the private health information of about 1,415 patients and 617 employees.

A sophisticated group of cybercriminals are emerging in a new TrickBot malware campaign. To secure your organization, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI recommend 10 tips for users and administrators on implementing mitigation measures.

Tempe-based health insurer Arizona Complete Health recently began notifying more than 27,000 members that their personal health information was accessed by hackers throughout the month of January. 

The Federal Communications Commission issued the largest fine in its history — $225 million — against Texas telemarketers who spoofed about 1 billion robocalls to sell health insurance.

Colorado Retina Associates began notifying 26,609 patients that an unauthorized party gained access to employee work email accounts and then used it to send phishing emails to individuals in the employee's electronic contacts.

Newberry (S.C.) County Memorial Hospital is upgrading its security measures after a February ransomware attack forced the hospital to revert to manual procedures, according to local CBS affiliate WSPA. 

Microsoft vulnerabilities have soared nearly 50 percent from 2019, a BeyondTrust report found. 

Among growing cyberthreats in healthcare, a rural Vermont hospital faces additional challenges in navigating the cybersecurity landscape with limited resources. 

As the healthcare industry battled the COVID-19 pandemic, hacking incidents increased by 42 percent from 2019, a March Protenus report found.

PeakTPA, a company that manages the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly claims for Medicare and Medicaid users, began notifying 50,000 patients that their data was breached after data from two of PeakTPA's cloud servers was stolen.