Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

Although cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated, their access to tens of billions of corporate and personal records and hundreds of software flaws have made it easy to infect organizations, according to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2020, which was…

The FBI issued a notification to supply chain software companies last week, warning of ongoing malware attacks, according to ZDNet.

After a hospital or business affiliate suffers from a data breach that potentially exposes the protected health information of 500 or more patients, it must report the incident to the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

In a recent survey, CEOs reported that they are more confident about their cybersecurity efforts compared to five years ago, according to Inc.

Medtronic has made updates to its CareLink 2090 Programmer and CareLink Encore 299901 Programmer to fix vulnerabilities that if exploited could allow external parties to download malicious software on the connected devices, the company announced Jan. 30.

Chief information security officers continue to cite a growing amount of stress in their work, with 90 percent willing to opt for a 7.76 percent pay cut — roughly $9,642 — to improve their work-life balance, according to a survey…

Reva, a medical transportation service, began alerting 1,000 patients Jan. 22 that their information may have been exposed in a phishing attack.

The financial blows hospitals take after suffering from a ransomware attack may cause them to breach their covenant agreement with bondholders, according to Bloomberg Law.

Health Share of Oregon, one of the state's largest Medicaid providers, began notifying 654,362 members Feb. 5 that a computer storing their information was stolen from a third-party vendor.

Lafayette (Ind.) Regional Rehabilitation Hospital began notifying 1,360 patients that their information may have been exposed in a phishing attack.