Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

Apple CEO Tim Cook called on Congress to pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation, which he described as a "landmark package of reforms that protect and empower the consumer," in a recent op-ed for Time.

About 60 percent of last year's healthcare data breaches involved email phishing, according to data cited by HealthcareInfoSecurity.

HITRUST, a security standards development and accreditation organization, updated its common security framework, or CSF, assurance program Jan. 15.

Amazon Web Services will allow customers to back up their data across cloud and on-premise environments through a new service dubbed AWS Backup.

A new malware strain may be able to uninstall security products deployed in the cloud, according to a report from researchers at cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks and reported by The Hill.

Mike Kijewski, CEO of medical device cybersecurity company MedCrypt, discusses the reality of cyberattacks on patient medical devices and how hospitals can best approach prevention.

Cyberattackers have reportedly been using a strain of ransomware called CryptoMix to remotely hack computers and then falsely claiming that victims' ransom payments will be used to fund children's medical help, HealthcareInfoSecurity reports.

Four hospital and health system chief information security officers discuss the latest cybersecurity threats and health IT trends.

A Massachusetts man will serve more than 10 years in prison for his role in a 2014 cyberattack on the computer networks of Boston Children's Hospital and a mental health facility, Reuters reports.

Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, a drug and alcohol addiction treatment facility in Richmond, Mich., is notifying "a limited number of patients" after a phishing scheme compromised an employee's email account in April, MLive reports.