Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health University Hospital received two bomb threats Oct. 16 and Oct. 17, according to WKRG.
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The FDA released a draft of its updated premarket guidance for medical device cybersecurity Oct. 18, adding new recommendations for internet-connected products.
Fifty-six percent of healthcare organizations have been compromised by an endpoint attack in the last year, slightly less than the 64 percent of organizations across industries that reported so, according to a recent report sponsored by endpoint security company Barkly.
The FDA and the Department of Homeland Security signed a memorandum of agreement as part of a joint effort to address threats to medical device security, particularly among internet-connected products.
Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., began mailing notification letters to an undisclosed number of patients Oct. 12 after it discovered an unauthorized user had gained access to three of its employees' email accounts.
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HITRUST, a security standards development and accreditation organization, launched the RightStart Program on Oct. 9 to help startups adopt privacy and security measures.
A security risk assessment tool for hospitals and other HIPAA-covered entities boasts new usability features, thanks to updates from two HHS agencies.
An average hospital room can house as many as 20 medical devices, and almost all of them will be networked – either wired or wirelessly.
IBM is taking cybersecurity education to the streets with what it calls the first mobile security operations center, the company said Oct. 15.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services is notifying 21,000 individuals about a potential compromise of their personal information after it discovered an authorized third party gained access to two email accounts on two separate occasions, according to KSTP.