Cybersecurity

The plurality of data breaches in the healthcare sector thus far in 2017 resulted from unintended disclosure, according to a report out of the the insurance company Beazley.

Researchers have identified a flaw in the security protocol that protects nearly all Wi-Fi networks, which could compromise almost all wireless-enabled devices. 

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving the protection of data stored overseas, reports The Hill.

The sale of ransomware on the dark web grew more than 2,500 percent between 2016 and 2017, according to a Carbon Black report.

A former employee of a Louisiana hospital may have accessed thousands of patient records without authorization for nearly 15 years, a spokesperson from Bogalusa, La.-based Our Lady of the Angels Hospital told Becker's Hospital Review.

Eighty-three percent of IT professionals agree privileged access management is somewhat or extremely important to their security efforts, according to a BeyondTrust survey.

The Government Accountability Office plans to launch a probe into a cyberattack that reportedly targeted the Federal Communications Commission in May, The Hill reports.

North Korea was behind the WannaCry ransomware attacks, which infected more than 300,000 devices in more than 150 countries in May, claimed Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, according to The Telegraph.

Ashland, Mo.-based Namaste Health Care notified 1,600 patients its office experienced a cyberattack in August, reports News Tribune.

An agitated patient fired a handgun Oct. 14 inside his room at Covenant HealthCare's Cooper campus in Saginaw, Mich., reports WSGW.