More than 25 percent of emails sent from federal email addresses are fraudulent, according to figures from an email security company, reports The Hill.
Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems
Healthcare cybersecurity news covering breaches, ransomware and the hospital cyberattacks that shut down clinical operations. Becker's tracks how health systems detect, respond and spend to prevent the next one.
The Department of Defense is in discussion with leaders of the commercial IT sector on how to update regulations governing cloud computing security demands for the private sector, reports Federal News Radio.
Toronto-based University Health Network is in the midst of reviewing five years' worth of online patient records after officials discovered some patients' information had been misplaced, CTV News reports.
Chase Brexton Health Care, a Baltimore-based group of community health clinics, plans to notify patients about a security incident after four employees responded to a phishing attempt.
There were 46 healthcare breaches disclosed in September, up from 33 breaches in August, according to a Protenus report.
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The cyber industry focuses too much on prevention and not enough on recovery, argues Scott Goldman, the co-founder and CEO of TextPower, in an op-ed for CSO Online.
The U.K.'s National Health Service discovered an additional 162,000 undelivered patient notes, building on a warehouse blunder initially reported in February, according to The Register.
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.