Tag: healthcare
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At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds
Of those, more than 200 appear to have had outages of services related to patient care following CrowdStrike’s disastrous crash, researchers have revealed. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/at-least-750-us-hospitals-faced-disruptions-during-last-years-crowdstrike-outage-study-finds/
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Retail Becomes New Target as Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Slow
Comparitech found that healthcare ransomware attacks rose 4% in H1 2025, a significantly lower rate than the cross-sector average of 50% First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/retail-target-healthcare/
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Cyberangriff auf ein Krankenhaus in Kansas, USA?
Cyberattack suspected at El Dorado hospital, part of growing trend targeting medical systems First seen on kwch.com Jump to article: www.kwch.com/2025/07/18/cyberattack-suspected-el-dorado-hospital-part-growing-trend-targeting-medical-systems/
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Stormous Ransomware gang targets North Country HealthCare, claims 600K patient data stolen
Ransomware group Stormous claims it stole data from 600,000 North Country HealthCare patients across 14 sites in northern Arizona. The Stormous ransomware gang claims it has stolen personal and health data belonging to 600,000 patients from health provider North Country HealthCare. North Country HealthCare is a nonprofit, federally qualified health center (FQHC) based in northern…
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Topsy-Turvy Data Breach Reality: Incidents Up, Victims Down
Most Compromises Trace to Financial Services, Healthcare, Professional Services. Data breaches rage on. In the first half of this year, the Identity Theft Resource Center counted 1,732 total data breaches affecting 166 million people, marking a rise in data breaches but a decline in victims, likely due to a drop in mega-breaches. First seen on…
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AI Appreciation Day: Celebrating Progress, Embracing Responsibility
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in the fabric of our daily lives, workplaces, and digital infrastructure, AI Appreciation Day presents the perfect opportunity to reflect not only on its transformative power but also the responsibilities that come with it. From cybersecurity to healthcare and beyond, the voices of leading experts in the field…
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Former Google DeepMind engineer behind Simular says other AI agents are doing it wrong
Simular is starting with industries like insurance and healthcare with tons of forms to fill First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/07/15/simular_ai_agent_reinforcement/
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Over 5.4 Million Affected in Healthcare Data Breach at Episource
A data breach at Episource has exposed the personal information of 5.4 million individuals after attackers accessed systems for 10 days First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/54-million-affected-episource/
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Why ‘AI Fatigue’ Is Risky to Cyber Leaders and Their Teams
The flood of new artificial intelligence tools, including those to help cybersecurity teams, can overwhelm healthcare CISOs and their security staff, fueling AI fatigue that in itself can create additional cyber risk, said Drew Henderson and Jon Hilton, practice leaders at consulting firm LBMC. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/ai-fatigue-risky-to-cyber-leaders-their-teams-i-5484
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Risk management, legacy tech pose major threats to healthcare firms, report finds
Companies have improved their recovery processes and user controls but still lag in risk preparedness, according to the report. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/healthcare-cybersecurity-risks-report-fortified/753077/
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AI poisoning and the CISO’s crisis of trust
Tags: access, ai, breach, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, disinformation, exploit, framework, healthcare, identity, infosec, injection, LLM, monitoring, network, privacy, RedTeam, resilience, risk, russia, saas, threat, tool, trainingFoundation models began parroting Kremlin-aligned propaganda after ingesting material seeded by a large-scale Russian network known as the “Pravda Network.”A high-profile AI-generated reading list published by two American news outlets included 10 hallucinated book titles mistakenly attributed to real authors.Researchers showed that imperceptible perturbations in training images could trigger misclassification. Researchers in the healthcare domain demonstrated…
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How defenders use the dark web
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, breach, corporate, credit-card, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, dark-web, data, data-breach, email, extortion, finance, fraud, government, group, hacker, healthcare, identity, incident, insurance, intelligence, Internet, interpol, law, leak, lockbit, mail, malware, monitoring, network, phishing, ransom, ransomware, service, software, theft, threat, tool, usa, vpnAttributing attacks to threat actors: When organizations suffer from data breaches and cyber incidents, the dark web becomes a crucial tool for defenders, including the impacted businesses, their legal teams, and negotiators.Threat actors such as ransomware groups often attack organizations to encrypt and steal their data so they can extort them for money, in exchange…
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Top Cyber Struggles of Small, Rural Healthcare Providers
Smaller and rural hospitals and clinics, as well as federally qualified health centers, are constantly battling cybersecurity resource constraints, and especially serious workforce shortages, said Jennifer Stoll of OHINC, a nonprofit provider of health IT services and products. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/top-cyber-struggles-small-rural-healthcare-providers-i-5483
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8 tough trade-offs every CISO must navigate
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, cyber, cybersecurity, ddos, defense, detection, framework, group, healthcare, incident response, jobs, malicious, mfa, regulation, resilience, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. Weighing security investments when the budget forces choices: Closely related to the trade-off around risk is what CISOs must navigate when it comes to security investments.”For most CISOs, when they have to make tough choices, 99% of the time it’s due to budget constraints that force them to weight risks versus rewards,” says John…
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FAPI 2.0: How the OpenID Foundation is enabling scalable interoperability in global healthcare
Tags: healthcareIn this Help Net Security interview, Gail Hodges, Executive Director at the OpenID Foundation, discusses how the Foundation ensures global consistency in FAPI 2.0 … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/14/gail-hodges-openid-foundation-fapi-2-0/
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Help For Stretching Cyber Resources in Healthcare
Rural hospitals and small medical practices must be creative and open-minded in when it comes locking down their digital footprint, said Jim Roeder, vice president of IT at Lakewood Health System. There’s help from the private- and public-sectors and open source tools. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/help-for-stretching-cyber-resources-in-healthcare-i-5486
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Why Agentic AI in Healthcare Demands Deeper Data Oversight
As healthcare providers and their vendors develop and implement agentic artificial intelligence and other AI tools, they need to throughly understand data privacy risks under HIPAA and other laws, said attorney Jordan Cohen of law firm Akerman LLP. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/agentic-ai-in-healthcare-demands-deeper-data-oversight-i-5485
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Critical Ruckus Wireless Flaws Threaten Enterprise Wi”‘Fi Security
Tags: authentication, cyber, flaw, healthcare, network, remote-code-execution, risk, software, vulnerabilityMultiple critical vulnerabilities discovered in Ruckus Wireless management products pose severe security risks to enterprise networks, with issues ranging from authentication bypass to remote code execution that could lead to complete system compromise. The vulnerabilities affect Virtual SmartZone (vSZ) and Network Director (RND) software used to manage large-scale wireless deployments across schools, hospitals, and smart…
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From VPN to Hyperscale: Island Reimagines the Browser
Island CEO Mike Fey on Drivers for SASE, Identity Features in Enterprise Browser. Island co-founder and CEO Mike Fey outlines how the enterprise browser is evolving through AI, SASE and hyperscaler investments to enhance governance, reduce backhaul traffic and support secure access across diverse industries such as healthcare and finance. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Trend Micro flags BERT: A rapidly growing ransomware threat
Low-code, high impact: BERT is not an isolated development, it is part of a growing wave of emerging ransomware groups that are proving both capable and elusive. In just the last three to four months, cybersecurity researchers have identified multiple new ransomware families that signal a shift toward leaner, low-code, and faster malware operations.For instance,…
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Mental Health Provider Fined $225K for Lack of Risk Analysis
Settlement Follows Federal Investigation Into Data Leak and Ransomware Attack. A Texas mental healthcare provider’s failure to conduct a comprehensive risk analysis resulted in a $225,000 federal fine after regulators investigated a data leak followed by a ransomware attack in 2023. Deer Oaks Behavioral Health also must implement a corrective action plan. First seen on…
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BERT Ransomware Can Force Shutdown of ESXi Virtual Machines to Hinder Recovery
A newly identified ransomware group, BERT, tracked by Trend Micro as Water Pombero, has emerged as a significant threat to organizations across Asia, Europe, and the US. First observed in April, BERT targets critical sectors such as healthcare, technology, and event services, employing a dual-platform approach to infect both Windows and Linux systems. Threat Targeting…
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NHS trust accused of ‘at best cavalier, at worst deceitful’ behaviour after deleting emails
A London hospital trust faces allegations it withheld key evidence from a tribunal hearing after one of its directors attempted to destroy more than 90,000 emails First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366627212/NHS-trust-accused-of-at-best-cavalier-at-worst-deceitful-behaviour-after-deleting-emails
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New Bert Ransomware Group Strikes Globally with Multiple Variants
Trend Micro has observed the Bert ransomware group in operation since April 2025, with confirmed victims in sectors including healthcare, technology and event services First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/bert-ransomware-globally-multiple/
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Beware of Bert: New ransomware group targets healthcare, tech firms
Organizations on multiple continents, particularly in the health and tech sectors, have been breached by a ransomware group calling itself Bert, according to researchers at Trend Micro. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/bert-ransomware-identified
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Qantas attack reveals one phone call is all it takes to crack cybersecurity’s weakest link: humans
Tags: access, attack, breach, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, finance, healthcare, phone, riskOther sectors also at risk from attacks, including healthcare, finance and telecommunications, expert warns<ul><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>All it can take is a phone call. That’s what <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/02/qantas-confirms-cyber-attack-exposes-records-of-up-to-6-million-customers”>Qantas learned this week when the personal information of up to 6 million customers was stolen by cybercriminals…
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Medow Health AI debuts AI scribe tool in Singapore
The Australian health technology company has launched its AI-powered scribe platform in Singapore to help healthcare professionals automatically capture and structure clinical notes, reports and referral letters First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366627058/Medow-Health-AI-debuts-AI-scribe-tool-in-Singapore
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Healthcare CISOs must secure more than what’s regulated
In this Help Net Security interview, Henry Jiang, CISO at Ensora Health, discusses what it really takes to make DevSecOps work in healthcare. He explains how balancing speed … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/03/henry-jiang-ensora-health-healthcare-devsecops-strategy/
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Feds Identify $14.6 Billion in Healthcare Fraud in Takedown
New Multi-Agency ‘Fusion Center’ Using AI, Other Tech Will Improve Investigations. The Department of Justice in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies said it has identified $14.6 billion in a wide range of healthcare fraud in 2025. The feds say a new fusion center using AI and other technologies…