Tag: healthcare
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Healthcare Sector Faces Growing Cyber Threats Amid Expanding Attack Surface
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/healthcare-sector-faces-growing-cyber-threats-amid-expanding-attack-surface
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Healthcare cyber incidents surged last year, report finds
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/healthcare-cyber-incidents-surged-last-year-report-finds
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Health Care Data Breach Costs BreachForums Admin $700,000 Fine
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the 22-year-old former administrator of cybercrime forum Breachforums, will forfeit approximately $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from a healthcare data breach. The settlement marks a rare instance where a cybercriminal’s assets will directly compensate victims of a data breach. Fitzpatrick, known online as >>Pompompurin,
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Cyberangriff auf eine Klinik in Russland
Russian hospital faces multi-day shutdown as pro-Ukraine group claims cyberattack First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-hospital-shutdown-lecardo
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Agentic AI Tech Firm Says Health Data Leak Affects 483,000
Serviceaide Incident Exposed Patient Data of Catholic Health, a NY-Based Client. Serviceaide, a provider of agentic AI-based IT management and workflow software, reported to regulators that an inadvertent exposure of data on the web has affected more than 483,000 patients of client Catholic Health, a network of six hospitals and dozens of other facilities in…
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Human Rights Group’s Complaint Forms Exposed on Internet
Australian Human Rights Commission Detected Leak of 670 Online Forms After a Month. The Australian Human Rights Commission said unprotected online complaint forms exposed the personal, healthcare and demographic information of Australians to the public internet for over a month. The data leak exposed 670 complaints and nominations online. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Russian hospital faces multi-day shutdown as pro-Ukraine group claims cyberattack
Authorities in the republic of Chuvashia confirmed attackers targeted software used to manage patient records and medical histories. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-hospital-shutdown-lecardo
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Russian hospital faces multi-day shutdown as pro-Ukraine group claims cyberattack
Authorities in the republic of Chuvashia confirmed attackers targeted software used to manage patient records and medical histories. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-hospital-shutdown-lecardo
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Prescription for disaster: Sensitive patient data leaked in Ascension breach
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare companies in the United States, has confirmed that the personal data of some 437,329 patients has been exposed following an attack by cybercriminals. First seen on fortra.com Jump to article: www.fortra.com/blog/prescription-disaster-sensitive-patient-data-leaked-ascension-hack
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Healthcare Cyber-Attacks Intensify, Sector Now Prime Target
New data from Darktrace showed that cyber-attacks targeting healthcare organizations increased in intensity in 2024 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/healthcare-cyber-attacks-intensify/
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Netgain Technology Pays $1.9M in Data Breach Settlement
Financially Strapped Cloud Services Firm Settles Suit From 2020 Patient Data Hack. A financially strapped cloud services vendor that experienced a 2020 ransomware attack affecting dozens of healthcare sector clients and hundreds of thousands of patients has agreed to a $1.9 million settlement in proposed class action litigation involving the data theft case. First seen…
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Building Confidence in Your Cybersecurity Strategy
Why is a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Strategy Essential? A robust cybersecurity strategy is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Whether it is financial services, healthcare, or travel, organizations are making significant shifts to the digital domain. It has become critical to safeguard sensitive data from threats and risks. But how can businesses build confidence in……
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Interlock Ransomware Targeting Defense Contractors and Supply Chain Networks
The Interlock Ransomware group has emerged as a significant adversary targeting defense contractors and their intricate supply chain networks. First identified in September 2024, Interlock has rapidly shifted from opportunistic attacks across sectors like healthcare and technology to highly targeted assaults on the defense industrial base. A recent attack on National Defense Corporation (NDC) and…
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Endemic Ransomware Prompts NHS to Demand Supplier Action on Cybersecurity
The voluntary cybersecurity charter asks NHS suppliers to commit to eight cybersecurity pledges, amid rising attacks on healthcare First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/endemic-ransomware-nhs-supplier/
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Healthcare Cyberattacks in 2024 Expose 276 Million Patient Records Compromised
The healthcare sector faced an unprecedented wave of cyber threats, with a staggering 92% of organizations reporting at least one cyberattack. This alarming statistic resulted in the compromise of over 276 million patient records, equating to approximately 758,000 records breached daily. The fallout from these breaches has been profound, with victims of medical identity theft…
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Nation-State Actors Target Healthcare Institutions to Sabotage IT and OT Systems
The nation-state actors have increasingly set their sights on healthcare institutions worldwide, launching sophisticated cyberattacks aimed at disrupting both Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems. These attacks, often orchestrated by state-sponsored groups with significant resources, pose a severe threat to patient safety, data integrity, and the operational continuity of critical healthcare services. Cybersecurity…
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Earth Ammit Breached Drone Supply Chains via ERP in VENOM, TIDRONE Campaigns
Tags: cyber, espionage, group, healthcare, korea, military, service, software, supply-chain, technologyA cyber espionage group known as Earth Ammit has been linked to two related but distinct campaigns from 2023 to 2024 targeting various entities in Taiwan and South Korea, including military, satellite, heavy industry, media, technology, software services, and healthcare sectors.Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro said the first wave, codenamed VENOM, mainly targeted software service providers,…
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Ascension: Software Exploit Breach Affects Nearly 440,000
Former Business Partner’s Third-Party Software at Center of Hospital Chain’s Incident. Ascension Health is notifying nearly 440,000 patients of a breach involving a former business partner and exploit of a third-party software flaw. Some experts speculate the incident involved Cleo managed file transfer software. The breach is one of several Ascension experienced in recent months.…
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The rise of vCISO as a viable cybersecurity career path
Tags: advisory, business, ceo, cio, ciso, compliance, computer, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, government, grc, group, guide, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, ISO-27001, jobs, mobile, network, nist, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, skills, strategy, technology, tool, trainingDamon Petraglia, vCISO and CISO on demand Blue Mantis Damon Petraglia A long-time cybersecurity pro with chops built up in the federal government world and through forensic investigation work, Damon Petraglia works as a vCISO and CISO on demand for the IT services firm Blue Mantis.”Where I am today as a vCISO is a culmination…
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Mature But Vulnerable: Pharmaceutical Sector’s Cyber Reality
Pharmaceutical companies typically have more mature cyber programs than other healthcare factions, but these firms also face unique risks involving their large attack surfaces, complex manufacturing, supply chains and sensitive intellectual property, said Joshua Mullen of Booz Allen Hamilton. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/mature-but-vulnerable-pharmaceutical-sectors-cyber-reality-i-5476
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Ascension says recent data breach affects over 430,000 patients
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has revealed that a data breach disclosed last month affects the personal and healthcare information of over 430,000 patients. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ascension-says-recent-data-breach-affects-over-430-000-patients/
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CVE funding crisis offers chance for vulnerability remediation rethink
Tags: access, ai, awareness, best-practice, cisa, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, exploit, Hardware, healthcare, intelligence, iot, kev, least-privilege, metric, mfa, microsoft, network, open-source, penetration-testing, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAutomatic for the people: AI technologies could act as a temporary bridge for vulnerability triage, but not a replacement for a stable CVE system, according to experts consulted by CSO.”Automation and AI-based tools can also enable real-time discovery of new vulnerabilities without over-relying on standard CVE timelines,” said Haris Pylarinos, founder and chief executive of…
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Cyberangriff auf Arztpraxen in Missouri, USA
Esse Health Cyberattack Disrupts Healthcare Services in St. Louis First seen on hipaajournal.com Jump to article: www.hipaajournal.com/esse-health-cyberattack/
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Indiana Health System Notifies 263,000 of Oracle Hack
Union Health System Among Many Cerner Legacy Data Clients Affected by Breach. An Indiana health system is among the first healthcare organizations notifying regulators and thousands of people affected by the Oracle hack in January. Attackers compromised legacy patient data hosted by Cerner servers that were set to migrate to Oracle’s cloud environment. First seen…
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Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructures Makes Us Very Vulnerable
Tags: attack, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, healthcare, infrastructure, linkedin, strategy, update, vulnerabilityMany don’t realize that cyberattacks against Critical Infrastructure sectors, can cause more than an inconvenience of a temporary power outage. Critical Infrastructures are a favorite of aggressive Nation State cyber threats. In addition to communications disruptions, power outages, and healthcare billing, these attacks can also seek to disrupt food distribution. The result empty shelves…
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Healthcare workers regularly upload sensitive data to GenAI, cloud accounts
Healthcare organizations are facing a growing data security challenge from within, according to a new report from Netskope Threat Labs. The analysis reveals that employees in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/08/healthcare-workers-upload-sensitive-data-genai/
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Quantum supremacy: Cybersecurity’s ultimate arms race has China way in front
Tags: ai, authentication, automation, backup, banking, breach, business, china, ciso, computing, control, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, jobs, military, ml, nist, risk, service, skills, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe DeepSeek/Qwen factor: What we learned from recent AI advances, such as DeepSeek and Qwen, that caught the world by surprise is that China’s technology is much more advanced than anyone anticipated. I’d argue that this is a leading indicator that China’s quantum computing capabilities are also in absolute stealth-mode development and ahead of the…
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Cyberwarfare Funding Accelerates and Everyone is at Risk
Tags: attack, china, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, government, healthcare, infrastructure, risk, russia, service, tool, vulnerability, warfareNations are investing heavily in offensive cyber capabilities. The proposed 2026 US defense budget earmarks an additional $1 billion in funding for offensive cyber operations, specifically to the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). In 2025, the Department of Defense spent over $14 billion on cyber, with $6.4 billion allocated to offensive operations. An extra billion dollars…
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Strengthening Cyber Defense and Achieving Digital Operational Resilience in Healthcare
Look, we all know cybersecurity is hard. Then you add budget pressures, talent gaps, and operational chaos, it gets even harder. I’ve lived it. I spent over 25 years at MD Anderson Cancer Center, the largest cancer center in the world. I retired recently as CTO. Our mission was clear: end cancer. But that… First…