Tag: healthcare
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AI Finds 38 Security Flaws in Electronic Health Record Platform
Flaws in OpenEMR’s platform, used by more than 100,000 healthcare providers, enabled database compromise, remote code execution, and data theft. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/ai-finds-38-security-flaws-openemr
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A Quarter of Healthcare Organizations Report Medical Device Cyber-Attacks
RunSafe report reveals most attacks on medical devices disrupt patient care First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/quarter-healthcare-medical-device/
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Researchers Find 38 Flaws in OpenEMR. They’ve Been Fixed
AI Tool Used to Discover Bugs, Which Included 2 Maximum Severity Vulnerabilities. Researchers at security firm AISLE said they recently identified 38 vulnerabilities, including two maximum-severity zero-day flaws in OpenEMR, an open-source electronic medical record software platform used by about 100,000 healthcare providers globally. OpenEMR has patched the problems. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Protecting Michigan’s Patients: The State’s Healthcare CISOs
Michigan’s healthcare sector is one of the most complex in the Midwest, spanning academic medical centers, regional health systems, long-term care, and the statewide associations that set the security standards many smaller organizations depend on. The leaders in this feature are not working in comparable environments. They are securing a $500 million long-term care operator,…The…
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The Bluegrass State’s Security Leaders: Kentucky CISOs to Know
Kentucky’s cybersecurity leadership spans government, academic medicine, community healthcare, manufacturing technology, banking, and global software platforms. The CISOs in this feature have built programs inside environments as different as a city government and a Fortune-level enterprise acquisition, but they share a common thread: careers shaped by the specific demands of the institutions and industries Kentucky…The…
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Poor Risk Analysis Cost 4 Firms $1.7 Million in HIPAA Fines
HHS OCR Breach Investigators Again Find All-Too-Common Risk Analysis Failures. Faulty or non-existent security risk analyses cost a medical imaging provider, a women’s healthcare group, a health plan and a third-party insurance administrator a collective $1.7 million in fines after federal regulators concluded they didn’t do enough to prevent ransomware attacks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Benchmarking OpenAI’s Privacy Filter: What it gets right, and where PII detection still needs real data
A deep dive into OpenAI’s Privacy Filter, benchmarking its PII detection performance against Tonic Textual on real-world datasets. We explore where the model succeeds, where it struggles, and how fine-tuning with labeled data impacts accuracy across domains like healthcare, legal, and web data. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/benchmarking-openais-privacy-filter-what-it-gets-right-and-where-pii-detection-still-needs-real-data/
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Anthropic bets on EPSS for the coming bug surge
Tags: ai, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cve, cvss, cyber, data, exploit, flaw, government, Hardware, healthcare, infrastructure, network, update, vulnerabilitySecurity leaders weigh promise versus reality: Security vendors are increasingly incorporating EPSS scores into their systems.According to Roytman, EPSS has been incorporated into more than 120 security vendors’ products, including CrowdStrike, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Qualys, and Tenable platforms.”I do not think other CISOs realize how broadly EPSS has been adopted, but that adoption is…
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Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks
The ideas came up at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, as health care ransomware attacks are on the rise. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/lawmakers-ponder-terrorism-designations-homicide-charges-over-hospital-ransomware-attacks/
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Researchers build an encrypted routing layer for private AI inference
Organizations in healthcare, finance, and other sensitive industries want to use large AI models without exposing private data to the cloud servers running those models. A … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/21/securerouter-encrypted-ai-inference/
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Health AI Firm Faces Lawsuits Over DNA Data Use, Disclosure
Complaints Allege Tempus AI Lacked Consent to Use, Share Data With Pharma Cos.. A healthcare artificial intelligence firm that sells genetic information from an acquired database holding the results of millions of screening tests faces multiple putative class action lawsuits in Chicago federal court. Genetic data resists attempts to de-identify it, plaintiffs say. First seen…
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Article 5 and the EU AI Act’s Absolute Red Lines FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, awareness, cctv, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, exploit, finance, group, healthcare, ibm, infrastructure, Internet, law, microsoft, monitoring, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityApr 20, 2026 – Alan Fagan – Most conversations about the EU AI Act focus on August 2026, when obligations for high-risk AI systems become fully enforceable. But Article 5 is already live. The Act’s eight prohibited practices became enforceable in February 2025. Fines of up to Euro35 million or 7% of global annual turnover…
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Article 5 and the EU AI Act’s Absolute Red Lines FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, awareness, cctv, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, exploit, finance, group, healthcare, ibm, infrastructure, Internet, law, microsoft, monitoring, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityApr 20, 2026 – Alan Fagan – Most conversations about the EU AI Act focus on August 2026, when obligations for high-risk AI systems become fully enforceable. But Article 5 is already live. The Act’s eight prohibited practices became enforceable in February 2025. Fines of up to Euro35 million or 7% of global annual turnover…
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Healthcare Cyber Research Programs Escape Budget Knife
UPGRADE and DigiSeals Programs at ARPA-H Remain Fully Funded. A U.S. federal grant effort to develop autonomous medical device patching platforms for hospitals evaded the budget-cutting knife of the Trump administration. Program boosters hope to automate cyber defenses so that hospitals of any size can more quickly patch vulnerabilities. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Ransomware attack continues to disrupt healthcare in London nearly two years later
More than 18 months after a ransomware attack disrupted care at hospitals in South East London, documents show at least one NHS trust is still working without fully restored systems and managing large backlogs of delayed test results. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ransomware-nhs-cyberattack-disruption
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Article 12 and the Logging Mandate: What the EU AI Act Actually Requires FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, data, data-breach, finance, GDPR, grc, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, jobs, metric, monitoring, regulation, risk, saas, service, toolApr 16, 2026 – Lina Romero – When GDPR arrived, the organisations that had mistaken documentation for capability were the ones that struggled the most. They had policies about data retention but no technical controls enforcing those policies. They had breach notification procedures but no systems capable of detecting a breach in time to use…
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New AgingFly malware used in attacks on Ukraine govt, hospitals
A new malware family named ‘AgingFly’ has been identified in attacks against local governments and hospitals that steal authentication data from Chromium-based browsers and WhatsApp messenger. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-agingfly-malware-used-in-attacks-on-ukraine-govt-hospitals/
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Signed software abused to deploy antivirus-killing scripts
A digitally signed adware tool has deployed payloads running with SYSTEM privileges that disabled antivirus protections on thousands of endpoints, some in the educational, utilities, government, and healthcare sectors. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signed-software-abused-to-deploy-antivirus-killing-scripts/
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UAC-0247 Hits Hospitals, Governments With Browser and WhatsApp Data Theft
A surge of targeted cyberattacks was detected against local governments and municipal healthcare institutions particularly clinical and ambulance hospitals. The campaign has been attributed to threat cluster UAC-0247, known for advanced data theft, persistence, and lateral movement methods. The attack chain begins with well-crafted phishing emails that appear to discuss humanitarian aid proposals. These emails typically…
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7 biggest healthcare security threats
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, google, government, hacking, healthcare, HIPAA, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, phishing, risk, security-incident, service, software, spam, sql, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations: Many healthcare organizations have adopted cloud services as part of broader digital transformation initiatives. As a result, patient health information (PHI) and other sensitive data is increasingly being hosted in vendor cloud environments.The trend has broadened attack surface at healthcare organizations, says Anthony James, vice president of products at Infoblox, especially…
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7 biggest healthcare security threats
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, google, government, hacking, healthcare, HIPAA, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, phishing, risk, security-incident, service, software, spam, sql, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations: Many healthcare organizations have adopted cloud services as part of broader digital transformation initiatives. As a result, patient health information (PHI) and other sensitive data is increasingly being hosted in vendor cloud environments.The trend has broadened attack surface at healthcare organizations, says Anthony James, vice president of products at Infoblox, especially…
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Ukrainian emergency services and hospitals hit by espionage campaign using new AgingFly malware
Hackers have targeted Ukrainian hospitals and local government bodies in a new espionage campaign using a malware tool dubbed AgingFly, researchers say. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/aging-fly-espionage-campaign-targets-ukraine-emergency-services
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Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital data breach impacts 337,917 people
A ransomware attack on Cookeville Regional Medical Center hospital (Tennessee) exposed data of 337,000 people after hackers stole 500GB of sensitive information from its systems. A ransomware attack on Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Tennessee led to a major data breach affecting about 337,000 people. The attack, carried out by the Rhysida group, involved…
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From clinics to government: UAC-0247 expands cyber campaign across Ukraine
CERT-UA reports UAC-0247 targeting Ukrainian clinics and government bodies with malware stealing data from Chromium browsers and WhatsApp. CERT-UA has revealed a cyber campaign by the threat actor UAC-0247 targeting Ukrainian government entities and municipal healthcare facilities, including clinics and emergency hospitals. The operation between March and April 2026, used malware designed to steal sensitive…
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Breach Roundup: Mr. Raccoon Wants Your Password
Tags: breach, china, data, data-breach, flaw, fortinet, healthcare, leak, password, phishing, ransomware, scamAlso, Eurail Breach, ChipSoft Hospital Disruptions, W3LL Phishing Takedown. This week, a Raccoon-linked actor hit help desks, Eurail exposed 308K users, Fortinet patched critical flaws, Pushpaganda scams, major data leaks hit healthcare and China, ransomware and phishing ops surged, and multiple breaches impacted firms and hospitals. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-mr-raccoon-wants-your-password-a-31450
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Lawsuit: AI Illegally Recorded Doctor-Patient Encounters
Patients Allege Health Entities Did Not Get Consent to Record Conversations. Proposed federal class action litigation alleges that two California healthcare organizations violated patient privacy in their use of an AI-enabled ambient tool that records, transcribes, and processes sensitive conversations between clinicians and patients without individuals’ consent. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/lawsuit-ai-illegally-recorded-doctor-patient-encounters-a-31408
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What are the best practices for managing NHIs securely?
Why is NHI Management Crucial for Cloud Security? How can organizations protect machine identities effectively? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) have become integral to cybersecurity strategies. These machine identities play a significant role, especially in environments where cloud security is paramount. With sectors like financial services, healthcare, and DevOps relying heavily on the cloud, the importance of……
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What are the best practices for managing NHIs securely?
Why is NHI Management Crucial for Cloud Security? How can organizations protect machine identities effectively? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) have become integral to cybersecurity strategies. These machine identities play a significant role, especially in environments where cloud security is paramount. With sectors like financial services, healthcare, and DevOps relying heavily on the cloud, the importance of……