Tag: healthcare
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Government and healthcare sectors show weak email security, analysis finds
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Government and Healthcare Are the Weakest Links in Global Email Security
Government and healthcare sectors have weak email security. Many domains lack SPF, DMARC, DKIM, and MTA-STS, leaving them open to phishing attacks. Comparitech analyzed live DNS records for 5,849 domains across 13 sectors and scored each one out of 8 points based on four standard email authentication protocols: SPF, DMARC, DKIM, and MTA-STS. The results…
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Healthcare Cybersecurity Threats Persist in 2026
SonicWall found healthcare remains the top cybersecurity target, with rising malware, ransomware, and medical IoT threats. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/healthcare-cybersecurity-threats-persist-in-2026/
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UK Healthcare Sector Records Tenfold Increase in Cyber-Attacks
SonicWall records 264,000 events in first five months of 2026 as UK hospitals come under siege First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-healthcare-tenfold-increase/
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How Cloud Security Risks Grow With Home-Based Care
As hospital-at-home programs expand and AI adoption accelerates, healthcare organizations face mounting cloud security demands. Anahi Santiago, CISO of ChristianaCare, discusses vendor accountability, identity management, clinical AI risks and the need for stronger cybersecurity foundations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/how-cloud-security-risks-grow-home-based-care-i-5552
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Healthcare Data Collaboration Gets a Boost From AI
Emids’ CAIO on Why Healthcare Leaders Are Treating AI as an Enterprise Investment. Healthcare organizations are moving beyond debating AI’s value and focusing on how to scale it. According to Emids’ State of Healthcare AI in 2026 survey, 65% of healthcare leaders rank AI and automation as their top investment priority, reflecting a shift toward…
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HHS Agencies Flesh Out Priorities for Healthcare AI
Coordinated ‘OneHHS’ AI Governance, Implementation, Guidance Efforts Under Way. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is preparing guidance aimed at accelerating the adoption of healthcare AI, with agency officials signaling that governance frameworks, implementation support and new approaches to evaluating clinical AI tools are among the department’s top priorities. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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How Accenture Acquisition Could Push Dragos Beyond Energy
Forrester: Transaction Reflects Move From Services Toward Owning Security Technology. Forrester analyst Paddy Harrington says Accenture’s proposed acquisition of Dragos signals a strategic move toward owning OT security technology while expanding Dragos into healthcare, manufacturing and other enterprise markets through Accenture’s global customer relationships. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-accenture-acquisition-could-push-dragos-beyond-energy-a-32089
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ISMG Editors: Prep Now, Hackers Will Soon Wield Frontier AI
Also: AI Model for Drug Development Allegedly Stolen; Accenture’s Dragos Deal. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors discussed Western intelligence agencies’ warning that attackers will soon wield frontier artificial intelligence models, risks facing AI-adopting healthcare firms and Accenture’s move to take a majority stake in operational technology security firm Dragos. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Healthcare leaders see a fatal cyber incident as inevitable
Healthcare practices run on a chain of outside vendors. An EMR system holds clinical records, a billing platform processes claims, a telehealth tool supports remote visits, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/26/cyber-incident-healthcare-vendor-risk/
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Feds Expand AI to Combat Healthcare Fraud
$6.5B Takedown Highlights AI’s Growing Role in Fraud Detection. A federal effort, bolstered with by data analytics and AI tools, helped bust $6.5 billion in false healthcare claims, U.S. government officials said this week. Moving forward, AI will play an even bigger role in identifying potential fraud before criminals can cash out, they promised. First…
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Healthcare Vendor Xsolis Reports Breach Affecting 1.4M People
Xsolis confirmed a healthcare data breach affecting nearly 1.4 million people after a phishing attack exposed health and identity data. The post Healthcare Vendor Xsolis Reports Breach Affecting 1.4M People appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-xsolis-healthcare-data-breach/
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NHS cyber resilience deal signals shift toward specialist MSSPs, says Check Point
Healthcare and public sector organisations are increasingly turning away from generalist managed security service providers (MSSPs) in favour of specialists with deeper technical expertise, and a recent NHS deployment is being held up as a case study in why that shift matters. Check Point Software has highlighted the growing demand for specialist MSSPs as organisations…
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Healthcare leaders face cybersecurity blind spots despite vendor confidence
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Canadian healthcare organization apologizes for insensitive phishing test
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Xsolis Hack Affecting 1.4M Raises AI Vendor Risk Concerns
Experts Urge Health Sector Organizations to Strengthen AI Governance, Oversight. A Tennessee-based vendor of AI-powered business decision support software for healthcare providers and insurers is notifying nearly 1.4 million people that their information was compromised in a recent hack. Experts said the incident spotlights growing risks to healthcare by AI-tech vendors. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Healthtech firm Xolis suffers data breach impacting 1.4 million people
Healthcare technology company Xsolis says that sensitive data belonging to nearly 1.4 million individuals was compromised in a phishing attack that gave attackers access to its network. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/healthtech-firm-xolis-suffers-data-breach-impacting-14-million-people/
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Xsolis Data Breach Impacts 1.4 Million People
Xsolis disclosed a breach affecting 1.4M people after a phishing attack exposed personal and health data from its hospital clients’ systems. Healthcare tech company Xsolis, Inc. has disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 1.4 million individuals. The Tennessee-based firm provides utilization management and revenue cycle solutions for healthcare providers. The company became aware of an…
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2 Scattered Spider-Linked Hackers Plead Guilty Over £39M TfL Cyberattack
Two teenagers face sentencing after admitting to a massive Scattered Spider cyberattack that hit Transport for London (TfL) and US healthcare networks. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/scattered-spider-hackers-guilty-tfl-cyberattack/
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ShinyHunters Threatens to Leak Amazon One Medical Records
Extortion Gang Claims It Stole 8.8TB of Healthcare Firm’s Data. Prolific digital extortion gang ShinyHunters is threatening to dump on the darkweb 8.8 terabytes of data it allegedly stole from One Medical, a unit of Amazon that provides onsite and virtual primary care services for employees of more than 8,500 U.S. clients. First seen on…
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Cybersecurity Weekly Round on Emerging Threats, Data Breaches, and Global Policy Shifts
This week’s weekly roundup of cybersecurity developments highlights an expanding intersection of cyber risk, regulatory action, and enterprise vulnerability. Across healthcare, technology platforms, gaming companies, and government policy, organizations continue to confront a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape where data exposure, advanced intrusion tactics, and platform security failures are interconnected. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/tce-weekly-roundup-global-threats/
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Addressing Quantum Readiness in Healthcare Security
Healthcare organizations should prepare for post-quantum cryptography without overreacting to hype, said John Frushour, CISO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Stronger encryption standards, commercial software support and attention to medical devices can help providers manage emerging risks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/addressing-quantum-readiness-in-healthcare-security-i-5551
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ICO Cautions Healthcare Worker After Princess of Wales Incident
Tags: healthcareHospital insider escapes criminal prosecution after attempting to sell royal’s medical records First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ico-cautions-healthcare-worker/
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UK critical infrastructure hit by 200 cyber incidents in a year, agency says
Head of National Cyber Security Centre says UK in ‘ongoing contest with capable adversaries’ and AI could add to threatThe UK’s critical national infrastructure has been hit by more than 200 cyber incidents over the past year and state-linked assailants were behind three-quarters of the attacks, according to the state cybersecurity body.Richard Horne, the chief…
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UK critical infrastructure hit by 200 cyber incidents in a year, agency says
Head of National Cyber Security Centre says UK in ‘ongoing contest with capable adversaries’ and AI could add to threatThe UK’s critical national infrastructure has been hit by more than 200 cyber incidents over the past year and state-linked assailants were behind three-quarters of the attacks, according to the state cybersecurity body.Richard Horne, the chief…
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Another healthcare firm attacked days after Novo Nordisk breach
Medical technology company iRhythm Holdings disclosed a cyberattack involving certain third-party-hosted business applications that resulted in the theft of patient protected … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/17/irhythm-data-breach-patient-health-information-stolen/
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HTTP/2 Bomb Attacks Put Telcos, Healthcare Orgs at Risk
The denial-of-service (DoS) exploit takes advantage of two features in HTTP/2 that were designed to save Internet bandwith, not power massive amplification attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/http-2-bomb-attacks-telcos-healthcare