The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provides an online HIPAA Violation Complaint Portal Assistant that allows individuals who [...]
Researchers for the journal Health Services Research recently conducted a study to determine whether there is a relationship between hospital data breaches and patient deaths. Of particular interest was [...]
In 2019 alone, at least 3 managed service providers (MSPs) have been attacked by Ryuk ransomware. A Russian-based eCrime group that calls itself “WIZARD SPIDER” has [...]
Healthcare breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in November affected 443,344 patients. There were a total of 26 November [...]
A cyberthreat known as business email compromise has caused businesses, religious institutions, educational institutions, non-profits, and other companies, to lose billions of dollars since the FBI first began tracking [...]
Yet another healthcare organization - Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories - has announced that it has been impacted by the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) data breach. The AMCA data breach [...]
Under the HIPAA Security Rule, covered entities must implement security safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). ePHI is [...]
In its’ most recent HIPAA settlement, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a $2.175 million HIPAA fine to [...]
WizCase is a company that has years of experience testing and evaluating cybersecurity tools and products. Recently, WizCase researchers discovered significant database leaks from a number of websites around [...]
Ransomware is a significant cybersecurity threat to healthcare organizations. Both the volume of ransomware attacks and the average ransomware payment amount have increased between December of 2018 to Q3 [...]
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