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Securing healthcare: An IT health check on the state of the sector

WEBThe UK’s National Health Service (NHS) was hit badly by the WannaCryptor (aka WannaCry) ransomware worm in 2017 after HCOs failed to patch a Windows …

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Protecting yourself after a medical data breach

WEB19 Apr 2024. Attackers behind the disruptive ransomware attack at medical firm Change Healthcare in late February have begun to leak what they claim are corporate and …

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A prescription for privacy protection: Exercise caution when using …

WEBThe main risks of using mHealth apps fall into three categories: insufficient data security, excessive data sharing, and poorly worded or deliberately evasive privacy …

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Medical scans of millions of patients exposed online

WEB15 Dec 2020 • 1 min. read. Over 45 million medical imaging files including X-rays and CT scans have been found sitting unprotected on internet-facing servers and accessible for …

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Most health apps engage in unhealthy data-harvesting habits

WEBOverall, close to 100,000 apps across both Google Play and Apple Store belong to the two categories. As part of their research, the scholars conducted an in …

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RSA – Digital healthcare meets security, but does it really want to

WEBFor understandable reasons, healthcare folks view technology as a nuisance to be managed in pursuit of the health organizations’ primary mission.

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How can doctors practice better health information security

WEBDid you know that medical data on 20,000 people may be exposed to abuse today? That is the number of people per day whose protected health information was …

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Electronic health records and data abuse: it's about more than …

WEBCameron Camp. 13 Feb 2015 • 3 min. read. On the heels of the recent announcement that medical insurance firm Anthem was breached, we look at the nuance and impact of a …

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Healthcare employees open to selling the data of patients

WEB09 Mar 2018 • 2 min. read. Almost one in five (18%) employees in the healthcare industry in the United States and Canada said that they would be willing to give access to …

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Public health vs. personal privacy: Choose only one

WEBHealth organizations and governments all over the world are using technology to communicate, track, monitor and predict the spread of COVID-19. In …

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Securing medical devices: Can someone hack your heart

WEBEthernet. Many medical devices plug into medical TCP/IP networks via Ethernet, but it would be very difficult for many clinicians and patients to notice a …

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Healthcare data worth ten times price of credit card data

WEBMedical information is now worth up to 10 times the price of credit card details on online black markets, due to weak healthcare security and a thriving black …

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900,000 records of plastic surgery patients leaked online

WEBThe data were stored on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket database belonging to NextMotion, a plastic surgery technology company that provides …

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Our insulin pumps could be hacked, warns Johnson & Johnson

WEBIf the user does not cancel the insulin delivery on the pump, there is the potential for an attacker to cause harm and potentially create a hypoglycemic reaction. …

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Privacy of fitness tracking apps in the spotlight after soldiers

WEBPeople exercising on far-flung military bases are being exposed by their fitness tracker. In November, fitness tracking app firm Strava released what it described …

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Protect your privacy: essential tips from experts

WEBA prescription for privacy protection: Exercise caution when using a mobile health app. Given the unhealthy data-collection habits of some mHealth apps, you’re …

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Staying safe online during COVID-19 and home office

WEBTackling the insider threat to the new hybrid workplace. Online safety in the age of COVID-19 and beyond: essential measures to protect your privacy and security not only for your …

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Scammers exploit Omicron fears in new COVID-19 phishing …

WEBCOVID-19. Scammers exploit Omicron fears in new COVID-19 phishing campaign. Fraudsters take advantage of the emergence of the new variant to dupe …

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Anthem hack puts at least 8.8 million NON-customers at risk

WEBCybercrime. Anthem hack puts at least 8.8 million NON-customers at risk. Even if you're not a customer of health insurer Anthem, your data could have been put …

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Data privacy and data protection: US law and legislation white paper

WEBThe white paper discusses this agency's role in policing the privacy and security of personal data. Here is an abstract of the paper: Over the last four decades, …

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6 tips for safe and secure remote working

WEBESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe shares 6 best practices that will steer you in the right direction. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the daily …

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