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Re: The Heavy Toll of Poor Data Security in Healthcare
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Re: IT Security, Compliance Become a Difficult Balancing Act
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Cybersecurity Update
Cybersecurity Update - IBM report on security states: o Average total cost of a data breach is now $3.92 million Average cost of lost revenue is $1.42 million Healthcare industry average total cost is $6.45 million or $429 per record o Average size of breach involves 25,575 records o Average cost per record of $150 o Average time to discover breach is 279 days o 49% of breaches caused by internal employees Includes accidental and malicious incidents (Konica Minolta offers the bizhub...
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Re: A Closer Look at Data Breach Avoidance & Response
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IT Security, Compliance Become a Difficult Balancing Act
Organizations in health care and virtually every sector have been challenged significantly of late when it comes to protecting information from breach, exposure, theft and loss, as so many threats have emerged in such a small period of time. The cost of experiencing a major data breach is going up quickly as the years pass, and the rate of entities (healthcare providers) to not have been impacted by one of these events is falling fast as well. These are some of the many reasons why...
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When Will the Breach Threat Subside?
In the past several years, the cybersecurity arena has been moving in the wrong direction, to say the least, and it does not really seem as though the story will change any time soon. Healthcare providers, retailers, payment processors, banks and government agencies have been frequently targeted by hackers of late, while insider threats and employee negligence have actually moved into the lead for the most common causes of data breach, and consumers are suffering as a result. Identity theft...
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At-risk data companies should know about
In this modern technological age, disaster recovery plans are necessary for businesses. Cyberattacks have become unavoidable for all organizations, so companies need to prepare themselves for hard-hitting hackers and keep themselves on high alert....
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Target Strikes $19M Deal With MasterCard Over Data Breach
Target Strikes $19M Deal With MasterCard Over Data Breach Target Corp. said late Wednesday that it has reached a $19 million settlement with MasterCard International Inc. that will allow financial institutions that issued MasterCard-branded credit and debit cards affected by the retailer’s infamous 2013 data breach to recoup their losses
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Beyond the Breach: General Data Management Considerations
Much of the news related to information governance has related directly back to security and data breaches in recent years, and for good reason as a wealth of organizations have fallen victim to theft and exposure in that time frame. First and...
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UC Davis Health System experiences another email breach
Another healthcare organization has experienced a data breach, and this time it had nothing to do with electronic health records. Instead, the incident was caused by unauthorized access to an email account. The University of California at Davis Health...
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Data breaches in healthcare costing millions
The healthcare industry is undeniably a target of cybercriminals. With the increased usage of electronic health records, healthcare organizations have large volumes of data stored in data centers, on employee devices and sent through email. However,...
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The Latest Health Care Breach Might Be the Worst
Health care data breaches have been growing in frequency and subsequent damages for years now, while the vast majority of the events actually take place on a smaller scale among community providers. However, in the past couple of months, this has not...
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The Future of Healthcare IT Will Pose Risks
Healthcare providers were constantly under the gun when it came to the safe deployment of new technologies throughout the past several years, and it would be hard to argue that the sector at large has been highly successful in these endeavors. This is...
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3 tips for being HIPAA-compliant in the healthcare industry
HIPAA compliance can be tough. However, with a variety of data security worries on the minds of many, it has never been more important, as the penalties for HIPAA violations are expensive. For instance, it cost two organizations nearly $2 million...
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Cybersecurity predictions for 2015 - Healthcare
Cybersecurity has been in the news quite a lot over the past year given the breaches sustained by Sony Pictures and retail stores like Target and Home Depot. What kind of changes in cybersecurity are happening, and what can customers expect in 2015?...
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A Closer Look at Data Breach Avoidance & Response
Data breaches have become some of the more dangerous and frequent threats to corporate continuity in the past few years, as many organizations have struggled to either avoid or recovery from major instances of information loss and exposure. In many...
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The Heavy Toll of Poor Data Security in Healthcare
In what has become a farce of sorts, health care providers appear to remain far behind the learning curve when it comes to data, network and email security, as breaches have been on a torridly rising path in the past few months. Although retailers...
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In Focus: Two Latest Major Data Breaches
A lack of knowledge can, and often will, cause significant issues in the fight to combat cybercrime, especially as hackers work in an opportunistic fashion - identifying vulnerabilities and capitalizing on them. Many might believe that data breaches...
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A Roundup Of Recent Breaches, Subsequent Damages
Data breaches have moved into the forefront of the public eye in the past year, driven by a consistent stream of new events that highlight just how behind the average organization is in preparation and defense strategies. Information exposure has...
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Time is Now for Intelligent Data Security
When several reputable studies consistently indicate that negligence, a lack of awareness and poor commitment to research and analysis are the more common root causes of data breach, it should be clear that intelligence is the key to a safer tomorrow across industries. The costs of data breach have increased significantly in a relatively short period of time, while the frequency of events is likewise rising in financial services, healthcare, government and beyond. Unfortunately, these...
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Re: Time is Now for Intelligent Data Security
Awareness is a first step. Action is next . Delay is costly. Risk assessment test. Good article.
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Fortune 500 company NTT discloses security breach
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), the 64th biggest company in the world, according to the Fortune 500 list , has disclosed today a security breach. NTT says hackers gained access to its internal network and stole information on 621 customers from its communications subsidiary, NTT Communications, the largest telecommunications company in Japan, and one of the biggest worldwide. The hack took place on May 7, and NTT says it became of the intrusion four days later, on May 11. The company...
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Cybersecurity Update
- Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc. of Kirksville, Missouri notified 6,033 patients that their PHI was exposed after two boxes of paper medical records were found in a storage facility. - Domestic violence app supported by Dr. Phil suffers data breach o Aspire News, an app designed to assist domestic violence victims, has suffered a data breach with recordings from victims found on unsecured cloud storage. o included more than 4,000 voice recordings along with victim details, home...
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ERMProtect Cybersecurity Solutions Chosen to Sell Powerful Breach Assessment Tool by Lumu
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2020-- ERMProtect, a leading cybersecurity solutions company, announced today that it is partnering with Lumu to offer customers an AI-powered Continuous Compromise Assessment tool. The Lumu product systematically collects and analyzes a wide range of network metadata sources for confirmed indications of compromise in real-time. It provides immediate, actionable intelligence on compromises by geography, network segments, device, domains, critical assets and...
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Canon sued by employees over breach
Canon sued by employees over breach Class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Plaintiffs includes current or former employees who now live in Ohio, New York, Florida and Illinois Claims that Canon violated several state trade practices by failing to guard against hackers who targeted Canon with ransomware attack that supposedly exposed 10 terabytes of confidential information
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Cybersecurity Updates
Cybersecurity Updates Mandiant Security Software published results of 2020 breaches 25% increase in ransomware attacks 78% of ransomware attacks had dwell time of 30 days or less 1% had dwell time of 700 days or more 59% were detected internally Tenable Research published report More than 18,000 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) were reported in 2020, up 6% (this includes Ripple20 and others than impact some brands of printers and MFPs) 46% of breaches in healthcare were from...
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Cybersecurity News
Colonial Pipeline, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia suffered possible the most publicized ransomware attack in history: Pipeline was shutdown, causing gas prices to soar and gas stations to run out of gas in AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NJ, NY, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX and VA Company admitted it paid the hackers $5 million to get password to de-encrypt the network The DarkSide hacking group in Russia was responsible Brownsville Community Health Center of Brownsville, TX notified an...
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Cybersecurity Notes
Deep Dive published results of healthcare survey: 75% of hospitals, doctors and health systems are unprepared for cyberattacks that could compromise PHI of 500 patients or more 96% = believe hackers are trouncing security measures in place $134 billion will be spent on cybersecurity solutions in the U.S. healthcare industry over next 5 years $18 billion to be spent in 2021 82% do not believe that money is being spent effectively Funds destined for cybersecurity are routinely spent after the...
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Cybersecurity Notes
IBM reports on average cost of a data breach by Vertical Market: $9.23 million = Healthcare $5.72 million = Finance $5.04 million = Pharma $4.88 million = Tech $3.79 million = Education $4.24 million = Manufacturing Average cost for a malicious insider caused breach = $4.61 million Average time to identify and contain a data breach = 287 days Coveware reports on ransomware: Average ransom payment is now $137,000 REvil is most common ransomware Number of attacks that included a threat to leak...
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Cybersecurity Notes
Denso Car Parts manufacturing notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed after ransomware attack. Protenus Security published results of US healthcare vertical breach data collected in 2021: 50,406,838 patients had their PHI exposed due to a breach, up 24% 75% of breaches caused by external hackers 13% caused by insiders Breaches were undiscovered for an average of 132 days 5% of all breaches involved paper medical records (print, copy, fax Verizon published...
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Cybersecurity Notes
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton of Canada announced it has fired an employee for illegally accessing the PHI of at least 4 dozen patients. Val Verde Regional Medical Center of Del Rio, TX notified 96,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack. Spokane Regional Health District of Washington notified 1,260 patients that their PHI was exposed after second email phishing attack in past 3 month. Cancer and Hematology Centers of Western Michigan notified an unknown number of...
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Cybersecurity Update
New Creation Counseling Center of Tipp City, Ohio notified 24,029 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack. American Dental Association, headquartered in Chicago, IL, notified 161,000 dentists that their patient’s PHI may have been exposed as a result of Black Basta ransomware attack. The Acacia Network of New York notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after an email phishing attack. This includes; Bronx Accountable Healthcare Network, Bronx...
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Canon settles lawsuit regarding data breach
Canon settles lawsuit regarding data breach Report published by Bloomberg Law Lawsuit alleged Canon with negligence regarding a breach that exposed personal information of more than 10,000 former and current employees of General Electric, which is a customer of Canon Deal includes $3500 per class member ($35 million total) Additional funds for time lost remedying issues traceable to data breach
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Today's Hacked 9/8/2022
Don't Let Your Home Wi-Fi Get Hacked . Here's What to Do - CNET A secure home network will help reduce the risk of getting hacked and having someone access your sensitive information. 200,000 North Face accounts hacked in credential stuffing attack - Bleeping Computer Outdoor apparel brand 'The North Face' was targeted in a large-scale credential stuffing attack that has resulted in the hacking of 194905 ... Wingstop Twitter Was Hacked Or Someone is About To Be Fired - OutKick How do you go...
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Cybersecurity Notes
40 million patients have had their PHI exposed due to breaches so far this year, according to USA Today newspaper. WhatsApp is denying reports that a breach exposed the data of 6.1 million users Crown Point Community Schools of Indiana notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack. Kenosha Unified School District of Wisconsin notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack. Connexin Software, aka Office Practicum,...
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Canon settles data breach lawsuit
Canon settles data breach lawsuit Article in Actionable Intelligence magazine states that Canon has decided to settle a class-action lawsuit filed against the company after a data breach exposed information on large number of former and current employees The lawsuit alleged negligence after a ransomware attack hit Canon in mid-2020 Information exposed included Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account numbers, etc. Settlement amount not yet published
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! 3/7/2023 How to tell if your laptop camera has been hacked and someone is spying on you .....Furthermore, hacking into your webcam could be a way for hackers to install malware or viruses on your computer, which could cause further damage to ... Institute of Space Technology Hacked , Student and Staff's Personal Data Up for Ransom .....A hacker group called Medusa has reportedly hit a public university in Islamabad, The Institute of Space Technology (IST), with a ransomware ...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! 3/9/2023 Fifth of Government Workers Don't Care if Employer is Hacked - ........(36%) said they haven't reported phishing emails in the past, while a fifth (21%) said they don't even care if the organization is hacked . Russians told to take anti-radiation pills, rush to bomb shelters as TV station servers are hacked .....TV and radio stations in Moscow and the Sverdlovsk region were interrupted · It is the third such hacking in the past month which hijacked Russian ... Minneapolis...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! 3/15/2023 Latitude Financial hacked ; 328,000 customer IDs stolen - Sydney Morning Herald .....Consumer finance provider Latitude Financial said it has been the victim of a hacking incident and believes identification documents of 328,000 ... US federal agency hacked using old Telerik bug to steal data - Bleeping Computer .....Last year, a U.S. federal agency's Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server was hacked by exploiting a critical . Major Australian financial...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! 3/21/2023 Meta Security Exec Hacked and Tracked for a Year by 'Predator' Spyware - .....A former executive on Meta's security policy team was hacked by the Greek government using sophisticated spyware known as “Predator,” which ... General Bytes Bitcoin ATMs hacked using zero-day, $1.5M stolen - Bleeping Computer ....Leading Bitcoin ATM maker General Bytes disclosed that hackers stole cryptocurrency from the company and its customers using a zero-day .. Long Island venture capital...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! 3/22/2023 Meta security manager was reportedly hacked by Greek intelligence agency ....As noted by the Times, she first became aware that she may have been hacked when she saw her name included on a leaked list of spyware targets in ... Notorious hacking forum shuts down after administrator gets arrested - TechCrunch .....by the U.S. Department of Justice seized RaidForums, another notorious cybercrime forum where hacked databases would be advertised and sold Trump claims his phone...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! 4/4/2023 Western Digital hacked : $18b storage firm's services taken offline $18 billion revenue Western Digital hacked : Multiple systems breached. The Stack. 3 hours ago. western digital cyber attack. Malaysian Immigration Department's Website Allegedly Hacked By 'CaptainSmok3r' ....Malaysian Immigration Department's Website Allegedly Hacked By 'CaptainSmok3r' · Imigresen Malaysia, on the other hand, took to their Twitter page to ... Tesla Model 3's infotainment unit hacked in...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! Riley Reid's Twitter Hacked and Posting Extremely Racist Things for Days to 2 Million Followers .... One of the biggest pornstars in the world has been hacked to spread hateful content and Twitter hasn't done anything about it for days. Police shut down website selling logins from hacked Australians .... Lee said there was no link between Genesis Market and recent large-scale, data- hacking incidents in Australia involving companies such as Optus, ... Have you been hacked ? Experts...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! Ukrainian Hackers Compromised Russian Spy Who Hacked Democrats In 2016 ....Morgachev's inbox could potentially hold insight into Russia's hacking operations, including the operation against Clinton and the Democrats. 1M+ WordPress Sites Hacked via Zero-Day Plug-in Bugs - Dark Reading ......1M+ WordPress Sites Hacked via Zero-Day Plug-in Bugs. A wide-ranging campaign to inject malicious code into WordPress-run websites has been ... Collegedale computer systems hacked , data restored -...
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Todays Hacked!
Hacked! 4/13/2023 Have you been hacked ? ......Have you been hacked ? Find out what to do if you think you're the victim of a cybercrime. Start. Share on. Was this information helpful? Phone hacking : Five signs to check for Android users - ....Hacking of a phone is more commonplace today than it ever was before, and a check online shows that devices powered by the Android operating system are still far more vulnerable than its counterpart, the iOS Collegedale, Tenn., Has Computer Systems...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! Neo-Nazis Hacked Porn Star Riley Reid and Tried to Recruit From Her Millions of Followers .....A neo-Nazi group that considers themselves an “extremist alternative to the 12-step program” hacked the account of one of the world's most popular ... NSO Hacked iPhones Without User Clicks in 3 New Ways, Researchers Say ....Citizen Lab has detected multiple NSO hacking methods in past years while examining the phones of likely targets, including human rights workers ... How NSO's Pegasus...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! Tencent QQ users hacked in mysterious malware attack, says ESET - Bleeping Computer .....The Chinese APT hacking group known as 'Evasive Panda' are behind a mysterious attack that distributed the MsgBot malware as part of an automatic ... Websites of Israeli port hacked ; Sudanese group said to claim responsibility ......Websites of Israeli port hacked ; Sudanese group said to claim responsibility. 'Anonymous Sudan' said to target Haifa site and Israel Ports ... NPC server can't be...
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Cybersecurity Notes
The federal Deputy Director of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, Nitin Natarajan, stated: “In the past, when it came to warfare, healthcare was always protected. You never bombed the tent that had the Red Cross on it. You never impacted healthcare because it was protected, neutral space.” Healthcare entities of all types and sizes are targets of major cybersecurity attacks “We must increase that awareness” The federal Department of Justice announced that Denis Dubnikov of...
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Todays Hacked!
Hacked! Aspen Dental latest victim in series of cyberattacks on healthcare providers ...."It's not a surprise that they get hacked ," Sanders said. "They are a treasure trove of what's called PII, or personally identifiable information. Hacking group continues to target Israeli websites; PM's Facebook briefly taken over .....A hacking group on Wednesday continued its string of attempts to break into Israeli online targets, saying it was targeting the Jewish state in particular on its...
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Today's Hacked!
Hacked! What percentage of businesses have paid up when they've been hacked ? ..... Despite these numbers, less than one-third of IT decision-makers reported that they had immediate plans to address their cybersecurity debt. “As organizations find themselves overburdened by staffing shortages and shrinking budgets, it’s no surprise that IT and security teams have deprioritized some of the basic cybersecurity ..... Hacked Murfreesboro Medical Clinic hopes to reopen on limited basis ....MMC...