Six critical and high-risk vulnerabilities have been discovered by researchers in patient monitoring devices manufactured by GE Healthcare. The vulnerabilities, collectively named MDhex, allow an …
Healthcare Malware Infections Soar 60% from 2018
Malwarebytes recently released a statement claiming that ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations (HCO) has increased by 60% since 2018. HCOs are increasingly the targets of attack due to the …
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Counterterrorism expert: Small healthcare companies are the new ransomware targets
MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi states that his firm has seen a 500% increase in calls from healthcare companies over the past several months. Pinhasi claims that ransomware attackers have shifted from …
Google’s plan to collect health data on millions of Americans faces federal inquiry
The US Department of Health and Human Services has recently launched an inquiry into "Project Nightingale;" a partnership between a Ascension, a Catholic healthcare non-profit, and Google. Ascension …
400 Million Medical Radiological Images Exposed on the Internet
A recent study by Greenbone Networks uncovered 590 unprotected Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) servers across 52 countries that left a total of 24.3 million patient records exposed …
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China is Spying on Cancer Research
The three biggest cyber threats to healthcare organizations are cyber espionage, data theft and destructive cyber attacks, a new FireEye report indicates. According to the study, threat actors are …
Medtronic cardiac implants can be hacked, FDA issues alert
In response to the discovery of two serious security vulnerabilities in a range of implantable heart defibrillators and home monitoring systems produced by Medtronic, the US Food and Drug …
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Refrigeration Systems Used by Supermarkets, Hospitals Left Exposed Online
In a new study that once again confirms the major security issues with Internet of Things (IoT) devices, researchers with Safety Detective have found that threat actors can easily access and remotely …
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