We thought for months that China was behind the hackers who stole records from Anthem, Premera Blue Cross and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. We assumed they just wanted money or diplomatic leverage. Boy, were we wrong.
We figured it would not be long until Hospira defended the security of its LifeCare PCA infusion pump.
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A full week before the Food and Drug Administration issued an alert warning that Hospira’s Symbiq Infusion System smart pumps could be vulnerable to hackers, two BlackBerry officials were demonstrating how easy it is to hack an infusion pump.
UCLA Health is the latest healthcare organization to reveal that it has been the target of a malicious cyberattack.
A new data security company called Cloud-Clout launched Thursday on Kickstarter with some pretty bold claims about cloud security.
How much does having our health data on a cloud service really put us at risk?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
87 percent of health information security officers and other health IT professionals said that cybersecurity has become a higher business priority within their organizations in the last year, according to a new HIMSS survey.
By now, you've probably heard that CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, serving Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area, has said it was the victim of a malicious cyberattack. The hack, according to the insurer, involved 1.1 million current and former CareFirst members and customers. naturally, security companies came out of the woodwork, offering news outlest such as this one interviews with their executives who want to discuss cyberattack prevention — and, of course, sell more services.
Criminal attacks have become the leading cause of healthcare data breaches, according to the Traverse City, Mich.-based Ponemon Institute. It is the first time in the five-year history of Ponemon’s annual survey of privacy and security of healthcare data that malicious activity, not negligence or technology glitches, was the No. 1 threat; in fact, Ponemon […]
News of the hack that occurred at Premera Blue Cross in Seattle and which involved the medical records of some 11 million members spread quickly over the last two days, and appears to be strikingly similar to the major attack that Anthem suffered barely a month ago. Anthem’s hack involved a staggering 80 million members, […]
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
As news of Anthem’s massive hack from last week settled in, health IT and security experts further weighed in on the charged discussions surrounding healthcare cyber security and whether Anthem was adequately prepared for the attack. It was quickly noted in security circles that the insurer had failed to encrypt its data on some 80 […]
Call it ultra-insider trading, perhaps – a group of hackers has been infiltrating the email of more than 100 companies, most of which in the biotech and healthcare arenas, to siphon off information that could impact the global financial markets. The New York Times reports: The group’s activities, detailed in a report released Monday morning by FireEye, […]