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Healthcare Cybersecurity

Healthcare cybersecurity is a growing concern for anyone requiring HIPAA compliance. The last few years have seen hacking and IT security incidents steadily rise and many healthcare organizations have struggled to defend their network perimeter and keep cybercriminals at bay.

The articles in this healthcare cybersecurity section are intended to help HIPAA covered entities decide on the best technologies to protect their networks from attack and develop effective policies, procedures and security awareness training programs to prevent costly data breaches.

Government Initiative Provides Free Cybersecurity Upgrades and Security Services to Rural Hospitals

Project Lifeline 250

Small and rural healthcare providers lack the resources they need to make essential improvements to their information security programs to...

Vendor Data Incidents Account for 69% of All Breach Victims

Cybersecurity incidents at vendors can have a massive impact, as they frequently result in unauthorized access to the data of...

Multiple Vulnerabilities Identified in Component Used by Smile Digital Health’s Smile CDR

Four vulnerabilities have been identified in HAPI FHIR, the open-source Java library and server framework that implements the HL7 FHIR...

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Feds Issue Advisory About SafePay Ransomware Group

SafePay ransomware

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Secret Service (USSS), and cybersecurity agencies in...

Healthcare Cyberattacks Increasing and Having a Greater Impact on Patient Care

Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations are continuing to rise, are becoming costlier to resolve, and are increasingly negatively impacting patient care,...

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Ransomware Groups Increasingly Resorting to Real World Threats

The tactics of ransomware groups are constantly changing to increase pressure on victims to give in to their demands. Initially,...

Ivanti Connect Secure Zero Day Exploited in Attacks

A high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in the Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse Connect Secure) enterprise-grade SSL VPN that...

Many Medical Devices Incapable of Supporting Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Post-quantum cryptography and medical devices

An analysis of medical devices indicates that healthcare organizations face a significant risk of future quantum-enabled attacks, as only a...

Citrix Patches Third Actively Exploited NetScaler Zero Day

Citrix has released another patch for a zero day vulnerability under active exploitation, just a few days after patches were...

Citrix Patches Actively Exploited NetScaler ADC & NetScaler Gateway Vulnerabilities

Two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler ADC (formerly Citrix ADC) and Citrix NetScaler Gateway (formerly Citrix Gateway) are under...

OpenAI Agent Hacks Australian Medicare Portal

An artificial intelligence (AI) agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorized access to an Australian Medicare statistics reporting service portal and...

HIPAA Password Requirements

The HIPAA password requirements are a combination of Administrative and Technical Safeguards designed to manage and monitor access to PHI....

HIPAA Encryption Requirements

The HIPAA encryption requirements have increased in relevance since an amendment to the HITECH Act in 2021 gave HHS’ Office...

New HIPAA Regulations in 2026

New HIPAA regulations may be implemented in 2026, such as the proposed update to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, a final...

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