Ethical hacking: What to look for in a pen tester
Healthcare data breaches increased 70 percent between 2010 and 2017, according to a recent study published in the Journal of
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Cybersecurity tops ECRI's list of Top 10 Health Technology Hazards
ECRI Institute has published its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2019, and cybersecurity is atop the list as
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Employee error exposed data of 16,000 Blue Cross patients online for 3 months
Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross is notifying 16,762 patients — about 1 percent of its members — that their data was
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Fax machines can be hacked to breach a network, using only its number
Check Point researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the ITU T.30 fax protocol that could be hacked to launch a
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How Blockchain can help with healthcare’s patient matching problem
Blockchain. The distributed ledger technology has considerable promise in healthcare and, as so often happens with emerging technologies, it’s being
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Homeland Security warns of spike in ERP system attacks
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning organizations across healthcare and beyond of increased nation-state, criminal group and hacktivist
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RDP backdoors cost just $10 on dark web: How to avoid getting hacked
Over the last six months, brute force attacks on Remote Desktop Protocols have become a common headline. Consider the cases
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RFID security for hospitals: 6 ways to (reasonably) secure implementation
Now that we’ve put together all of the steps and processes as a baseline to address bringing RFID into an
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How one startup is bringing blockchain to genomics and precision medicine
A major challenge in healthcare, of course, is non-interoperable data silos where useful information, including genomic and other healthcare data,
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AHA, other groups call for medical device security government guidance, financial support
Industry stakeholders are asking Congress for financial support, guidance and FDA standards to shore up medical device security flaw, in
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