Software glitch at TriHealth
TriHealth recently suffered software glitch which replaced the mailing addresses of 1,126 TriHealth patients with an old address. The healthcare organization had the old address on another file. The...
View ArticleFunding for bug bounty vendor
As per the recent news, one can make money in the rewarding business of security researchers for finding security vulnerabilities. HackerOne published that they have raised a $40M Series C round of...
View ArticleHackers demand ransom to open disabled door locks
Austria’s four-star, 111-year-old Romantik Seehotel Jagerwirt mentioned that its internal systems were recently breached. Hackers disabled both the hotel’s electronic door locks and the reservation...
View ArticleUnauthorized EHR access at medical centre
Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center recently announced data breach, which has potentially affected 600 patient medical record. During routine review of employee access to the...
View ArticleHealthcare companies to increase security spending
As per the recent survey of more than 1,100 senior security executives worldwide, here are the results- Seventy six percent of global healthcare organizations plan to increase security budget Eight one...
View ArticleFinancial companies get new security law
The State of New York will be implementing new regulations that require banks, financial services companies to have cyber security programs and also maintain them to specific standards. “As our global...
View ArticleEmails sent to unintended recipient
Orange County Global Medical Center recently suffered data breach which involved some of its patients. As per the reports, an employee emailed an Orange County Global statistical report to an wrong...
View ArticleCIA hacking docs on WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks published the 1st part of documents which it claims are retrieved from U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The initial upload consists of 8,761 documents and files. “Recently, the CIA lost...
View ArticleSummit Reinsurances Services announces data breach
Summit Reinsurance Services, Inc., recently suffered data breach when it became aware of a ransomware attack on its server. Patient PHI was present was involved in the incident. Facility immediately...
View ArticleiCloud hacking incident
“Turkish Crime Family”, the group of hacker is threatening to reset millions of iCloud accounts and delete all data from iPhones if ransom of $75,000 in crypto currency or $100,000 in iTunes gift cards...
View ArticleData breach due to computer virus
Lane Community College (LCC) health clinic recently announced data breach when one of its technician found a computer virus in the system. The incident has affected PHI of some patients. As per the...
View ArticleData breach at UNC
University of North Carolina Health Care recently suffered data breach. It is notifying patients of a potential data breach at two UNC Health Care obstetric clinics. The incident involved PHI of 1,300...
View ArticleRansomeware attack at ABCD
ABCD Pediatrics recently suffered ransomware attack. According to the statement, a virus was inserted to gain access to the healthcare organization’s servers. Patient data was encrypted in the process....
View ArticleKeeping sensitive information from leaks
Today companies needs to keep the data very secure due to need of protecting corporate data and also regulations which require consumer data to be protected. EU General Data Protection Regulation...
View ArticleEncryption strategy for enterprises
A Recent survey of Thales’ 2017 Global Encryption Trends Study shows that only 41 percent of enterprises have an encryption strategy which has consistency throughout the company. Other findings of the...
View ArticleFirms to spend more on cyber security
As per the recent Duff & Phelps survey, eighty-six percent of financial services firms are planning to spend more time and resources on cyber security in this year. In 2016, only 60 percent said...
View ArticleIllegal Access of Health Records
Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital employees accessed data which was not included in their job responsibility. Facility found out that 21 hospital employees were involved. The incident has affected 419...
View ArticleSecurity Survey For Mobile Data Breach
According to the recent survey by Dimensional Research, Sixty-four percent of security professionals feel that their organisations cannot prevent a breach to employees’ mobile devices. Highlights of...
View ArticleHackers trying to gain access to US defence servers
US Airforce is attacked by hackers. It was the continuation of bug bounty program which earlier allowed attacks on Pentagon and the Army. It is an effort to allow security researchers to attack a...
View ArticleCompanies planning to implement security-as-a-service model
OPAQ Networks sponsored the recent survey of 301 US-based IT professionals. It shows that 87 percent of participants are planning to use security-as-a-service model. Survey also mentioned that 40...
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