The relationship between American Medical Collection Agency and its laboratory clients affected by the company's data breach will be closely examined as breach-related lawsuits progress, says attorney Paul Hales, a HIPAA specialist, who explains why.
Authentication vulnerabilities in certain GE Healthcare anesthesia devices could potentially allow remote attackers to meddle with the devices, researchers say. GE disputes some of the findings. Find out what other security experts have to say.
Researchers at the security firm Tenable uncovered a vulnerability in a Siemens software platform used to manage industrial control systems, and Siemens has issued a patch. The same platform was exploited during the Stuxnet attack a decade ago.
Video conferencing vendor Zoom has opted to make major changes to its Mac application after a security researcher found several weaknesses in it. The changes come after the researcher refused a bug bounty and instead went public after 90 days, putting pressure on Zoom.
Sensitive information, including credit card and phone numbers, was left exposed to the internet on an unsecured database belonging to Fieldwork Software, which provides cloud-based services to small businesses, researchers note in a new report.
In the wake of digital transformation, there remain some organizations that - for security reasons - resist the temptation to move to the cloud. What are their objections? Zscaler's Bil Harmer addresses these, as well as the critical questions security leaders should ask of cloud service providers.
The data protection gloves have finally come off in Europe after GDPR enforcement began last May - the U.K.'s privacy watchdog has proposed large post-breach sanctions against British Airways and Marriott. Consider the tables now turned on firms that fail to properly safeguard personal data.
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued an alert about an increase in malware attacks targeting the networks of commercial vessels. It's warning ship owners to take more cybersecurity precautions.
Britain's privacy watchdog says it plans to fine hotel giant Marriott $125 million under GDPR for security failures tied to a 2014 breach of the guest reservation database for Starwood, which Marriott acquired in 2016. Undiscovered until 2018, the breach exposed 339 million customer records.
The federal government, device manufacturers and healthcare delivery organizations have all raised their games to address medical device security. Now it's time for patients - those truly impacted by devices - to have their say in the discussion, says Suzanne Schwartz, M.D., of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Ransomware plays on ever-bigger stages, but the fundamental question remains: To pay or not to pay? Fortinet's Sonia Arista, a former CISO, weighs in on ransomware and other hot breach trends.
As healthcare providers connect more and more devices to their networks, ensuring data security becomes far more complex, says Steve Hyman of Ordr, who describes best practices.
Chris Hickman of Keyfactor explains the challenges of securing and protecting medical devices and the data they collect while delivering the functionality that users demand.
Shifting from vulnerability management to vulnerability response is becoming increasingly important, says Syra Arif of ServiceNow, who describes three essential steps.
Jeff Gilhool of Lookout explains how phishing and malware are becoming bigger issues for mobile devices and describes what healthcare organizations can do to incorporate HIPAA compliance in their mobile device management plans.
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