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PharMerica Breach: The Lure of Health Care Data

Two months after noticing suspicious activity in its systems, PharMerica disclosed that nearly six million patients had their health care data stolen by threat actors. The large pharmacy services company, which has ...
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In Healthcare Organizations, Data Security Risks Persist Despite HIPAA Compliance

In a recent blog post, we discussed the extraordinarily powerful “perfect storm” of cyber risk faced by healthcare organizations today. This storm is escalating in size, force, and risk levels. The Health ...
Deciphering the latest attack on AIIMS    

Deciphering the latest attack on AIIMS    

In the latest edition of our threat landscape report, Sectrio’s threat researchers had done a comprehensive analysis of the Indian cyber threat landscape, the actors, tactics, malware, and enablers. This report also ...
Healthcare M&A Means Acquiring Legacy Threats

Healthcare M&A Means Acquiring Legacy Threats

Fort Kent is a town of just over 4,000 residents abutting the Canadian border in rural Aroostook County, Maine. Fort Kent is famous for being the northernmost terminus of U.S. Route One, ...
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Failure to Pay Ransom: Negligence?

Lehigh Valley Health Network is a health care network based in Allentown, Pennsylvania that serves the eastern and northeastern part of the state. On February 6, 2023, LVHN was hit with a ...
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A Guide to Healthcare Compliance Regulations

Healthcare compliance is a broad term. In essence, it refers to an organization’s extensive efforts to ensure they have the relevant and appropriate measures, procedures, processes, and personnel to prevent fraud, waste, ...

Why Healthcare Cybercrime is the Perfect Storm

It’s Friday night. You, your husband, and your two children are settling in for a fun pizza and movie night together.  Unexpectedly, your elderly neighbor, Anne, calls in a panic. Her husband ...
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Advanced Persistent Threat Groups Behind DDoS Attacks on Danish Hospitals

On Sunday 26 February the websites of several Danish hospitals were taken offline after being hit by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks claimed by a group calling themselves ‘Anonymous Sudan’. According ...
Your Mental Health Data for Sale or Rent — 20¢

Your Mental Health Data for Sale or Rent — 20¢

U.S. GDPR ASAP: Data brokers are selling PII about mental health conditions—depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD, etc ...
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Hospitals Hit by DDoS Attacks as Killnet Group Targets the Healthcare Sector – What You Need to do Now

The increase in DDoS attacks on healthcare organizations in the US in the last 48 hours by the Pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet has become a serious concern. These types of attacks are ...