In June 2019, The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. identified unusual activities within employee email accounts. They immediately started an investigation, working with third-party forensic investigators to assess the scope of the issue at hand. On August 7, 2019, the investigation revealed that two employees fell victim to a phishing email that allowed an unauthorized actor access to … [Read more...]
Dr. Hacker Isn’t Wearing a White Coat
Hackers have medical devices in their crosshairs. What started as proof-of-concept vulnerabilities around medical pumps and scanners has evolved over the past few years into devastating ransomware attacks and stealthy medical device hijacks like the well-known MedJack. The general growth in network attacks is nothing new, but the increase in unprotected network-enabled medical … [Read more...]
HIPAA-Compliant Wi-Fi: What You Need To Know
Did you know your medical Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is worth 50x more than your credit card information on the black market? It's also the target of exponentially rising attacks. A recent report from Keeper Security has highlighted staggering stats informing us that 90% of all healthcare organizations have had a data breach, affecting nearly one-third of the … [Read more...]
Premera, CISA, and OpenSSL – WSWiR Episode 144
This week's security news covered topics from biometrics, to nation-state cyber teams, to big data breaches, to new vulnerabilities. How's the average network Joe to keep up? Let my weekly video help by quickly summarizing the important stuff. Today's show covers a US healthcare data breach, a new OpenSSL update, and the US CISA law. You'll find it all in this week's video, and … [Read more...]
Premera Healthcare Breach – Daily Security Byte EP.46
Premera Blue Cross has suffered from a network attack that may have resulted in the loss of 11 million customer records. I think you'll see more attackers target business verticals (like healthcare) this year. Watch the video to learn why, and what you should do about it. (Episode Runtime: 2:22) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFSXIUWEjQ EPISODE … [Read more...]
