Healthcare needs to brace for more hacking
A recent attack on Community Health Systems had foreign attackers make off with 4.5 million patient records, likely because of a Heartbleed vulnerability. According to an unnamed security expert:...
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Over 90% of healthcare cloud services at risk
According to this story in Forbes, cloud services may be the biggest threat, and the best solution, to healthcare companies’ security woes. Looking at the numbers, we can see the problem, it’s not that...
View ArticleApp developers ask for clarity on HIPAA
Last week ACT – The App Association sent a letter to try and encourage Congress to get HHS to make HIPAA clearer for app developers. “We see a huge chunk of our membership engaged on both fitness and...
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Google pursuing a nanoparticle disease detection initiative
Google X has made a big announcement in terms of a unique research direction: nanoparticles. The spinoff company from Google reportedly has 100 researchers in fields such as chemistry to electrical...
View ArticleInfusion pump “least secure IP enabled device ever”
The most interesting part of this article is not actually the details of how the researcher cracked the device (which was essentially plugging into it) but instead the debate in the comments between an...
View ArticleSecurity reminders from the Ashley Madison breach
Ashley Madison billed itself as “the most famous name in infidelity,” providing an online affair-finding service. In July, Impact Team sent a ransom demand: “Trevor, ALM’s CTO once said ‘Protection of...
View ArticleSmartwatches and security: mixed results
“Currently smartwatches do not allow the same level of interaction as a smartphone; however it is only a matter of time before they do,” the report claimed. “Having unprotected devices with full access...
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Breach Babies
The new 2015 Protected Health Information Data Breach Report from Verizon Enterprise Solutions focuses on medical data loss—revealing disturbingly high prevalence, surprisingly unexpected causes, and...
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Patients turned away after likely ransomware attack
MedStar officials have refused to characterize the attack as “ransomware,” a virus used to hold systems hostage until victims pay for a key to regain access. But a number of employees reported seeing a...
View ArticleWhatsApp just encrypted the communications of a billion people
Could this technology blind-side healthcare message services such as TigerText? Health is one of the top uses according to Brian Acton, one of WhatsApp’s founders: “Building secure products actually...
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