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By Jessica Davis | 03:50 pm | October 20, 2017
As the number of connected devices is projected to grow to 20 to 50 billion by 2020, the FBI says the threat of DDoS attacks launched by leveraging flaws in IoT devices is not going away anytime soon.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 10:39 am | October 20, 2017
Energy and Commerce Chairman Rep. Greg Walden is hoping Nuance’s experience falling victim to the global cyberattack in June can provide valuable insights for other organizations.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:07 pm | October 19, 2017
The notorious hacker is targeting Austin Manual Therapy Associates in its latest extortion attempt, claiming it holds the PHI of patients -- including insurance authorization data.
Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 03:59 pm | October 19, 2017
Healthcare and other organizations have too many end-points to worry about, and a lack of internal collaboration isn’t helping, a BlackBerry survey finds.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 01:50 pm | October 19, 2017
Nearly 500,000 patient records were reported breached in September, according to the latest Protenus Breach Barometer.
By Gus Venditto | 01:10 pm | October 17, 2017
Advice on how to take a step-by-step transition with cloud computing platforms
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:31 pm | October 16, 2017
A Belgian researcher discovered a flaw in the protocol that could allow a hacker to hijack connections, launch man-in-the-middle attacks, view communications and decrypt traffic on all Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 03:02 pm | October 12, 2017
Patient Home Monitoring failed to lock down public access to its online server, exposing personal data of 150,000 patients.
Privacy & Security
By Barry Herrin | 11:52 am | October 12, 2017
Since before 2013, hospitals and other healthcare facilities knew that falls were a serious problem, and massive resources were marshalled to reduce or prevent patient falls.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 04:35 pm | October 10, 2017
Hundreds of gigabytes of data were exposed when the tech giant accidentally left four of its AWS S3 buckets open to the public.