Children’s Medical Center Issued $3.2M OCR HIPAA Penalty

Ouch! The part about this that really stings is this opening line "Children’s Medical Center of Dallas (Children’s) was recently given an OCR HIPAA civil money penalty due to ePHI disclosure and [...]

February 8th, 2017 |Categories: OCR, Penalties, Healthcare, HealthcareIT, HIPAA, Compliance

USB Sticks Could Infect Your Network

We ALWAYS recommend strict and tight controls around the use of USB sticks or drives in your environment. They have long been the carriers and purveyors of malware and viruses on corporate networks. [...]

January 24th, 2017 |Categories: Malware, Social Engineering, Phishing, Security, knowbe4.com, Email

Recently Reported Healthcare Cyber Attacks

A recent blog post in HealthITSecurity lists three recent healthcare cyber attacks. It's important to read the information and see how smaller practices are being compromised and the work they are [...]

A new variant of Android malware is responsible for what's believed to be the biggest single theft of Google accounts on record

The so-called Gooligan strain has infected as many as 1.3 million Android phones since August, completely prising the devices open and stealing the tokens users are given to verify they are [...]

December 10th, 2016 |Categories: Uncategorized

How does the 21st Cures Act Affect Healthcare IT?

President Obama is preparing to sign into law the new 21st Century Cures Act, but how will this affect Healthcare IT?

December 9th, 2016 |Categories: EHR, Obama, HITECH, HIPAA

Patients are the ones suffering from EMR adoption

December 9th, 2016 |Categories: EHR, EMR, Technology, Healthcare, Verghese, FierceHealthcare

Former executive assistant director of the FBI highlights comprehensive education and proactive planning to create strong ransomware preparation measures

Healthcare ransomware has quickly become one of the top cybersecurity concerns for both covered entities and business associates, according to a recent HealthcareIT Security blog post.

The Sad State of Healthcare IT Security

Healthcare Data Breaches, Ransomware Top Challenges in 2017

The latest Black Book poll (Read it here) of healthcare PR clients showed that physician satisfaction and medico-legal problems are no longer the key concerns, and that 2017 will see a higher focus [...]

Yes, that message is really from Facebook. And, yes, it's really malicious.

That's a real post from our friends at KnowBe4 Security. From the post:

December 6th, 2016 |Categories: Social Engineering, ransomeware, Ransomware, Security, Facebook