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2021 12 Mar

A new report from The CyberPeace Institute analyses a variety of recent cyberattacks against the healthcare sector around the world, identifies the predominant threats and provides recommendations for improvement.   You might also like: ENISA has released cybersecurity guidelines for hospitals when procuring services,...Read more

2020 26 Nov

Already burdened by the unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 crisis, healthcare organisations also were hit by a barrage of significant security incidents – i.e. phishing, ransomware and data breaches – during the past 12 months, says a new HIMSS report.   You might also like: ‘Shielding’ Against Cyber Attacks   These cybersecurity...Read more

2019 17 Sep

The Internet of Things (IoT) enables many of today's devices and equipment to work with such remarkable speed, accuracy and efficiency. Because of the numerous IoT-related benefits, people have a tendency to forget the fact that IoT devices are increasingly vulnerable to hacking attacks.   A new study serves as a timely reminder for hospitals and health...Read more

2017 24 Jul

The "dark web" is something hidden from most users of the internet. This is because the dark web lies within what is known as the deep web – a part of the internet not indexed by search engines and without registered websites and domains. Special software is required to access the dark web, which is especially designed not to allow one to find identities,...Read more

2017 12 Jun

Healthcare providers need to step up measures to protect health data as medical devices remain vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to tech experts. “Ransomware attacks against medical devices are going to continue to grow like crazy in the coming months and years because most of the connected medical devices are not being secured properly,” said...Read more

2017 18 Apr

The lack of standardisation regarding security frameworks – and the implementation of those frameworks – is the biggest weak spot in cybersecurity today, according to a security expert with the FBI. See Also : No Time to Lose: Get Serious About Cybersecurity Education Malcolm Palmore, FBI assistant special agent in the cyber division in San...Read more

2017 02 Jan

Amid criticism that it was not doing enough to address the cyber vulnerabilities in medical devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued guidelines on how manufacturers can protect their products against cyberattacks. According to the guidelines, manufacturers must build cybersecurity controls into medical devices during the development...Read more

2015 20 Oct

Many healthcare professionals believe criminals are increasingly targeting health IT systems; however, only 10 percent or less of healthcare organisations' IT budget goes toward cybersecurity and protecting their patients' highly sensitive information, according to a new study from Trustwave. The survey was conducted to measure the challenges facing...Read more

2015 12 Sep

With cyberattacks on the rise, a California-based security vendor now provides "deception technology" to better protect IT systems. The technology is used to detect bots and APTs inside the network, data centre, and cloud before the data is breached. Tech startup Attivo Networks specialises in creating a complete “site of deception” inside a network....Read more

2015 06 Sep

Eighty-one percent of healthcare executives say their information technology has been compromised by cyberattacks during the past two years, according to a recent survey by KPMG. In addition, only half of those executives say they are ready to defend against future attacks. These attacks may put sensitive patient data at risk of exposure, the KPMG report...Read more

2015 04 Jul

Healthcare providers take the issue of cybersecurity seriously, and most of them (87 percent) have implemented new technology and personnel to guard against cyberattacks, results of the 2015 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey show. Two-thirds of those surveyed also indicated that their organisations had experienced a significant security incident recently....Read more

2015 11 May

Researchers at University of Washington have conducted a series of experiments revealing vulnerabilities of next generation teleoperated surgical robots. The aim was to test how some forms of cyberattacks could hijack remotely-controlled operations in the future and to make those systems more secure. Use of teleoperated robots, which are controlled...Read more