Brazilian Hospitals Infected with Ransomware After RDP Brute-Force Attacks

Brazilian Hospitals Infected with Ransomware After RDP Brute-Force Attacks

Kaspersky researchers can decrypt this new Xpan ransomware

Anonymous Hacks Four Italian Healthcare Organizations

Anonymous Hacks Four Italian Healthcare Organizations

Hackers are protesting Italy's policies on ADHD treatments

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 16th, 2016
One Single Ransomware Gang Made over $121 Million

One Single Ransomware Gang Made over $121 Million

The gang still holds $94 million in its Bitcoin wallets

Health Clinic Sued Three Days After Announcing Massive Security Breach

Health Clinic Sued Three Days After Announcing Massive Security Breach

Some people don't like to wait when filing lawsuits

Hospitals Targeted in New Wave of Medjack Attacks

Hospitals Targeted in New Wave of Medjack Attacks

Hacking healthcare systems by proxy (medical devices)

Hacker Puts 9.3 Million Records Up for Sale from Healthcare Insurance Company

Hacker Puts 9.3 Million Records Up for Sale from Healthcare Insurance Company

Hacker says he used an RDP zero-day to hack the company

Hacker Selling 651,894 Patient Records on the Dark Web

Hacker Selling 651,894 Patient Records on the Dark Web

The hacker is asking over $700,000 for the whole data

FBI Raids Home of Researcher Who Alerted Company of Publicly Exposed Data

FBI Raids Home of Researcher Who Alerted Company of Publicly Exposed Data

FBI brings guns to the house of a security researcher with three kids, all because of a publicly available FTP server

Anonymous Leaks Healthcare Records from 33 Turkish Hospitals

Anonymous Leaks Healthcare Records from 33 Turkish Hospitals

Hackers claim the data dump is payback for the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center ransomware incident

Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because of Antivirus Scan

Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because of Antivirus Scan

Medical procedure continued without harm to the patient

Google Files Patent Application for Intraocular Smart Lens

Google Files Patent Application for Intraocular Smart Lens

The eye lens includes electronic communication components

Windows XP, IE, and Flash Usage Blamed for Poor Security of Healthcare Sector

Windows XP, IE, and Flash Usage Blamed for Poor Security of Healthcare Sector

And let's not forget about Java, shall we!

Ransomware Epidemic Makes Two New Victims, Hospitals in California and Indiana

Ransomware Epidemic Makes Two New Victims, Hospitals in California and Indiana

Ransomware infections are out of control, highly-efficient against hospitals, the bigger the hospital, the better

Outdated Medical Care System Sports a Whopping 1,418 Security Bugs

Outdated Medical Care System Sports a Whopping 1,418 Security Bugs

The device was running on Windows XP, was considered EOL

The Perfect Storm: Breach in a Payments Processor for the Healthcare Industry

The Perfect Storm: Breach in a Payments Processor for the Healthcare Industry

Researcher finds flaws in third-party healthcare payments processor that reveals the sad state of healthcare security

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 25th, 2016
Hospitals Are as Easy to Hack as You'd Think They Are

Hospitals Are as Easy to Hack as You'd Think They Are

ISE researchers find a trove of security lapses at hospitals and healthcare clinics across the US. Nobody is surprised.

Health Insurer Loses Six Hard Drives Containing Details of 950,000 Patients

Health Insurer Loses Six Hard Drives Containing Details of 950,000 Patients

Six HDDs go missing from a Centene laboratory

 
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