US healthcare organizations have been in the firing line of cyber-attacks for years. Trend Micro research released last October revealed that, over the past decade, it has been the most attacked sector, accounting for over a quarter (26%) of all breaches since 2005. That’s why organizations like the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) are so…
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Established in 2006 by the Council of Australian Governments, Healthdirect Australia offers free health advice online and by phone. Its popular services attract one million phone calls each year and a million visits to its web properties every month. The firm was one of Amazon Web Services’ first customers when the cloud giant opened its…
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With the recent reports of several healthcare organizations being hit with crypto-ransomware, we’ve received many inquiries about the recent trends we’ve seen with this threat. Ransomware is nothing new, having evolved from the old Fake-AV days. What is new is the current pervasive nature, and corresponding ease of use. Plus, the capability to encrypt files…
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The problem with today’s threat landscape is that our perception can often be clouded by the latest headline-grabbing stories. To gain any real clarity into what’s actually happening and where the threats to our data lie, we need to pull back and look at broader trends. That’s exactly what data from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse…
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On May 20, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield announced that they were the victim of a data breach in June 2014 that affects 1.1 million current and former customers. According to CareFirst, the data breach affects: member-created user names members’ names members’ birth dates members’ email addresses subscriber identification number. The data breach does not affect: members’…
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At Trend Micro, we’ve been trying to draw attention to the growing cyber security threat facing healthcare organizations for some time now. With recent cyber-criminal targeting of healthcare organizations, it seems like a pretty good time to revisit our advice for others in the industry who want to stay secure on their journey to the…
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In this special edition of Five Questions, we’re highlighting Rush University Medical Center’s En-Abled Veteran, a program that trains military veterans on IT skills, provides hands-on experience in highly sought-after IT services, and helps veterans translate their military experience into marketable skills that lead to employment in the IT field. With the abundance of experienced…
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Today we’ve learned that up to 80 million customers and employees of Anthem health insurance have had their personal information stolen. Initial reports indicate that the data loss includes names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and employment data including income. All the information you need for effective identity theft. The exact number of records…
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