What is the Emotet Trojan?
What is the Emotet Trojan? The Emotet Trojan is malware that first emerged about five years ago, as a banking trojan. Since that time, the trojan [...]
Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Healthcare Provider
Recently, healthcare provider Wood Ranch Medical’s computer system was breached by a ransomware attack. The ransomware attack resulted in the encryption of approximately 6,000 patients’ protected health information (PHI). [...]
September Healthcare Breaches Affected 1,928,433 Individuals
September healthcare breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) affected 1,928,433 individuals. The majority of the 33 reported September healthcare [...]
Ransomware Healthcare Attacks Continue to Strike
Ransomware healthcare attacks should be a cause for concern for anyone working in healthcare. Ransomware attacks occur when an unauthorized party accesses an organization’s network, encrypting files until a [...]
Ransomware Attack at Harbor Medical Group
Harbor Medical Group, a multi-clinic covered entity in Washington State, was the target of a ransomware attack on Saturday, June 15, 2019. Two days later, the [...]
Ransomware Attack on California Health and Wellness Center Leaves Up to 21,500 Exposed
California-based Shingle Springs Health and Wellness Center provides medical, behavioral, dental, and pharmaceutical services. On April 7, 2019, the center discovered that its server had become [...]
Ransomware Attack Affects 25,000
Ransomware attacks are cause for concern in the healthcare industry, the wealth of sensitive information, large budgets, and lack of proper safeguards, make the industry the perfect target for [...]
Phishing Attacks Compromise the PHI of Thousands
Phishing attacks can be difficult to detect by nature. Attackers disguise themselves as a trusted entity, and send their victims links with malicious content, either through email, text, or [...]
WannaCry Ransomware Infects 40% of Healthcare Delivery Organizations
Ransomware attacks are increasingly prevalent in the healthcare community. Ransomware attacks use malicious software to gain access to a computer system, usually disabling the system, until an amount of [...]
Centrelake Medical Group Discovers Servers Compromised to Ransomware
Cybersecurity continues to pose a serious issue to players all throughout the healthcare industry. A recent HIPAA ransomware incident targeting Centrelake Medical Group, a network of [...]
