Marney Carmichael reports on an incident in Ontario, Canada: Halton region says a privacy breach at Allendale Long-Term Care Home in Milton exposed personal electronic health records from 2005 to this summer. A cybersecurity incident in June of this year involving third-party software led to unauthorized access of residents’ personal data, including names, health details…
Ivanti confirms zero-day exploitation of a remotely exploitable code execution flaw in its Connect Security product line. The post Ivanti Warns of New Zero-Day Attacks Hitting Connect Secure Product appeared first on SecurityWeek.
DataTribe said Joyce will be a venture partner tasked with finding entrepreneurs developing new and emerging technologies for cyber defense. The post Former NSA Director Rob Joyce Joins DataTribe as Venture Partner appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Ascension Health says the personal, medical, and payment information of 5.6 million people was stolen in a May 2024 ransomware attack. The post 5.6 Million Impacted by Ransomware Attack on Healthcare Giant Ascension appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The botnet maintains approximately 15,000 daily active IP addresses, with the infections primarily scattered across China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the United States.
In 2019, DataBreaches reported that Solara Medical Supplies in California was notifying more than 110,000 patients after an attacker gained access to some employees’ email accounts via phishing. Solara was subsequently sued and settled claims for $9.76 million. Now today, HHS OCR announced a settlement with Solara: Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations with an aim to safeguard patients’ data against potential cyber attacks. The proposal, which seeks to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, is part of a broader…
