US senators propose mandated MFA, encryption in healthcare • The Register American hospitals and healthcare organizations would be required to adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) and other minimum cybersecurity standards under new legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of US senators. The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024 [PDF], Read more…
MilleBook: Your Guide to Modern Healthcare in Italy The MilleBook name and its specifications are totally different from each other. We cannot assume what exactly MilleBook stands for and works for. So, without causing any further chaos and delay, let’s clear the confusion, MilleBook is one of the finest and Read more…
Rebranded Knight Ransomware Targeting Healthcare and Businesses Worldwide An analysis of a nascent ransomware strain called RansomHub has revealed it to be an updated and rebranded version of Knight ransomware, itself an evolution of another ransomware known as Cyclops. Knight (aka Cyclops 2.0) ransomware first arrived in May 2023, employing Read more…
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect Under Attack – CISA Issues Urgent Warning The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a security flaw impacting NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-43208 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a case of unauthenticated Read more…
Researchers Uncover 11 Security Flaws in GE HealthCare Ultrasound Machines Security researchers have disclosed almost a dozen security flaws impacting the GE HealthCare Vivid Ultrasound product family that could be exploited by malicious actors to tamper with patient data and even install ransomware under certain circumstances. “The impacts enabled by Read more…
FBI Warns U.S. Healthcare Sector of Targeted BlackCat Ransomware Attacks The U.S. government is warning about the resurgence of BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare sector as recently as this month. “Since mid-December 2023, of the nearly 70 leaked victims, the healthcare sector has been the most commonly Read more…
Unveiling the Cyber Threats to Healthcare: Beyond the Myths Let’s begin with a thought-provoking question: among a credit card number, a social security number, and an Electronic Health Record (EHR), which commands the highest price on a dark web forum? Surprisingly, it’s the EHR, and the difference is stark: according Read more…
Critical Flaw in NextGen’s Mirth Connect Could Expose Healthcare Data Oct 26, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Network Security Users of Mirth Connect, an open-source data integration platform from NextGen HealthCare, are being urged to update to the latest version following the discovery of an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2023-43208, Read more…