by Gary Pritts | May 12, 2014 | HIPAA
A recent survey by The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reported that medical identity theft accounted for 43.8 percent of all identity thefts reported in the US last year. The medical/healthcare segment accounted for the largest number of breaches, with other... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 30, 2014 | HIPAA
The FBI recently issued two private industry notices (PINs) to the healthcare sector, warning that cyber-attacks against devices and systems in that industry are likely to increase. The notices were issued to a number of undisclosed and unidentified organizations in... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 9, 2014 | HIPAA
Details about the Heartbleed bug, a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library, were published earlier this week. This vulnerability has the potential to affect web users worldwide. The bug, caused by a programming error, allows the... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Mar 14, 2014 | HIPAA
At HIMSS 2014, James Robnet, IRS Special Agent in charge of the IRS Tampa, FL field office, presented an update regarding IRS tax fraud and how fraudsters present data breach risks to hospitals, physicians and other health providers. When conducting a meaningful use... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Feb 17, 2014 | Health Information Technology
Medical practices and other healthcare organizations who use consumer-grade networking equipment made by Linksys should take immediate steps to mitigate attacks that are spreading after researchers at the SANS Institute reported the outbreak of a self-replicating worm... Read More
