Cybersecurity

In the healthcare sector, cybersecurity has quickly emerged as the most significant vulnerability.  Skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care centers are especially vulnerable to cyberattacks...

Not long ago, Social Security numbers were highly valued commodities among cyberthieves. Today, the golden goose is a patient’s health record.

Hackers have hit a major nursing home chain, potentially exposing a significant amount of patient and staff data in a brazen extortion attempt.

Nearly twofold increase in annual number of attacks seen from 2016 to 2021, exposing information of nearly 42 million patients

Healthcare executives are increasingly exposing their companies to more breaches due to weak passwords, a new study reveals. 

Legal experts insist the threat to healthcare providers relying more than ever on vendors for temporary help is very real.

With ransomware attacks on long-term care facilities increasing, managers are asking, “Are we vulnerable too?” or even “Are we next?”   According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, IT support...

The recent events of the Colonial Pipeline gas shortage in the Southeast have highlighted a very real concern for our nation’s cybersecurity. Cyber criminals are still out there, and seemingly stronger...

Documents posted to a file-sharing website could have been used to steal medical record and credit card information from three nursing homes in New York state, according to a Tuesday report in the Wall...