healthcare

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2015
US health insurer Premera Hacked, 11 Million customers affected

US health insurer Premera Blue Cross announced its network had been hacked, potentially exposing data from 11 million individuals. A few weeks after the disclosure of the data breach suffered by from Anthem Blue Cross, which exposed 80 million customer records, another US health insurer was victim of a major attack that is affecting 11 Million customers […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2014
NHS Trusts fail to Extend Outdated Windows XP Security Support with Microsoft

Thousands of patient records in UK are vulnerable to cyber fraudsters after up to 20 trusts under the National Hospital Service failed to extend security support for outdated Windows XP with Microsoft. Trusts running on the outdated OS risks reversed engineered attacks from hackers exploiting vulnerabilities on the unsupported OS. Hundreds of Thousands of Patient […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2014
FBI warns healthcare industry on possible cyber attacks

FBI is warning businesses operating in the healthcare industry on possible cyber attacks. The FBI is alerting the healthcare industry companies on potential cyber attacks, the law enforcement are warning companies after the attack on U.S. hospital group Community Health Systems Inc that caused the theft of millions of patient records. “The FBI has observed malicious actors targeting healthcare related systems, […]