HHS waives HIPAA sanctions and penalties for hurricane-affected hospitals

As Hurricane Florence continues its destructive path, hospitals affected by the storm have been given the go ahead to break certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report Shows Healthcare Suffers Most Breaches

Can you hear me now? Verizon reports that the healthcare industry had more breaches than any other industry in 2017. In the recently released 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) by Verizon, Personally Identifiable Information and Protected Health Information were shown to be the most common types of data compromised overall, even more than payment…

Judge rules in favor of OCR, orders cancer center to pay $4.3 for HIPAA violations 

A HHS Administrative Law Judge has ruled that MD Anderson violated HIPAA and is requiring the Texas cancer center to pay $4.3 million in penalties to the OCR. 

World’s worst criminal phishing botnet gets trickier

The notorious Necurs botnet has upped its crime game by adopting a retro trick to make itself more evasive and less likely to having its phishing intercepted by your filters.

Hacking group targets healthcare industry worldwide

Cybersecurity firm Symantec announced this week that a hacking group called Orangeworm appears to have been targeting the healthcare industry in the United States, Europe, and Asia.