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Hospital learns the hard way why you don’t pay ransomware crooks

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May

2016

Criminals, like ransomware, are constantly evolving. If they see you as an easy mark, you are as good as an ATM — which by the way can also be hacked — lining their pockets to get files back. Kansas Heart Hospital has learned from its initial mistake in paying and is refusing to pay the […]

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Ponemon: 89% of surveyed health care orgs breached in last two years; cybercrime top cause

17

May

2016

For the second consecutive year, Ponemon Institute’s annual study on the state of security and privacy in health care found that cyber-crime was the leading cause of data breaches among hospitals and other medical providers. According to the “Sixth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data,” 50 percent of surveyed health care […]

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Doctors’ Mobile Devices Putting Patient At Risk

06

Apr

2016

Three-fourths of physicians use more than one mobile device for work, a new study shows. One in five doctors’ mobile devices are at high risk of attack, according to a new study. Medical professionals have become savvy tech users: 99% of doctors use mobile devices as of 2015 and the number of doctors using more […]

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