Sophisticated Cybercrime Group Targeting Health Care Providers
The FBI and other federal agencies have issued warnings about a ransomware and data extortion group called the Daixin Team.
The FBI and other federal agencies have issued warnings about a ransomware and data extortion group called the Daixin Team.
Criminals are compromising user login credentials of health care payment processors to divert payments from medical practices to themselves, the FBI warns.
Human error is cited as a frequent reason for violations of patients’ privacy rights that bring about investigations by the federal Office for Civil Rights.
States are enacting legislation that would require health care providers to violate patients’ privacy rights under HIPAA.
Breaches involving user names and passwords soared 450% in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with 2019, according to the ForgeRock 2021 Consumer Identity Breach Report.
Hackers target vulnerabilities using legitimate software packages, a cybersecurity specialist says.
Many organizations adopt overly conservative policies that restrict otherwise completely legal uses of health care data.
Among other considerations, health care providers must avoid giving individual medical advice.
28.1% of apps provided no privacy policies; 47% of user data transmission complied with privacy policy
Bluetooth is potentially susceptible to attack because it allows different devices to communicate over the air, according to a cybersecurity expert.