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The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has published guidance to aid businesses in protecting IP Security (IPsec) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that are utilized to enable workers to safely join corporate networks to perform remote jobs. Even though IPsec VPNs could make sure sensitive information in traffic is safe against unauthorized access by using cryptography, …

NSA Releases Guidance on Protecting IPsec Virtual Private Networks Read More »

Rangely District Hospital in Colorado began informing patients concerning the April 2020 ransomware attack that affected some of their protected health information (PHI) located on its network. The hospital detected the attack on April 9, 2020 and took action to control the attack. However, it was impossible to avert the encryption of a number of …

PHI Compromised Due to a Ransomware Attack and an Email Security Breach Read More »

A lot of organizations are compelled to modify working strategies due to the COVID-19 crisis. A big number of workers now do their jobs from home. In the healthcare industry, employees can work from home and deliver telehealth services to their patients. Though this approach is necessary for virus control and to make certain that …

Voicemail Phishing Trick Discovered Targeting Remote Healthcare Employees Read More »

Healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente based in Oakland, CA found out that an ex-employee got access to the radiology files of a lot of patients with no consent for 8 years. Kaiser Permanente learned about the privacy breach in the latter of March and put the staff on administrative leave during the ongoing investigation. Kaiser Permanente …

Healthcare Provider Employees Terminated Because of Impermissible Disclosure of PHI Read More »

Four Senators sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) due to the new advisory informing COVID-19 research institutions that hackers connected to China are carrying out attacks to get access to COVID-19 vaccine and research reports. On May 13, 2020, CISA and the …

Senators Wrote CISA and FBI Concerning the Danger to COVID-19 Research Data Read More »

BJC Healthcare made an announcement about the unauthorized persons accessing the email accounts of three BJC employees after replying to the phishing emails in their inbox. On March 6, 2020, BJC Healthcare noticed suspicious activity in the employees’ email accounts, which caused the prompt protection of the email accounts. A top-rated computer forensics agency helped …

BJC HealthCare Phishing Attack Affects PHI of Patients at 19 Hospitals Read More »