Taxpayers and business have been warned of a new IRS phishing scam being used to spread keylogging malware. The hackers design the emails to appear as though the IRS is reminding taxpayers and tax professionals to an issue their electronic tax returns. The emails include a link which the user is invited to click to …
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Users of the Android app CamScanner have been advised to uninstall the app after a recent version was found to harbour malware. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a hidden Trojan-Dropper module in the free version of the app, which has been downloaded by over 100 million Android users. CamScanner is an optical character …
The Hospice of San Joaquin in Stockton, California, is in the process of notifying patients that their protected health information may have been compromised in a recent security incident. On July 2, 2019, at 12:50 pm, hackers installed malware on the hospice’s network. The network included servers used to store the protected health information of …
Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Washington is notifying 88,399 patients that their confidential health information may have been compromised in a ransomware attack. The hospital and its associated clinics, based in Aberdeen, WA, is still dealing with the consequences of the attack months after the fact. The attackers have demanded $1 million for the keys …
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a limited waiver of HIPAA sanctions and penalties in Louisiana following Tropical Storm Barry making landfall on July 13. The HHS announced a public health emergencies in the areas affected by the storm on July 12, 2019. The waiver only applies to covered entities in …
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Northwood Inc. is notifying individuals that their private information may have been comprised in a data breach following a phishing attack. Northwood Inc., based in Madison Heights, MI, acts as a HIPAA business associate to several covered entities. Northwood discovered the breach on May 6, 2019, after noticing some suspicious activity on an employee email …
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A fake Office 365 phishing website is being used by hackers to distribute the Trickbot Trojan. The website is a convincing mimic of the legitimate Microsoft Office 365 website. The hackers paid careful attention to detail, and even gave it a similar URL – get-office365[.]live – and ensuring that all the URLs embedded on the …
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Vitagene is in the process of investigating a data breach which has resulted in sensitive information of 3,000 customers from being exposed online. Vitagene, based in San Francisco, CA, provides direct-to-consumer DNA-testing services such as genealogy information and health analysis. Individuals send Vitagene genetic samples which are analyzed to the individual’s likelihood of developing specific …
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Medical Center Enterprise, Alabama, has been ordered to pay a woman $300,000 in damages for violating her privacy rights. Amy Pertuit’s patient rights were violated when a physician at MCE accessed and disclosed her protected health information to a third party without the proper authorization or consent to do so. This is a breach of …
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A former nurse at Takai, Hoover & Hsu has is under investigation for impermissibly accessing of the protected health information (PHI) of 16,542 patients. The healthcare provider, owned by Takai, Hoover & Hsu and based in Germantown, MD, has stated that the information may have been passed on to a third-party and used for fraud …
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