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Microsoft has issued patches for 88 vulnerabilities this patch Tuesday. Of the vulnerabilities, 20 were rated critical. One servicing stack and 4 advisories were also released in the update. Microsoft stated that there was no evidence to suggest that threat actors had been actively exploiting the vulnerabilities in the wild. SandboxEscaper, a security researcher, identified …

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A breach at the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) has compromised the records of nearly 12 million Quest Diagnostics patients. AMCA, a billing collections company based in New York, informed Quest Diagnostics that 11.9 million of their patients had been impacted after a hacker had gained access to AMCA’s systems. Quest Diagnostics, one of the …

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Baystate Health has notified 12,000 patients a phishing attack on their facility compromised their PHI. Baystate Health, based in Massachusetts, discovered that an unauthorised individual had compromised several employee email accounts between February 7 and March 7, 2019. Each email account was immediately secured, and unauthorised access was blocked. Baystate Health launched an investigation into …

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Riverplace Counselling Centre is notifying 11,639 patients of a data security incident following the discovery of malware on its systems. Riverplace Counselling Center in Anoka, Minnesota, discovered the malware infection on January 20, 2019.  Riverplace contracted a third-party forensic cybersecurity firm to remove the malware and restore its systems from backups. The analysis was completed …

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