News in the Healthcare category

Extortion gang ransoms Shoprite, largest supermarket chain in Africa

Shoprite Holdings, Africa's largest supermarket chain that operates almost three thousand stores across twelve countries in the continent, has been hit by a ransomware attack.
- Bill Toulas
- June 15, 2022
- 12:28 PM
- 0
Shields Health Care Group data breach affects 2 million patients

Shields Health Care Group (Shields) suffered a data breach that exposed the data of approximately 2,000,000 people in the United States after hackers breached their network and stole data.
- Bill Toulas
- June 07, 2022
- 10:53 AM
- 0
Researchers create exploit for critical Magento bug, Adobe updates advisory

Offensive security researchers have created exploit code for CVE-2022-24086, the critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source that Adobe that patched in an out-of-band update last Sunday.
- Ionut Ilascu
- February 17, 2022
- 06:24 PM
- 0
HHS: Conti ransomware encrypted 80% of Ireland's HSE IT systems

A threat brief published by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday paints a grim picture of how Ireland's health service, the HSE, was overwhelmed and had 80% of its systems encrypted during last year's Conti ransomware attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 04, 2022
- 11:01 AM
- 0
Target open sources scanner for digital credit card skimmers

Target, one of the largest American department store chains and e-commerce retailers, has open sourced 'Merry Maker' - its years-old proprietary scanner for payment card skimming.
- Bill Toulas
- February 03, 2022
- 12:27 PM
- 0
Broward Health discloses data breach affecting 1.3 million people

Florida's Broward Health healthcare system has disclosed a large-scale data breach incident impacting 1,357,879 individuals.
- Bill Toulas
- January 03, 2022
- 11:50 AM
- 1
Alleged ransomware affiliate arrested for healthcare attacks

A 31-year old Canadian national has been charged in connection to ransomware attacks against organizations in the United States and Canada, a federal indictment unsealed today shows.
- Ionut Ilascu
- December 07, 2021
- 03:37 PM
- 1
Planned Parenthood LA discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles has disclosed a data breach after suffering a ransomware attack in October that exposed the personal information of approximately 400,000 patients.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 01, 2021
- 08:18 PM
- 0
DNA testing firm discloses data breach affecting 2.1 million people

DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), an Ohio-based DNA testing company, has disclosed a hacking incident that affects 2,102,436 persons.
- Bill Toulas
- November 30, 2021
- 08:26 AM
- 4
Telegram channel admins who sold fake vaccine cards arrested

The Italian financial crime agency (Guardia di Finanza - GdF) has announced the arrest of several individuals suspected of managing Telegram channels to promote fake vaccine certificates, aka 'Green Passes.'
- Bill Toulas
- November 29, 2021
- 10:11 AM
- 1
Hackers target biomanufacturing with stealthy Tardigrade malware

An advanced hacking group is actively targeting biomanufacturing facilities with a new custom malware called 'Tardigrade.'
- Bill Toulas
- November 23, 2021
- 10:38 AM
- 0
Utah medical center hit by data breach affecting 582k patients

Utah Imaging Associates (UIA), a Utah-based radiology center, has announced a data breach affecting 582,170 people after their personal information was exposed.
- Bill Toulas
- November 19, 2021
- 10:35 AM
- 0
Medical software firm urges password resets after ransomware attack

Medatixx, a German medical software vendor whose products are used in over 21,000 health institutions, urges customers to change their application passwords following a ransomware attack that has severely impaired its entire operations.
- Bill Toulas
- November 09, 2021
- 09:15 AM
- 0
Philips healthcare infomatics solution vulnerable to SQL injection

The Philips Tasy EMR, used by hundreds of hospitals as a medical record solution and healthcare management system, is vulnerable to two critical SQL injection flaws.
- Bill Toulas
- November 05, 2021
- 11:23 AM
- 0