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State regulators extract another $6M from the DNA testing fallout

The state dropped its appeal and collected $6M, on top of the…

October 21, 2026

Medi-Cal biller took eleven months to disclose 970,000 member records

Paradigm Healthcare Services found an intruder in October 2025 and only concluded…

October 21, 2026

Ransomware crews ride a patched Palo Alto flaw into hospital VPNs

Qilin and INC are still exploiting a GlobalProtect authentication bypass Palo Alto…

October 21, 2026

One phone call leaked credentials to 1.4 million patients

A vishing call in August opened an Ohio physician group's network, and…

October 21, 2026

An Alabama licensing outage quietly pulled hospitals back to paper

North Alabama Medical Center is onboarding nurses with paper applications and faxes…

October 19, 2026
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Proofpoint moves to absorb Varonis in a $6.3B all-cash deal

Thoma Bravo's Proofpoint will take Varonis private in the year's largest cybersecurity…

October 17, 2026

Alabama mental health authority settles ransomware suit for $700,000

A 2025 network intrusion that reached more than 30,000 patients ends in…

October 11, 2026

Planned Parenthood lab network settles 1.6M patient breach suit

A Seattle clinical laboratory that tests for Planned Parenthood affiliates across 31…

October 10, 2026

The HIPAA risk analysis is mandatory since 2005 yet still missing

A compliance attorney's takeaways from the OCR-NIST HIPAA security conference point to…

September 24, 2026

CISA pitches cheap decoys as a tripwire for hospital intruders

New CISA guidance urges resource-stretched critical infrastructure teams, hospitals included, to plant…

September 18, 2026
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Few medical devices can make the leap to quantum-safe encryption

A study of 2.5 million connected medical devices found only a sliver…

October 11, 2026

Israel’s largest HMO pairs its AI rollout with a security vendor

Israel's largest health maintenance organization is pairing a cybersecurity vendor with its…

September 30, 2026

HIPAA security rule overhaul pushed to July 2027 as healthcare sector pushes back

HHS has delayed the first major HIPAA Security Rule overhaul in over…

July 12, 2026

Healthcare Cyberattacks Persist as SonicWall Report Flags Millions of Exploitation Attempts and Rising Ransomware Pressure

SonicWall’s latest Healthcare Protect Brief warns that healthcare remains the most persistently…

June 23, 2026

FTC Warns Tech Giants Against Weakening Encryption or Enabling Censorship

The agency cautions leading U.S. tech companies that complying with foreign demands…

May 17, 2026
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Ryuk operator pleads guilty Blackcat AlphV conspirator sentenced to 6 years

Two ransomware actors face prison time in separate cases involving Ryuk and…

July 13, 2026

Legacy Sitecore Flaw Exploited in Healthcare Environments to Deploy WeepSteel Malware

Mandiant warns that outdated Sitecore configurations in healthcare systems could expose sensitive…

May 17, 2026

Three Healthcare Organizations Disclose Major Data Breaches Impacting Over 175,000 Patients

Recent breaches at CPAP Medical Supplies, a Miracle Ear franchisee, and a…

May 17, 2026

Stealthy Prompt Injection in Images Lets Attackers Hijack AI Systems

Researchers have discovered a method for hiding malicious instructions in images that…

May 17, 2026

Transparent Tribe Targets Indian Government With Malicious Desktop Shortcut Files

The Pakistani-linked APT36 group has expanded its tactics by weaponizing Linux BOSS…

May 17, 2026
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State regulators extract another $6M from the DNA testing fallout

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mradmin

October 21, 2026

Medi-Cal biller took eleven months to disclose 970,000 member records

By

mradmin

October 21, 2026

Ransomware crews ride a patched Palo Alto flaw into hospital VPNs

By

mradmin

October 21, 2026

One phone call leaked credentials to 1.4 million patients

By

mradmin

October 21, 2026

An Alabama licensing outage quietly pulled hospitals back to paper

An Alabama licensing outage quietly pulled hospitals back to paper

North Alabama Medical Center is onboarding nurses with paper applications and faxes more than a month after the state board's licensing system went offline.

By

mradmin

October 19, 2026

Wearable heart monitor breach swells past eight million patients

Wearable heart monitor breach swells past eight million patients

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mradmin

October 19, 2026

Pediatric network and its IT vendor settle with two states for $2.64M

Pediatric network and its IT vendor settle with two states for $2.64M

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mradmin

October 19, 2026

Hacker crew says it took patient data from a 12-hospital Michigan system

Extortion group says 12-hospital system data is in hand

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mradmin

October 19, 2026

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Dental practices and a ventilator rental firm land on a leak page

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mradmin

October 18, 2026

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Brazilian hospital group caught in a four-minute leak-site dump

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mradmin

October 18, 2026

Hand-drawn illustration of an eye clinic exam room and a cabinet of patient files

Extortion crew itemizes the patient records it says it stole

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mradmin

October 18, 2026

Hand-drawn illustration of two clinic staff members conferring at a reception counter

MSP backup platform breach puts hospital tenants in the blast radius

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mradmin

October 18, 2026

Articles

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Proofpoint moves to absorb Varonis in a $6.3B all-cash deal

By

mradmin

October 17, 2026

Alabama mental health authority settles ransomware suit for $700,000

Alabama mental health authority settles ransomware suit for $700,000

By

mradmin

October 11, 2026

Planned Parenthood lab network settles 1.6M patient breach suit

Planned Parenthood lab network settles 1.6M patient breach suit

By

mradmin

October 10, 2026

The HIPAA risk analysis is mandatory since 2005 yet still missing

The HIPAA risk analysis is mandatory since 2005 yet still missing

By

mradmin

September 24, 2026

Features

Few medical devices can make the leap to quantum-safe encryption

Few medical devices can make the leap to quantum-safe encryption

By

mradmin

October 11, 2026

Israel's largest HMO pairs its AI rollout with a security vendor

Israel’s largest HMO pairs its AI rollout with a security vendor

By

mradmin

September 30, 2026

HIPAA security rule overhaul pushed to July 2027 as healthcare sector pushes back

By

mradmin

July 12, 2026

Healthcare Cyberattacks Persist as SonicWall Report Flags Millions of Exploitation Attempts and Rising Ransomware Pressure

By

mradmin

June 23, 2026

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Ryuk operator pleads guilty Blackcat AlphV conspirator sentenced to 6 years

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mradmin

July 13, 2026

Illustration of a hospital technician examining a plain gray server cabinet in a bright room

State-linked crew roots hospital remote support appliances via a zero-day

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mradmin

October 17, 2026

Illustration of hospital IT analysts at desks facing a large abstract display of rising bar shapes

Nearly all health providers were breached this year as care suffered

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mradmin

October 17, 2026

Illustration of concerned hospital clinicians in a bright break room, one comforting the other

Extortion crews now dial the homes of hospital staff

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mradmin

October 17, 2026

Illustration of two administrators reviewing blank paperwork in a bright clinical laboratory office

Lab clients agree to $6.4M deal in the AMCA billing breach case

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mradmin

October 17, 2026