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CISA 2015 expiration could leave healthcare facilities exposed
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015expires on September 30, 2025, potentially removing legal protections that enable healthcare...
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Federal ruling vacates HIPAA Reproductive Healthcare Rule
Kirsten Peremore: Sep 2, 2025 1:44:17 PM
On August 15, 2025, the City of Columbus, Ohio, the City of Madison, Wisconsin, and Doctors for America filed a Notice of Appeal in the case Carmen...
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Hackers use innocent-looking shortcuts to deliver stealthy malware
Farah Amod: Aug 30, 2025 6:32:48 AM
Cybersecurity teams are warning Windows users of a new wave of infections delivered through deceptive LNK files that appear harmless but silently...
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Hackers turn Cisco Safe Links into a phishing weapon
Tshedimoso Makhene: Aug 30, 2025 6:22:49 AM
Attackers are exploiting Cisco’s reputational trust, weaponizing Safe Links to disguise phishing attacks. The result is malicious links passing deep...
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Ulster County faces fallout after major employee data breach
Kirsten Peremore: Aug 29, 2025 1:35:15 PM
In August 2024, the Alera Group, the company responsible for administering healthcare benefits for Ulster County government employees, experienced a...
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Study finds cybersecurity training fails to reduce phishing risks
Farah Amod: Aug 29, 2025 12:17:06 PM
An eight-month study at a U.S. healthcare organization shows that traditional training has little effect on stopping phishing attacks.
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Hackers exploit Microsoft ADFS to steal logins through legitimate redirects
Cybercriminals have developed a phishing technique that uses legitimate Microsoft Office.com links combined with Active Directory Federation Services...
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Jury finds Meta liable in reproductive health data case
A California jury found Meta violated state privacy laws when it collected reproductive health data from the Flo Health period tracking app and used...
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What is Google's rural healthcare cybersecurity initiative?
Rural hospitals across America face a cybersecurity crisis that may be a threat to operations and patient safety.As noted by Google, "Cyberattacks on...
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CVS Caremark hit with $290 million Medicare fraud penalty
Kirsten Peremore: Aug 27, 2025 4:59:45 AM
In August 2025, Chief Judge Mitchell Goldberg of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a decisive ruling against...
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HHS issues new HIPAA privacy rule FAQs
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights issued new and updated Frequently Asked Questionsinterpreting the HIPAA...
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HHS reaches $175,000 HIPAA Settlement with BST & Co. CPAs, LLP
Tshedimoso Makhene: Aug 21, 2025 5:09:41 PM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has reached a $175,000 settlement with New York accounting firm BST & Co. CPAs after a ransomware...
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Microsoft pays record $17 million in bug bounties
Microsoft paid a record $17 million to 344 security researchers across 59 countries through its bug bounty program between July 2024 and June 2025,...