Articles Tagged With: attack
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Ransomware Is Fast, Need to Practice Response
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Expect More High-Tech Breaches, Attorney General Audits This Year
Most HIPAA breaches in the past were of a low-tech nature. But that is changing now, partly because the digital revolution has completely changed how healthcare organizations handle data.
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Airplane-Triggered Headaches
Severe, unilateral headaches that occur during airplane travel, particularly during landing, are most likely a variant of migraine headaches triggered by changes in cabin pressure.
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Transient Ischemic Attack
Recent research on transient ischemic attacks (TIA) has changed how emergency medicine providers evaluate and manage this sometimes difficult diagnosis. This article provides readers with current information and relevant studies pertaining to TIAs.
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Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and hackers are getting better
On the heels of four incidents in which hospitals were hit with ransomware attacks, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre jointly released an alert that warns about several prominent ransomware variants that have emerged over the past few years, including Symantec, Xorist, CtyptorBit, CryptoLocker, Samas, and Locky.
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Good computer logs critical to detecting breach
A detailed record of who accessed data, when, and how often might be the only way an organization can trace the source of a HIPAA breach.