Healthcare

Enzo Biochem settles lawsuit over 2023 ransomware attack for $7.5M

That's in addition to the $4.5M fine paid to three state AGs last year

Cyber-crime16 Jan 2025 | 1

Price-fixing-as-a-service: The claim against healthcare cost-cruncher MultiPlan

Interview Attorney Jennifer Scullion on allegations of algorithmic suppression of competition

Software14 Jan 2025 | 13

Drug addiction treatment service admits attackers stole sensitive patient data

Details of afflictions and care plastered online

Cyber-crime10 Jan 2025 | 8

DNA sequencers found running ancient BIOS, posing risk to clinical research

Updated Devices on six-year-old firmware vulnerable to takeover and destruction

Research08 Jan 2025 | 24

Boffins ponder paltry brain data rate of 10 bits per second

You may not need that high-bandwidth brain-computer interface

Science01 Jan 2025 | 92

Heart surgery device maker's security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen

Sounds like th-aorta get this sorted quickly

Cyber-crime10 Dec 2024 | 20

Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains

Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province?

Science09 Dec 2024 | 48

Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs

Boffins' big brainwave of using custom skullcaps to capture, er, more brainwaves

Science05 Dec 2024 | 25

Swedish authorities probe Oracle Cerner health record rollout

$190 million project under scrutiny after reported failures

PaaS + IaaS27 Nov 2024 | 11

US senators propose law to require bare minimum security standards

In case anyone forgot about Change Healthcare

Security26 Nov 2024 | 16

Mega US healthcare payments network restores system 9 months after ransomware attack

Change Healthcare’s $2 billion recovery is still a work in progress

Cyber-crime20 Nov 2024 | 5

Ransomware fiends boast they've stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network

American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection

Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 1

NHS to launch 'real-time surveillance system' to prevent future pandemics

Nanopore DNA screening technology may identify novel pathogens, propose treatments in as little as six hours

Science08 Nov 2024 | 56

Tardigrade genes may hold secret to radiation treatments for humans

Microscopic 'water bears' can survive blasts that would kill humans

Science29 Oct 2024 | 20

Healthcare Services Group discloses 'cybersecurity incident' in SEC filing

Laundry and dining provider still investigating cause and scope

Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2024 | 5

US contractor pays $300K to settle accusation it didn't properly look after Medicare users' data

Resolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled

Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2024 | 7

US healthcare org admits up to 400,000 people's personal info was snatched

It waited till just before Columbus Day weekend to make mandated filing, but don't worry, we saw it

Cybersecurity Month14 Oct 2024 | 3

Chinese boffins build soft robot finger that can take your pulse

It can also type, so the robo-doctor can heal you and write legibly

Science11 Oct 2024 | 26

Sensitive data on 61K+ patients accessed in Alabama hospital cyberattack

Intruder pored over medical records, insurance details, Social Security numbers in some cases

Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 |

Ransomware forces hospital to turn away ambulances

Only level-one trauma unit in 400 miles crippled

Cybersecurity Month30 Sep 2024 | 19

NHS drops another billion on tech in the hope of finally going digital

Framework promised last year set to reach value of up to £2.5B after chat with supply chain

Software23 Sep 2024 | 62

Apple AirPods Pro 2 can be sold as hearing aids, says FDA

You gotta admit, that speaks volumes for Cupertino

Personal Tech13 Sep 2024 | 85

Healthcare giant to pay $65M settlement after crooks stole and leaked nude patient pics

Would paying a ransom – or better security – have been cheaper and safer?

Security12 Sep 2024 | 22

Medical cannabis CTO says vendors would hang up when he called looking for a deal

Alternaleaf now has an outsized tech team, a build-not-buy mentality, and a love of FOSS

CxO11 Sep 2024 | 15

Scientists find a common food dye can make a live mouse's skin transparent

Do try this one at home, using a chicken breast and a recipe

Science09 Sep 2024 | 46

Blood boffins build billions of nanobots to battle brain aneurysms without surgery

Good news for rabbits, maybe great news soon for humans?

Science07 Sep 2024 | 34

Key aspects of Palantir's Federated Data Platform lack legal basis, lawyers tell NHS England

Exclusive Unless solution found, patients must be allowed to opt out

Databases05 Sep 2024 | 60

US govt halts medical study into Havana Syndrome, cites 'coercion' of participants

What was screwing with minds of US diplomats – wait, is that a black helicopt...

Science04 Sep 2024 | 49

Prior UK government planned £485M four-year budget for Palantir-based healthcare system

Exclusive Documents from NHS England meeting reveal scope of politicos spending intent

Databases21 Aug 2024 | 22

Say 'ahhhh' – AI robots are now gunning for your gums

Perceptive turns its automated dental dynamo on humans, and Zuck's dad thinks it's great

Bootnotes02 Aug 2024 | 25

Intruders at HealthEquity rifled through storage, stole 4.3M people's data

No mention of malware or ransomware – somewhat of a rarity these days

Cyber-crime29 Jul 2024 | 5

Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software

Union advises members to turn off features government introduced to allow third parties to update records

Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 38

MIT's bionic leg upgrade leaves amputees walking like the wind

Researchers expect treatment to be available clinically in around 5 years

Science02 Jul 2024 | 18

Apple crippled watchOS to corner heart-tracking market, doctors say

Normally it's the iGiant's prices that give the ol' ticker a hard time

Personal Tech28 Jun 2024 | 13

Change Healthcare finally spills the tea on what medical data was stolen by cyber-crew

'Substantial proportion' of America to get a little note from next month

Cyber-crime21 Jun 2024 | 9

Uncle Sam ends financial support to orgs hurt by Change Healthcare attack

Billions of dollars made available but worst appears to be over

Research18 Jun 2024 | 3

Wi-Fi can watch your heart beating, Taiwan’s datacenter power outfit Delta finds

Computex May come in handy for healthcare orgs, or to turn you off private 5G

Networks06 Jun 2024 | 10

London hospitals left in critical condition after ransomware attack

Pathology lab provider targeted, affecting blood transfusions and surgeries

Cyber-crime04 Jun 2024 | 77

Take two APIs and call me in the morning: How healthcare research can cure cyber crime

Opinion In evolving smarter security, open source is the missing link

Cyber-crime28 May 2024 | 3

Go after UnitedHealth, not us, 100+ medical groups urge Uncle Sam

Why should we get its paperwork?

CSO22 May 2024 | 8

Uncle Sam to inject $50M into auto-patcher for hospital IT

Boffins, why not simply invent an algorithm that autonomously fixes flaws, thereby ending ransomware forever

Public Sector22 May 2024 | 33

Japanese scientists propose drug to regrow teeth, promise trials won't bite

Adios, dentures?

Science13 May 2024 | 50

Uncle Sam urges action after Black Basta ransomware infects Ascension

Emergency ambulances diverted while techies restore systems

Cyber-crime13 May 2024 | 5

US faith-based healthcare org Ascension says 'cybersecurity event' disrupted clinical ops

Sources claim ransomware is to blame

Cyber-crime09 May 2024 | 30

DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic claims AlphaFold 3 predicts bio-matter down to the DNA

AI may help drug discovery, but not US drug affordability

AI + ML09 May 2024 | 2

UnitedHealth CEO: 'Decision to pay ransom was mine'

Updated Congress to hear how Citrix MFA snafu led to massive data theft, $870M+ loss

Malware Month30 Apr 2024 | 28

Kaiser Permanente handed over 13.4M people's data to Microsoft, Google, others

Ouch!

CSO26 Apr 2024 | 8

White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care

In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws

Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 22

MITRE admits 'nation state' attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Akira ransomware resurgent; Telehealth outfit fined for data-sharing; This week's nastiest vulns

Security22 Apr 2024 | 3

185K people's sensitive data in the pits after ransomware raid on Cherry Health

Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected

Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 6

Change Healthcare’s ransomware attack costs edge toward $1B so far

First glimpse at attack financials reveals huge pain

Cyber-crime16 Apr 2024 | 11

KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout

Consultancy tasked with helping local services get on board

Public Sector16 Apr 2024 | 7

Healthcare AI won't take jobs – it'll make nursing easier, says process automation founder

Interview Something's gotta give in short-staffed, overworked healthcare industry, reckons Thoughtful cofounder and CPO

AI + ML10 Apr 2024 | 21

Change Healthcare faces second ransomware dilemma weeks after ALPHV attack

Theories abound over who's truly responsible

Security08 Apr 2024 | 25

Nearly 1M medical records feared stolen from City of Hope cancer centers

Is there no cure for this cyber-plague?

Cyber-crime03 Apr 2024 | 7

UK health department republishes £330M Palantir contract with fewer ██████

As Good Law Project considers response, ICO slams failure to comply with FoI request

Databases25 Mar 2024 | 43