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  • CSA: How Can Healthcare Improve Cybersecurity? Lessons from 2024

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/from-ransomware-to-regulation-lessons-from-the-worst-year-of-healthcare-cyber-breaches Source: CSA Title: How Can Healthcare Improve Cybersecurity? Lessons from 2024 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the heightened cybersecurity challenges faced by the healthcare sector in 2024, emphasizing the increasing frequency and severity of cyberattacks, particularly ransomware, which poses serious threats to patient safety and healthcare…

  • The Register: Up to $75M needed to address rural hospital cybersecurity

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/06/rural_hospitals_cybersecurity/ Source: The Register Title: Up to $75M needed to address rural hospital cybersecurity Feedly Summary: Attacks strike, facilities go bust, patients die. But it’s preventable It will cost upward of $75 million to address the cybersecurity needs of rural US hospitals, Microsoft reckons, as mounting closures threaten the lives of Americans.… AI…

  • Slashdot: America’s FDA Warns About Backdoor Found in Chinese Company’s Patient Monitors

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/02/01/0632248/americas-fda-warns-about-backdoor-found-in-chinese-companys-patient-monitors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: America’s FDA Warns About Backdoor Found in Chinese Company’s Patient Monitors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The FDA has issued concerns regarding cybersecurity vulnerabilities in patient monitors manufactured by Contec, a China-based company. These vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized access to the devices, potentially compromising patient data…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Fact Sheet Detailing Embedded Backdoor Function of Contec CMS8000 Firmware

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/30/cisa-releases-fact-sheet-detailing-embedded-backdoor-function-contec-cms8000-firmware Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Fact Sheet Detailing Embedded Backdoor Function of Contec CMS8000 Firmware Feedly Summary: CISA released a fact sheet, Contec CMS8000 Contains a Backdoor, detailing an analysis of three firmware package versions of the Contec CMS8000, a patient monitor used by the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector.…

  • The Register: Enzo Biochem settles lawsuit over 2023 ransomware attack for $7.5M

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/enzo_biochem_ransomware_lawsuit/ Source: The Register Title: Enzo Biochem settles lawsuit over 2023 ransomware attack for $7.5M Feedly Summary: That’s in addition to the $4.5M fine paid to three state AGs last year Enzo Biochem has settled a consolidated class-action lawsuit relating to its 2023 ransomware incident for $7.5 million.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Slashdot: NHS Major ‘Cyber Incident’ Forces Hospitals To Use Pen and Paper

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/28/2251215/nhs-major-cyber-incident-forces-hospitals-to-use-pen-and-paper?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: NHS Major ‘Cyber Incident’ Forces Hospitals To Use Pen and Paper Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The reported cybersecurity incident affecting an NHS group highlights the critical vulnerabilities in healthcare IT infrastructure and the reliance on digital systems. As organizations face cyber threats, this incident underscores…

  • The Register: Ransomware’s ripple effect felt across ERs as patient care suffers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/ransomware_ripple_effect_hospitals/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware’s ripple effect felt across ERs as patient care suffers Feedly Summary: 389 US healthcare orgs infected this year alone Ransomware infected 389 US healthcare organizations this fiscal year, putting patients’ lives at risk and costing facilities up to $900,000 a day in downtime alone, according to Microsoft.……

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : That Message From Your Doctor? It May Have Been Drafted by A.I.

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/health/ai-patient-messages-mychart.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: That Message From Your Doctor? It May Have Been Drafted by A.I. Feedly Summary: Overwhelmed by queries, physicians are turning to artificial intelligence to correspond with patients. Many have no clue that the replies are software-generated. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The increasing…