Cybersecurity: Page 6

Massive cyberattack cripples U.K. health services
By Eric Barnes
England and Scotland have been hit by a large-scale cyberattack that has compromised National Health Service facilities in both countries, including radiology services, according to news and social media reports from affected facilities.
May 11, 2017
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Radiologists and DCIS | Is MRI needed after MSK US? | FBI issues hacker warning
By Brian Casey
March 29, 2017
FBI warns of cyberthreat to medical, dental facilities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning medical and dental facilities of potential threats from hackers who are actively targeting patient data.
March 28, 2017
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Can cloud-based archiving cure your security headaches?
By Ed Marshall
Longstanding U.S. healthcare regulations have enforced the security of data from reasonably anticipated threats, and new -- even stricter -- guidelines related to data access and backup aim to create additional layers of security and integrity. However, the majority of departmental PACS archiving or disaster recovery systems fail to fully support these initiatives, according to Ed Marshall from Ambra Health.
March 21, 2017
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CTA plus stress tests help predict heart attacks
By Kate Madden Yee
CT angiography (CTA) and CT stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) can help predict heart attacks -- and offer the benefit of being less invasive than the traditional combination of coronary angiography and SPECT MPI stress tests, according to a study published online March 14 in Radiology.
March 13, 2017
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Unprotected DICOM servers remain a security risk
By Erik L. Ridley
Thousands of radiology archives worldwide have serious security gaps that could leave them vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks or potentially even theft of patient data, according to research from Massachusetts General Hospital. And the situation isn't getting any better.
January 9, 2017
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eHealth receives security certification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electronic health record firm eHealth Technologies has received Service Organization Control No. 2 type II certification for its healthcare records management system.
July 11, 2016
Canadian keepsake ultrasound firm hit for security lapse
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian keepsake ultrasound provider UC Baby has discontinued its on-demand prenatal video service for customers after an investigation by CBC News found it was easy to access ultrasound scans conducted at any of its 27 clinics across the country.
March 17, 2016
Calif. hospital pays hackers $17K ransom
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A California hospital has paid 40 Bitcoins, or $17,000, in ransom to hackers that attacked its enterprise-wide hospital information system.
February 17, 2016
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Security concerns lead to cancellation of ESTI 2016
By Philip Ward
The annual meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI), scheduled to take place in Istanbul from 26 to 28 May, has been called off due to security worries in the Turkish city.
January 17, 2016
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Zotec taps new VP of info security
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical billing firm Zotec Partners has hired Ron Duplessis as vice president of information security.
December 9, 2015
Global survey uncovers HIS security risks
By Erik L. Ridley
Thursday, December 3 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSQ11-03 | Room S403AResearchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have found hundreds of unprotected HL7 servers worldwide, presenting an alarming security risk for patient information stored on these hospital information systems (HIS).
November 8, 2015
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