As researchers continue to review the data dumps from the Ashley Madison breach, there are lessons to be learned from what has been found. While Ashley Madison claimed to have good security, the evidence does not support that. For example, the VPN password from the Internet to their servers was Pass1234, according to one article […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As every traveler knows, if you lock your suitcase, you need to use a TSA approved lock or else they will break your lock if they want in. That was OK (maybe; those locks are not very secure anyway) until someone at the TSA allowed the Washington Post to photograph their master key (why, I […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Office Of Civil Rights (OCR) has been pretty quiet these last couple of years regarding HIPAA audits, but that may be about to change. OCR’s staff is small, so they have hired a contractor, FCI, according to the Federal Register. In an interview, deputy director Deven McGraw says that they will be starting up […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield revealed that it has been hacked. Excellus did not detect it had been hacked at all. In fact, it was not until they hired Mandiant to do an audit in the wake of the other Blue Cross hacks that they found out that they had been hacked. The data of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]iStan is “the most advanced wireless patient simulator on the market, with internal robotics that mimic human cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological systems,” according to CAE Healthcare. iStan costs about $100,000 and is regularly used by hospitals to teach medical school students how to perform procedures without murdering people. That’s nice, but here is the interesting part. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Cancer Care Group, an Indianapolis based Oncology practice learned a lesson the hard way. They allowed an employee to have an unencrypted laptop and a server in his car, from which both computers were stolen. They discovered that the computers contained protected health information – social security numbers and insurance data for 55,000 patients. The […]
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