New Guidelines Address PCI DSS Tokenization

"Tokenization" is one of the best techniques to reduce the risk of credit card data loss. Basically, it is the process of substituting sensitive data with other values not considered sensitive. By doing this, tokenization technology essentially removes anything of value from the data stream, and,...

Insulin Pump Hack Garners Federal Attention

The hack of a commercially available insulin pump earlier this month at the DEFCON hacker conference has attracted the attention of members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which is now calling for a formal review of wireless medical devices like the pump. Senior Committee members Anna G...

Viruses and Vendors Can Put Healthcare Data At Risk

A recent article in Healthcare Security Info highlights that computer viruses can cause security breaches, that can then in turn compromise health care data and potentially violate the HIPAA and HITECH Act regulations. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston had to notify more than 2,000...

Laptop Containing 8.6m Medical Records Lost in UK

A laptop from the UK’s National Health Service NHS containing 8.6 million patient records has gone missing, prompting warnings from UK authorities. The device was last seen in a room in an NHS facility in North Central London and was missing for three weeks before being reported to authorities...

White House Cyber-Security Strategy Could Guard Health Care Payments !

The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace aims to help consumers pay for services such as health care more securely and avoid identity theft. Recent guidelines issued by the White House on cyber-security could provide an impetus for secure online bill paying in health care,...

Healthcare Breaches Affect More than 10.8 M

Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights have revised their list of healthcare information breaches over the past month to include 16 additional incidents, according to a GovInfoSecurity.com report. The list now totals 265 cases that have affected over...

Jesse William McGraw , Clinic Hacker Gets 9 Year Sentence !

Jesse William McGraw , Clinic Hacker Gets 9 Year Sentence ! A former security guard at a Dallas medical office has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison in a hacking case that drew national attention because the hacker posted video of the crimes on YouTube. Jesse William McGraw was...

Anonymous Hackers Call United Nation (UN) for their Responsibilities Regarding Libya !

Anonymous Hackers Call United Nation UN for their Responsibilities Regarding Libya ! NOTE : One More Press Released By Anonymous Hackers on there official site/Facebook/Twitter. We are Publishing This news, just as the Media of "Hacking Field" . These is No relation b/w 'The Hacker News' &...

Spam Volume Recovers After Holiday Break

The amount of spam hitting users’ inboxes fell off a cliff in late December, with many security experts attributing the decline to the sudden disappearance of the Rustock botnet and other networks from the spam business. But the level of spam has begun to gain back some of the ground it lost toda...

OpenEMR v3.2.0 SQL Injection and XSS

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: OpenEMR v3.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: December 26, 2010 Author: Blake Software Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/ Version: 3.2.0 Tested on: Windows XP SP3 Description: Open Source Practice Management,...

OpenEMR 3.2.0 SQL Injection / Cross Site Scripting

Exploit Title: OpenEMR v3.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: December 26, 2010 Author: Blake Software Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/ Version: 3.2.0 Tested on: Windows XP SP3 Description: Open Source Practice Management, Electronic Medical Record, Prescription Writing and Medical...

OpenEMR 3.2.0 - SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scripting

Exploit Title: OpenEMR v3.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: December 26, 2010 Author: Blake Software Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/ Version: 3.2.0 Tested on: Windows XP SP3 Description: Open Source Practice Management, Electronic Medical Record, Prescription Writing and Medical...

OpenEMR 3.2.0 - SQL Injection Cross-Site Scripting

OpenEMR 3.2.0 - SQL Injection Cross-Site Scripting Exploit Title: OpenEMR v3.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: December 26, 2010 Author: Blake Software Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/ Version: 3.2.0 Tested on: Windows XP SP3 Description: Open Source Practice Management, Electronic...

Civil Liberties Grade Drops for Obama Administration in Latest Privacy Report

The Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC has released its annual Privacy Report Card for the Obama Administration. Compared to last year's results, the administration has retained its good grade in only one privacy subject: cybersecurity. "One of the most difficult subjects for any...

New Certifications Will Set High Bar for IT Security Pros

A new non-profit group is developing certifications for information technology security professionals that will set a high bar for IT security practitioners in areas like penetration testing, code auditing and control systems operation. The National Board of Information Security Examiners NBISE i...

OpenEMR Electronic Medical Record Software 3.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Redspin Security Notice -- RSN-2010-01 Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenEMR Electronic Medical Record Software Overview ---------------- Quote from http://www.oemr.org/ OpenEMR is a free medical practice management, electronic medical records, prescription writing, and medical billing application...

OpenEMR Electronic Medical Record Software v3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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OpenEMR Electronic Medical Record Software 3.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

OpenEMR Electronic Medical Record Software 3.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Redspin Security Notice -- RSN-2010-01 Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenEMR Electronic Medical Record Software Overview ---------------- Quote from http://www.oemr.org/ OpenEMR is a free medical practice management, electron...

Researchers Develop Algorithm for Hiding Medical Data

A new technique allows medical records to be used for research on the genetics of disease while still protecting patients from prying eyes. The new method disguises parts of the medical history data that are not relevant to a geneticist’s particular research question using an algorithm that combs...

VA Investigating Security Breach of Veterans' Medical Data

The Veteran Affairs Department’s inspector general has launched a criminal investigation into a physician assistant’s alleged downloading of veterans’ clinical data at its Atlanta medical center. The assistant allegedly recorded two sets of patient data on to a personal laptop for research...