Securing Privileged Access Within Healthcare Orgs

Healthcare organizations have always been high-value targets for cybercriminals, as their networks store large volumes of personally identifiable information PII including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and very sensitive personal health data. Since the beginning of the COVID-...

A week in security (September 28 – October 4)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we dug into what happens when card fraud comes calling, we gave a rundown on some novel ransomware attacks that took advantage of smart coffee makers, and we introduced VideoBytes, our new, monthly series in which well provide video coverage of some of the...

CVE-2013-7442

GE Healthcare Centricity PACS Workstation 4.0 and 4.0.1 has a password of 1 CANal1 for the Administrator user and 2 iis for the IIS user, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors related to TimbuktuPro. NOTE: it is not clear whether this password is default, hardcoded, or dependent on...

The Berkeley breach: Is SaaS the answer?

One recent Friday afternoon I took time off to visit two new health providers: a new dentist nearer my home and an orthopedic to look at my lateral epicondylitis. In both cases, as a new patient, I filled in page after page of medical history and personal information, including my Social Security...