Malicious code in medicare-common-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware f29c05d6cee577d5f86a2a760c23578b65068f7e091dc6519990f798f42d30a7 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

MAL-2022-4539 Malicious code in medicare-common-js (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware f29c05d6cee577d5f86a2a760c23578b65068f7e091dc6519990f798f42d30a7 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Spoofing Bug Highlights Cybersecurity for Digital Vaccine Passports

Three weeks after an independent researcher found a critical bug in the Services Australia COVID-19 digital vaccine certificate that would allow an attacker to falsify someone’s vaccine status, it still hasn’t been fixed. Researcher Richard Nelson looked into the security behind a new digital...

beaconmedicare.com.bd Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1207521

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

Would ‘Medicare for All’ help secure health data?

DISCLAIMER: This post is not partisan, but rather focuses on risk assessment based on history and what threats we are facing in the future. We do not endorse any healthcare plan style in any way, outside of examining its data security risk. For many folks, the term ‘Healthcare for All’ brings up ...

Boys Town Healthcare Data Breach Exposed Personal Details of Patients

Another day, Another data breach! This time-sensitive and personal data of hundreds of thousands of people at Boys Town National Research Hospital have been exposed in what appears to be the largest ever reported breach by a pediatric care provider or children's hospital. According to the U.S...

Breach at Third Party Contractor Affects 18,000 Anthem Members

A month after it agreed to settle 2015’s massive data breach, Anthem Inc., the United States’ largest healthcare company, has a new problem on its hands. The Indianapolis-based company began notifying 18,000 members affected by another unrelated data breach last week. Anthem reported the breach o...

Watchdog Says Government Failing To Enforce HIPAA Privacy Protections

The Government Accountability Office GAO is warning that the U.S. government hasn’t lived up to promises to protect the privacy of Medicare patients who use the federal government’s Prescription Drug Benefit and not following through on promises to audit organizations that store patient health...

Employee Sends Medicaid Info of 228K To His Yahoo! Account

A South Carolina man was arrested yesterday on charges stemming from a data breach that may have leaked personal information on more than 200,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in the state, including their names, phone numbers, addresses, birth dates and Medicare ID numbers according to a report in the...

Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use: Protecting Electronic Health Information

Since 2009, healthcare providers and other companies providing services to the healthcare industry have been mobilizing to take advantage of government incentives to implement Electronic Health Records or EHRs. These incentives were established by federal law as a part of the HITECH Act of 2009,...