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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement regarding a cybersecurity incident against one of its third-party vendors, which compromised beneficiary health data.

In a new settlement with a New Vision Dental over a possible HIPAA failure, OCR warns healthcare providers that impermissible disclosure of health information on social media violates HIPAA.

The Go-based tool — called OSV-Scanner — provides an automated capability to match a developer’s code and dependencies against lists of known vulnerabilities and deliver instant feedback if patches or updates are needed.

Two new ransomware alerts from HHS HC3 detail the ‘exceptionally capable’ BlackCat threat and tactics of LockBit. 3.0, notorious for heavily targeting the healthcare sector.

NSA and CISA advisory details how a hacking group that has been tied to the Chinese government has been actively targeting Citrix ADC deployments.

Unlike most open-source attacks where malicious packages are being executed upon installation, researchers at Checkmarx, told SC Media that the payload is hidden in multiple strategic locations and only executes when the victims use the actual functions of the packages, which makes the campaign hard to detect by many security scanners.

A new study looks at the the specific mindsets and psychological proclivities of cybercriminals, finding that online crime differs from offline crime in important ways that may shape the behavior of both malicious hackers and their victims.