New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has postponed the deadline for physicians to issue electronic prescriptions until 2016. The delay is due to the federal government’s slow pace in certifying vendors for the programme. The mandatory prescribing of medication is intended to help combat fraud and abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioids. Despite the delay, some hospitals are already adopting technology to enable electronic prescribing of controlled substances.

FBI Warns Russian Hackers Target Signal, WhatsApp in Mass Phishing Attacks
Threat actors affiliated with Russian Intelligence Services are conducting phishing campaigns to compromise commercial messaging applications (CMAs) like WhatsApp and Signal to seize control of


