The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning comprehensive efforts to enhance cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. These include setting voluntary cybersecurity performance goals, seeking legislation for incentive payments and tougher enforcement, and creating a ‘one-stop shop’ for sector cybersecurity support. The department is also working to incorporate these actions into existing regulations and will propose new cybersecurity requirements under Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA in 2024.

Warning issued over ‘fast flux’ techniques used to obscure malicious signals on compromised networks
Law enforcement agencies have warned that organizations face a common network vulnerability that allows hackers to dodge detection and distribute malicious software indiscriminately. Referred to