The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights received 541 reports of data breaches in 2023. Chris Crellin, Senior Director of Product Management at Barracuda MSP, suggests healthcare providers can protect sensitive data using AI-based email protection, multifactor authentication, and data protection. Security awareness training for end users and 24×7 monitoring of the healthcare organization’s application and data infrastructure can also improve security.

ELFDICOM: PoC Malware Polyglot Exploiting Linux-Based Medical Devices
A serious vulnerability in DICOM, a standard medical imaging file protocol, allows attackers to embed malicious codes in legitimate medical files used in healthcare. Despite