In a world driven by technology, even the most renowned establishments aren't immune to the threat of cyberattacks. This week, MGM Resorts found itself at the center of a cyber crisis, as the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group claimed responsibility for a crippling cyber outage. In this blog post, we delve into the details of this incident, how the attackers gained access and MGM Resorts' response.   According...

Well seems that the hackers are getting over their Covid related slow down. From the numbers being reported, the hacker was slowed during the first several waves of Covid. But since the end of last year and certainly into this summer, they are all much more active. Recent reporting shows roughly an eight-fold increase in reported hacks to facilities, treatment center and medical devices. Most recently...

Well we can begin with the obvious, the same reason a managed service provider (MSP) should not attempt to self-diagnose a medical issue or an office manager should not try to change their own car transmission.   Expertise, plain and simple; just like I would not trust my doctor’s cousin, because he says he is pretty handy with a knife, medical practices should not attempt to...

This is a really busy time of the year; guess who else is busy, the hackers. The hackers know and count on you being busy, maybe letting your guard down just a bit, your ordering things online even more this year in light of the COVID risk, again, something the hackers know as well. You will be getting all kinds of shipping status emails from various...

Hello, and happy summer!!! This month, our article might be a little short, but perhaps it is better to sometimes be more of a public service announcement. More and more attention is being paid towards actual medical devices being hacked. This is possibly the number one next big thing in medical technology management and security. Yep, that’s right, in some cases implanted medical devices can and are being...

With the start of the new year comes many things, new budgets, new thinking, new staff, new patients/clients, new technology and new threats. I thought we in this month’s edition speak a little to medical office vulnerabilities. We have spoken in depth regarding cyber-attacks, data security etc. But this month we would like to talk a little from the practice side of the equation. What...

I know, I know, here he goes again on the threats of phishing emails. Yea, I get it, starting to probably sound like that overly protective mother always hounding you about protecting your belongings. This is just something that we really cannot talk enough about. Just this month we have had been called in to help clean up two very large breeches. One caused through the...