Topic
Software Vulnerabilities
35 published works
Health Industry Washington Watch
OIG Identifies Potentially Improper Medicare Ambulance Payments
In response to rising Medicare Part B payments for ambulance transports and continuing concerns about program vulnerabilities, the OIG has once again reviewed Medicare claims for ambulance services. The OIG…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Security bug found in Samsung® smartphones
Samsung recently announced that more than 600 million Samsung mobile devices contained a factory installed third party software produced by SwiftKey that predicts the words you will type on your…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Latest HIPAA Settlement Emphasizes Need to Regularly Address Software Vulnerabilities
On December 2, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced a $150,000 settlement with Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, Inc. for alleged violations of the…
Tom Mighell
Too many holes, not enough fingers to plug them
By Tom Mighell
Microsoft has acknowledged that its strategy of patching software holes as they appear is not working, and is now concentrating on securing the perimeter. Sounds like MS is heading towards a…
Tom Mighell
Time to update Windows again
By Tom Mighell
Another week, another Microsoft warning. This time there are three vulnerabilities that could allow worms and other malicious nasties to take control of your computer. If you're not already configured to…