Clinical trials serve as the backbone for driving medical advancements and breakthrough treatments. However, they come with significant challenges.Recruiting and retaining patients for trials is difficult because it requires specific inclusion and exclusion criteria that have to be analyzed across various data sets. Elastic and generative AI can help early in the trial process … [Read more...] about Generative AI could change the healthcare industry faster than you think
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Harnessing search to advance equity in healthcare
Harnessing search to advance equity in healthcareApplying multilingual NLP models and analytics to improve end user experienceEnglish简体中文한국어日本語FrançaisDeutschEspañolPortuguêsAs more productive and healthy populations live longer, healthcare will be one of the most important aspects of society. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated adoption of modern technologies and shined a … [Read more...] about Harnessing search to advance equity in healthcare
Royal Ransomware Threat Takes Aim at U.S. Healthcare System
Dec 12, 2022Ravie LakshmananHealthcare IT / Ransomware The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has cautioned of ongoing Royal ransomware attacks targeting healthcare entities in the country. "While most of the known ransomware operators have performed Ransomware-as-a-Service, Royal appears to be a private group without any affiliates while maintaining financial … [Read more...] about Royal Ransomware Threat Takes Aim at U.S. Healthcare System
3 cybersecurity strategies for healthcare leaders in a digital-first world
From on-demand healthcare services like telehealth to wearable technologies, predictive healthcare to blockchain technologies for electronic health records, or 5G for healthcare services to AI and augmented reality for state-of-the-art medical treatments, the healthcare industry is at an inflection point. These digital transformations also bring along elevated cybersecurity … [Read more...] about 3 cybersecurity strategies for healthcare leaders in a digital-first world
How to leverage big healthcare data to improve consumers’ lives
Challenges of healthcare dataHealthcare data makes up a third of the world’s data and is projected to grow, in the next few years, at a faster pace than traditional data-rich industries like financial services and manufacturing. The staggering data volumes in healthcare, in addition to its heterogeneity and fragmentation, represent substantial challenges to extracting insights … [Read more...] about How to leverage big healthcare data to improve consumers’ lives
North Korean Maui Ransomware Actively Targeting U.S. Healthcare Organizations
In a new joint cybersecurity advisory, U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned about the use of Maui ransomware by North Korean government-backed hackers to target the healthcare sector since at least May 2021. "North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors used Maui ransomware in these incidents to encrypt servers responsible for healthcare services—including … [Read more...] about North Korean Maui Ransomware Actively Targeting U.S. Healthcare Organizations
How Anthem leverages big healthcare data to improve consumers’ lives
Challenges with healthcare data Healthcare data makes up a third of the world’s data and is projected to grow, in the next few years, at a faster pace than traditional data-rich industries like financial services and manufacturing.* The staggering data volumes in healthcare, in addition to its heterogeneity and fragmentation, represent substantial challenges to extracting data … [Read more...] about How Anthem leverages big healthcare data to improve consumers’ lives
FritzFrog P2P Botnet Attacking Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors
A peer-to-peer Golang botnet has resurfaced after more than a year to compromise servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors within a span of a month, infecting a total of 1,500 hosts. Dubbed FritzFrog, "the decentralized botnet targets any device that exposes an SSH server — cloud instances, data center servers, routers, etc. — and is … [Read more...] about FritzFrog P2P Botnet Attacking Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors
Unique Challenges to Cyber-Security in Healthcare and How to Address Them
No business is out of danger of cyberattacks today. However, specific industries are particularly at risk and a favorite of attackers. For years, the healthcare industry has taken the brunt of ransomware attacks, data breaches, and other cyberattacks. Why is the healthcare industry particularly at risk for a cyberattack? What are the unique challenges to cybersecurity in … [Read more...] about Unique Challenges to Cyber-Security in Healthcare and How to Address Them
Ransomware Group FIN12 Aggressively Going After Healthcare Targets
An "aggressive" financially motivated threat actor has been identified as linked to a string of RYUK ransomware attacks since October 2018, while maintaining close partnerships with TrickBot-affiliated threat actors and using a publicly available arsenal of tools such as Cobalt Strike Beacon payloads to interact with victim networks. Cybersecurity firm Mandiant attributed the … [Read more...] about Ransomware Group FIN12 Aggressively Going After Healthcare Targets