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Agencies issue alert on remote access cyber vulnerability, response guide

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently required federal agencies to take emergency action to protect against actively exploited vulnerabilities in the Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure remote access gateways.

Hospitals Among Recent Recipients of Bomb Threats by Cybercriminals

The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and National Counterterrorism Center Jan. 12 reported ongoing bomb threats by malicious actors targeting synagogues, Jewish community centers, schools, hospitals, airports, government buildings and other public institutions in the United States.

Individual hospitals, state associations support AHA lawsuit and urge court to set aside OCR online tracking rule 

Seventeen state hospital associations and 30 hospitals and health systems Jan. 12 filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting the AHA in its lawsuit challenging a Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights rule that restricts the use of standard third-party web technologies that capture IP addresses on portions of hospitals’ public-facing webpages.

Hospital IT help desks targeted by sophisticated social engineering schemes

The AHA has been made aware of a validated IT help desk social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other sensitive financial roles.

AHA provides input to CDC on potential transition to ICD-11 for morbidity coding

The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics should consider taking certain actions before finalizing its recommendations on the potential use of ICD-11 for morbidity coding, including working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine if the potential benefits outweigh the health care operational issues, AHA told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics Jan. 12.

FCC releases rules on rural telehealth, next generation broadband

The Federal Communications Commission Jan. 10 released a final rule updating the Rural Health Care program, which offers discounted rates for rural broadband and other communications services to support virtual health care services.

AHA comments on proposed rule to discourage health information blocking

In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, AHA Jan. 2 expressed concern that a proposed rule intended to create disincentives for health care providers to interfere with the access, exchange or use of electronic health information could threaten the financial viability of economically fragile hospitals.

GAO recommends FDA, CISA update medical device security documentation based on AHA input

The Government Accountability Office Dec. 21 recommended the Food and Drug Administration and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure and Security Agency update a 5-year-old agreement regarding medical device security.

DOJ disrupts ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware group

The Department of Justice announced Dec. 19 the launch of a disruption campaign against a ransomware group that has targeted the computer networks of more than 1,000 victims, including networks that support critical U.S. infrastructure.

Agencies alert of threat by new Play ransomware group

The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Australian Cyber Security Centre Dec. 18 released a warning about actions and tactics used by the Play ransomware group.