Period tracking apps caught sharing medical data with Facebook
Data, including period frequency, use of contraception and symptoms like blood pressure and acne, are being shared directly with the social media company.
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London gender identity clinic investigating ‘data security incident’
A statement from Tavistock and Portman confirmed that “due to an error”, an email regarding an upcoming art project exposed the email addresses of patients.
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Davey Winder: Medical device vulnerability scoring flaws put patients’ lives at risk
In his latest column for Digital Health News, Davey Winder explores the complicated world of security rating systems for medical devices.
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Cyber security news round-up: August 2019
The August edition of Digital Health’s cyber security round-up includes updates on the Capital One data breach – described as one of the biggest ever – and insights from Hiscox’s Cyber Readiness report.
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NHS trust IT spend up more than £150m since WannaCry
Research by Parliament Street revealed that NHS trusts spent a collective £612m on IT in 2018/19, compared to £460m in the year directly preceding WannaCry.
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NHS Digital expands cyber security toolkit with new free services for trusts
A range of free IT perimeter security tools are being made available to NHS organisations through a new contract between NHS Digital and Accenture.
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Encryption standards for medical devices ‘need to be mandatory’
Pangea Connected’s system developer, Dr Arslan Usman, said IoT medical devices need to be better regulated to boost cyber security efforts.
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Davey Winder: Hey Alexa, what’s the problem with your health advice NHS collaboration?
Our cybersecurity columnist Davey Winder delves beyond the media headlines regarding data privacy after the NHS announced a partnership with Amazon.
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Cyber security news round-up
Our latest cyber security news round up looks at the recent hijacking of the Metropolitan Police Force’s social media page.
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NHSmail registers 11 million blocked attacks in three years
According to the information released by NHS Digital, the NHSmail system blocked a total of 11.35m email attacks between since 2016.
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