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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
12 October 2018

Cyber security news round up

Our latest round-up from the cyber security world includes BlackBerry's new quantum-resistant cryptography tools and an educational cyber security game.
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
14 September 2018

Cyber security news round up

Our latest cyber security round-up covers news of a massive cyber-attack on British Airways and findings from a survey that
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A computer screen displaying the WannaCry ransomware note
11 September 2018

Alleged WannaCry hacker charged by US officials

One of the alleged perpetrators behind 2017's WannaCry ransomware attack on the NHS has been charged by US officials, according
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A businesswoman uses a fax machine
20 August 2018

For fax sake: Retro tech leaves NHS open to cyber-attacks, say researchers

Malware can be coded into the image file which, when decoded by the fax machine, will spread through any network
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Paramedics with East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) pose next to a helicopter
17 August 2018

East Anglian Air Ambulance issues security alert after email breach

The charity has warned people to be vigilant after a cyber-attack on its email system, which resulted in a phishing
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
17 August 2018

Cyber security news round up

Our latest cyber security round up looks at hacked patient monitoring systems and FBI fears of an imminent "cash out"
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15 August 2018

Davey Winder: How healthy is NHS app security? Not very, I fear.

Experts have been raising concerns about health app security for some time. And, according to our cybersecurity columnist, the new
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A graphic of a DNA helix
2 August 2018

NHS trusts sign up to Darktrace threat-hunting software

Four NHS trusts have signed up with cyber security firm Darktrace with a view to automatically identifying possible cyber threats.
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
20 July 2018

Cyber security news round-up

Digital Health's latest news round-up from the cyber security industry includes updates on the 2016 National Lottery hack and June's
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11 July 2018

FOI: NHS IT systems suffer 55 days’ downtime over three-year period

NHS trusts in England have experienced over 1,300 hours of downtime as a result of IT outages in the last
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