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• Rite Aid will pay $1M for HIPAA privacy abuses - Government Health IT
  

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  Rite Aid will pay $1M for HIPAA privacy abuses Government Health IT The settlement followed enforcement of the privacy rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule by the Department of ... Rite Aid settles potential HIPAA violations for $1MBizjournals.com HIPAA Privacy Case, Rite Aid Agrees to $1 Million SettlementCompensation.BLR.com Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy CaseMarketWatch (press release) MedPage Today -BusinessWeek -Trading Markets (press release) all 63 news articles »

• HHS releases long-awaited HIPAA/HITCH business associate proposed rule - Lexology (registration)
  

  HHS releases long-awaited HIPAA/HITCH business associate proposed rule Lexology (registration) The proposed rule includes important provisions that, when final, will require action by HIPAA covered entities (such as health providers and health plans), ... Redspin offers additional HIPAA security assessment service for healthcare ...News-Medical.net How Antivirus Software Protects YouBoosh News (press release) (blog) New health information privacy, security, and enforcement rules proposedCCH CMIO -FierceHealthIT all 12 news articles »

• Redspin Delivers Expanded HIPAA Security Assessment Service for Healthcare ... - PR Newswire (press release)
  

  Redspin Delivers Expanded HIPAA Security Assessment Service for Healthcare ... PR Newswire (press release) The service offering directly addresses requirements of the HIPAA security rule and HITECH act through a risk-based approach that identifies gaps and IT ... HIPAA Faces HITECH-Empowered State AGsHealthLeaders Media all 7 news articles »

• Windstream Offers New Expanded Managed Security for Enterprise Businesses - MarketWatch (press release)
  

  Windstream Offers New Expanded Managed Security for Enterprise Businesses MarketWatch (press release) ... antivirus protection, and intrusion detection to help businesses meet and exceed industry compliance standards such as HIPAA and PCI DSS. ... and more »

• Bostwick News - Morgan County Citizen
  

  Bostwick News Morgan County Citizen The US Congress enacted the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996 which prevents healthcare personnel from providing ...

• Jack Roush in Serious, but Stable Condition: What does that mean? - eMaxHealth
  

  Jack Roush in Serious, but Stable Condition: What does that mean? eMaxHealth The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information and only permits disclosure only to authorized persons for important ... and more »

• Patni Enhances HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 Offerings - MarketWatch (press release)
  

  Patni Enhances HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 Offerings MarketWatch (press release) Working together, Patni and Milliman will utilize their tested processes, methodologies and tools to assist with HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 conversion, ... and more »

• HHS proposes changes to HIPAA privacy rule - ModernHealthcare.com
  

  HHS proposes changes to HIPAA privacy rule ModernHealthcare.com ... sale of patient data without patient consent, according to HHS. strengthen and expand OCR's ability to enforce HIPAA's privacy and security provisions. ... Feds propose rules to strengthen patient privacy rightsBusinessWeek HIPAA Rules Now Apply to PHRsNextgov HHS has new proposed rules for HIPAA modificationsDOTmed.com Reuters -Compliance Home -Government Health IT all 79 news articles »

• Safer Messaging in Health Care Facilities - IT Business Edge (blog)
  

  Safer Messaging in Health Care Facilities IT Business Edge (blog) By date: I've never worked in the health care field, but I can imagine how tough it must be to be in compliance with HIPAA regulations and to keep all that ...

• New Proposed Rule Would Modify HIPAA - HR.BLR.com
  

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  New Proposed Rule Would Modify HIPAA HR.BLR.com A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was issued to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, ... HHS proposes stronger privacy protections under HIPAAFierceHealthIT FAQ on the Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Rules: Part OneInformation Law Group (blog) Focusing on effective HIPAA securityLexology (registration) ModernHealthcare.com -SC Magazine US -Information Management all 63 news articles »

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• 'Unhackable' Android can be hacked
  

  Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.

• Targeted malware attacks: The new normal
  
  

  Stealthy, targeted attacks aren't just for defense agencies and high-tech giants like Google, according to researchers from managed security services firm TrustWave's Spider Labs research grou

• Data breaches exploit configuration errors, not software vulnerabilities
  

  Hackers appear to be increasingly counting on configuration problems and programming errors rather than software vulnerabilities in order to steal information from computer systems, according to a new study from Verizon.

• Malware tools openly available in China, security researchers say
  

  China's rapid emergence as a hotspot for criminal hacking activities is enabled by the open and unfettered availability of sophisticated hacking tools, according to security researchers attending the Black Hat conference here this week.

  Many of the hacking tools are inexpensive, highly customizable, and easy to use.

• Microsoft's bug reports fail to produce prompt patches
  

  Even Microsoft can't move software makers to patch their products.

  According to data released Wednesday by the company, third-party developers patched just 45 percent of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft's security team reported to them during the 12 months from July 2009 to June 2010.

• Free mobile apps can cost users their privacy
  
  

  As if IT admins weren't busy enough securing end-users' computers, servers, and the network, they now need to come up with ways to protect end-users' phones.

• Dell angles for service contracts with new security offerings
  

  Dell on Wednesday beefed up its security offerings with new hardware and services, which could help the company to strike more long-term service engagements with customers.

  The security offerings are part of a new product portfolio targeted at medium-sized businesses, Dell said. The portfolio brings together security management, deployment and vulnerability assessment tools to protect data and IT infrastructures.

• Apple patches up Safari and rolls out extensions
  
  

  When Jeremiah Grossman, CTO of WhiteHat Security, announced last week that he had found a security hole in the Safari browser, he certai

• Adobe joins Microsoft's patch-reporting program
  

  Adobe Systems and Microsoft are now working together to give security companies a direct line into their bug-fixing efforts.

• AT&T won't stop Black Hat demo of cell phone eavesdropping
  

  AT&T says it won't interfere with a highly anticipated talk on intercepting cell phone calls at the Black Hat conference this week, even though rumors are circulating that it will do just that.

• Google patches Chrome, sidesteps Windows kernel bug
  

  Google on Monday patched five vulnerabilities in Chrome by issuing a new "stable" build of the browser.

• Web filtering and reporting tools for the small business
  

  Last month, ICANN approved the .xxx top-level domain for adult websites. It's been a controversial subject for many years, with conservatives saying the domain legitimizes the porn industry and pornographers decrying digital segregation. Well, the domain is approved, but there is no law in place that will force adult websites to use it (at least, not yet).

• Open source Razorback project targets malware, zero-day exploits
  

  Sourcefire, best known for its Snort intrusion-prevention technology, Tuesday is unveiling a new open source project called Razorback that's designed to spot malware and especially zero-day exploits.

  "We want others to test it to see if our idea about this new protection framework is as innovative as we think it is," says Matt Watchinski, senior director on the Sourcefire vulnerability research team.

• G Data releases tool to block Windows shortcut attacks
  

  The German security company G Data released a tool on Tuesday that blocks attacks using Microsoft's shortcut vulnerability but also preserves shortcut icons unlike the hotfix released recently by Microsoft.

• NAC decisions you need to make now to secure your network
  

  One important piece of a multilevel security defense for companies of almost any size is network access control (NAC), which lets you enforce policies for end-user machines.

• 5 big security themes to watch for at Black Hat and Defcon
  

  Trying to predict the big news at this week's Black Hat and Defcon conferences is extremely tricky, if not impossible. Usually the most interesting stories pop up at the very last minute -- hackers tend to hold off on disclosing the really big talks because they don't want jittery lawyers to shut them down.

• Free Sophos tool blocks Windows shortcut attacks
  

  The security firm Sophos released a tool on Monday that it claimed will block any attacks trying to exploit the critical unpatched vulnerability in Windows' shortcut files.

• Defcon hackers target cell phone security
  
  

  Attendees at the annual Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas might be advised to keep their cell phones powered off at the show, where one prominent security researcher says he will demonstrate a way to transparently intercept and eavesdrop on cell phone calls.

• Google and Mozilla bug bounties don't buy much more security
  

  Both Mozilla and the Google are raising their rewards for submitted critical vulnerabilities in respective browsers. Mozilla is now paying $3,000 for Firefox bugs and the Google Chromium team is paying $3133.70 ("elite" in hacker leet-speak) for bugs in Chrome, compared to the initial $1,337 reward from six months ago.

• Cyber crime costs businesses each $3.8 million per year
  

  A new study of 45 U.S. organizations found that cyber crime -- including Web attacks, malicious code, and rogue insiders -- costs each one of them $3.8 million per year, on average, and results in about one successful attack each week.

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  NPR did a good audio story on Morning Edition about the current state of HIPAA that is worth a listen. Holding on to health insurance can be a big challenge if you have a chronic disease or history of illness. But it wasn’t supposed to be that way. Eleven years ago this month, Congress passed [...]
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