Some Old Security Flaws Catch Up With Some Argus Users. Good To See A Reasonably Pro-Active Response!

This interesting little yarn appeared a few days ago:Medical records exposed by flaw in Telstra Health's Argus softwareBy Ben GrubbUpdated22 March 2018 — 8:19amfirst published at 8:09amA flaw in medical software used by more than 40,000 Australian health specialists and distributed by Telstra has potentially exposed Australians' medical information to hackers, who have been logging into practitioners' computers and servers to carry out illegal ac tivities.Called Argus, the software is used by hospitals, GPs, specialists, primary health networks and allied health providers. According to Telstra Health, which acquired the software in 2013, these customers "trust Argus to securely communicate confidential patient information quickly and reliabl y, in-line with privacy standards".The flaw in the "secure" messaging software is specifically leaving computers with remote desktop software installed wide open, because, a medical industry source told Fairfax Media, it creates a separate username... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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