Security Breaches October 7, 2016 Yahoo Acquisition Price May Be Reduced After Massive Data Breach According to a recent article in the New York Post, the Yahoo acquisition price may be reduced following the massive data breach that was reported ... Read more
Tools & Practices October 7, 2016 OCR Issues Cloud Computing Guidance for HIPAA Covered Entities Today, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued cloud computing guidance for HIPAA covered entities. The new guidance ... Read more
Compliance October 6, 2016 Marin Healthcare Ransomware Attack Reported A Marin Healthcare ransomware attack has been reported that resulted in sensitive patient data being encrypted. The attack affected one of Marin Healthcare’s vendors, Marin ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 5, 2016 IoT Botnet Warning Issued by SANS Institute The SANS institute has issued an IoT botnet warning and has urged security researchers to start monitoring the Internet for attempted IoT device attacks to ... Read more
Compliance October 4, 2016 Patients Warned of Animas Insulin Pump Security Vulnerabilities Johnson & Johnson has issued a warning to patients advising them that recently discovered insulin pump security vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited by hackers to ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 4, 2016 DressCode Android Malware Capable of Stealing Data from Corporate Networks DressCode Android malware is now packaged into more than 3,000 apps, many of which are available through the Google Play store according to Trend Micro. ... Read more
Security Breaches October 4, 2016 MarsJoke Ransomware Decryptor Now Available Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab’s anti-ransom team have released a MarsJoke Ransomware decryptor which can be downloaded free of charge from the Kaspersky website. The ... Read more
Security Breaches October 4, 2016 Rise in IOT DDoS Attacks Predicted After Release of Mirai Malware Code The code for a Trojan capable of creating an IoT botnet for use in massive distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) has been released on a hacking ... Read more
Trends & Reports October 4, 2016 Agari Launches Email Cloud Identity to Scan Messages Sent by Third Party Email Senders Agari has announced the addition of a new service – Email Cloud Identity – to its Agari Email Trust Platform™. The new service allows organizations ... Read more
Compliance October 3, 2016 Another Public Health Service Data Breach is Discovered Another public health service data breach has recently been discovered. This time around it is current and former members of the Commissioned Corps that have ... Read more
Security Breaches October 3, 2016 Yahoo Cyberattack Potentially More than Twice Reported Size The massive Yahoo cyberattack was recently reported to have impacted 500 million users. Yahoo also claimed that the attack appeared to have been conducted by ... Read more
Security Breaches October 3, 2016 New Survey Shows Insider Data Breaches Increasing According to a new report from cloud security software vendor Bitglass, insider data breaches have increased over the course of the past year. While malicious ... Read more
Security Breaches October 1, 2016 Less Than Half of IT Professionals Securely Wipe Hard Drives and Delete Data A recent survey conducted by Blancco Technology Group has revealed that fewer than half of IT professionals securely wipe hard drives and delete data. The ... Read more
Compliance October 1, 2016 Business Associate HIPAA Audits Now Imminent The business associate HIPAA audits are scheduled to commence this month, The business associate HIPAA compliance audits are not expected to result in punitive action ... Read more
Security Breaches September 30, 2016 New Jersey Spine Center Ransomware Attack: No Alternative but to Pay Ransom A recent New Jersey Spine Center ransomware attack resulted in electronic patient health records being locked with powerful encryption. The attack involved the ransomware variant ... Read more
Security Breaches September 30, 2016 Data Breach Notification Law in California Updated Data breach notification law in California has been updated again, further strengthening the already stringent laws in the state. Data breach notification law in California ... Read more
Security Breaches September 29, 2016 State-Sponsored Hackers Not Responsible for Yahoo Breach, Says InfoArmor It was the biggest cyberattack ever reported, affecting more than 500 million individuals, but there is currently considerable debate as to who was responsible. Yahoo ... Read more
Trends & Reports September 29, 2016 Europol Report Shows 2016 Cybercrime Trends The new Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment released by European Law Enforcement Agency Europol has highlighted the biggest 2016 cybercrime trends. The report also confirms ... Read more
Security Breaches September 29, 2016 1Tbps DDoS Attack Recorded by Web Hosting Company A series of DDoS attacks have hit a French web hosting company over the past few days, culminating in a 1Tbps DDoS attack – The ... Read more
Security Breaches September 28, 2016 MarsJoke Ransomware Campaign Discovered: K12 Schools Targeted A massive spam email campaign was launched this week to spread MarsJoke Ransomware, a relatively new ransomware variant that was first discovered by Proofpoint researcher ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 28, 2016 HHS Privacy and Security Guidance is not in Line with Federal Guidelines, says GAO The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a damning report on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), criticizing its lack of oversight and ... Read more
Security Breaches September 28, 2016 New Study Casts Doubt on Data Breach Cost Estimates Data breach cost estimates from the Ponemon Institute suggest a breach of sensitive data costs an average of $4 million to resolve. However, a new ... Read more
Compliance September 28, 2016 Healthcare Web Application Attacks Have Increased 3 Fold in 12 Months According to a recent report from cloud service provider Akamai Technologies, healthcare web application attacks have increased threefold since the second quarter of 2015. Web ... Read more
Security Breaches September 28, 2016 Hacking Group Holds WestPark Capital to Ransom After stealing data from a number of healthcare organizations and demanding a ransom not to release the information, the hacking group TheDarkOverlord has now targeted ... Read more
Cyber Threats September 28, 2016 Cisco Patches Critical Email Security Appliance Vulnerability A critical flaw that could be exploited to gain full control of a Cisco Email Security appliance has been patched. The flaw – CVE-2016-6406 – ... Read more
Compliance September 27, 2016 Healthcare Data Breach Costs Rise 282% in 12 Months A recent study from CheckPoint shows that healthcare data breach costs have risen by an astonishing 282% in the past 12 months, while there has ... Read more
Compliance September 27, 2016 ONC Issues Guidance on EHR Contract Negotiations The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has issued new guidance on EHR contract negotiations to help HIPAA covered entities avoid some ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 27, 2016 Malicious Hancitor Downloader Receives an Update Security researchers at FireEye have reported that the malicious Hancitor downloader has been updated again. The latest version of the malware now uses a three-pronged ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 27, 2016 Agari Announces New Partnership with Global Cyber Alliance Agari, a leading vendor of cybersecurity solutions to block phishing and social engineering attacks, has announced a new partnership with the Global Cyber Alliance. The ... Read more
Security Breaches September 26, 2016 11% of UK IT Professional Do Not Know What Ransomware is A survey of UK IT decision makers has revealed that 69% of large organizations in the United Kingdom expect to be attacked with ransomware in ... Read more