Cyber Threats September 7, 2016 US-CERT Warns of Increased Threat to Network Infrastructure Devices The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a warning about the rising threat to network infrastructure devices following a spate of attacks. ... Read more
Security Breaches September 6, 2016 98 Million Records from 2012 Rambler.ru Data Breach Dumped The Rambler.ru data breach that occurred on February 17, 2012 involved the theft of usernames, plain text passwords, ICQ numbers, and other internal data. In ... Read more
Cyber Threats September 6, 2016 Sophos Anti-Virus False Positive Prevents Users from Using PCs Over the weekend, Sophos Anti-Virus products detected a Trojan on users’ computers that prevented them from logging onto their Windows devices. The malicious file was ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 5, 2016 St Jude Medical Device Vulnerabilities Questioned The St Jude Medical device vulnerabilities that were recently announced in a report from Carson Block firm Muddy Waters resulted in St. Jude Medical stock ... Read more
Tools & Practices September 2, 2016 Emergency OS X Security Updates Released by Apple Apple has released emergency OS X security updates to tackle three zero-day vulnerabilities which are being actively exploited. The Emergency OS X updates tackle the ... Read more
Security Breaches September 1, 2016 2012 Last.fm Data Breach Affects 43 Million Users A number of mega breaches have come to light in 2016. The list continues to grow, with news that the data from a 2012 Last.fm ... Read more
Cyber Threats September 1, 2016 Study Highlights Danger of Hidden Threats in Encrypted Traffic A new study recently published by A10 Networks has highlighted the danger of hidden threats in encrypted traffic, and how important it is for organizations ... Read more
Security Breaches September 1, 2016 1.1 Billion Records Exposed in 2016 Data Breaches According to a new data breach report published by Risk Based Security, more than 1.1 billion records have been exposed or stolen in the first ... Read more
Compliance August 31, 2016 Scan Health Data Breach Involved Unauthorized Use of Legitimate Login Credentials On June 27, 2016, SCAN Health discovered that an unauthorized individual had gained access to the data of its members. Sales contact sheets had been ... Read more
Security Breaches August 31, 2016 New York State Psychiatric Institute Data Breach Reported A New York State Psychiatric Institute data breach that occurred between April 28 and May 4, 2016 has recently been announced. On June 16, 2016, ... Read more
Compliance August 31, 2016 Appalachian Regional Healthcare Security Breach Announced Hospitals in Kentucky and West Virginia have been forced to work without key computer systems as a result of an Appalachian Regional Healthcare security breach. A ... Read more
Security Breaches August 30, 2016 Mega Dropbox Data Breach Uncovered: 68 Million Passwords Stolen A Dropbox data breach from 2012 has just been uncovered. A dataset including usernames (email addresses) and encrypted passwords has recently been provided to a ... Read more
Trends & Reports August 30, 2016 Infosec Institute Publishes New SecurityIQ Case Study Cybercriminal are increasingly targeting employees and are taking advantage of poor security awareness to install malware or ransomware, while phishing emails are used to obtain ... Read more
Tools & Practices August 27, 2016 PhishLabs Rated ‘Top Performing Company in South Carolina’ PhishLabs has been included in the 2016 Roaring Twenties list after two highly successful years of sustained growth. The 2016 Roaring Twenties list is presented ... Read more
Compliance August 26, 2016 EXTRABACON Flaw Patched by Cisco After being alerted to the EXTRABACON flaw on August 13, 2016, Cisco has begun issuing software updates for its Adaptive Security Appliance devices, and other ... Read more
Trends & Reports August 26, 2016 Healthcare Mobile Device Security a Concern for Majority of Health IT Pros Hospitals are being singled out by cybercriminals who see them as an easy target. Hospitals store highly valuable data in large quantities and all too ... Read more
Trends & Reports August 24, 2016 Sophos Email Security Now Incorporated into Cloud Management Platform The Sophos Central cloud-based management platform can be used to manage Sophos endpoint, mobile and wireless security products. Now Sophos has added its email security ... Read more
Compliance August 19, 2016 Surge in Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Reported by FireEye According to a recent report from security firm FireEye, there has been a surge in healthcare ransomware attacks in August. Massive new Locky ransomware campaigns ... Read more
Compliance August 19, 2016 Health and Fitness App Privacy Policies Often Absent, says Think Tank One would assume that health and fitness app privacy policies would be more important than many other types of app, given the types of data ... Read more
Security Breaches August 18, 2016 OCR Data Breach Investigations to Be Increased for Sub-500 Record Breaches The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Right is the main enforcer of HIPAA Rules. All complaints about potential violations of HIPAA ... Read more
Tools & Practices August 18, 2016 PhishLabs Makes Inc. 5000 List for Third Consecutive Year PhishLabs, a cybersecurity company committed to the fight against the exploitation of people by cybercriminals, has announced it has been included in the Inc. 5000 ... Read more
Cyber Threats August 15, 2016 McDonalds Philippines Chooses SpamTitan to Protect Users from Phishing Threats Major restaurant chains are frequently targeted by cybercriminals seeking access to sensitive company information, corporate email accounts, and to gain a foothold to install malware ... Read more
Trends & Reports August 12, 2016 Walgreens HIPAA Violations Do Not Result in Financial Penalty Walgreens HIPAA violations discovered by reporters from WTHR 13 in 2006 have not resulted in any punitive action being taken by the Department of Health ... Read more
Cyber Threats August 12, 2016 New Threat to Air-Gapped Computers Discovered Researchers have already shown that data can be stolen through PC speakers and by manipulating fan noises, now a new threat to air-gapped computers has ... Read more
Trends & Reports August 12, 2016 Information Security Spending in 2016 to Exceed $80 Billion Information security spending in 2016 will smash previous records. A new report from Gartner Inc., indicates global information security spending in 2016 will reach $81.6 ... Read more
Compliance August 12, 2016 Bon Secours Health System Announces 655,000 PHI Incident This week, Maryland-based Bon Secours Health System has announced that the protected health information of some of its patients has been accessible over the Internet ... Read more
Tools & Practices August 11, 2016 Healthcare IT Costs in 2015 Rose to $32,500 per Physician Healthcare IT costs in 2015 increased to over $32,500 per full-time physician according to a recent study published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). ... Read more
Security Breaches August 11, 2016 Why the Visual Hacking Threat Should Not Be Ignored The visual hacking threat should not be ignored. Visual hacking is easy to pull off and in the majority of cases attempts to steal data ... Read more
Security Breaches August 10, 2016 Professional Dermatology Care Ransomware Attack Reported A Professional Dermatology Care ransomware attack has been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, in accordance with Health ... Read more
Compliance August 9, 2016 CMS Takes Steps to Prevent Abuse of Nursing Home Residents on Social Media Sites Reports of abuse of nursing home residents on social media networks have prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to take steps to ... Read more