November 16, 2021 How Does Bitwarden Compare to RoboForm and LastPass? The Bitwarden password manager has lot of friends in the IT security industry due to being built on open-source software. Open-source software is regarded to ... Read more
November 15, 2021 Micropatch Released for Partially Fixed Windows 10 Privilege Escalation Flaw 0Patch has released a micropatch to address a vulnerability in Windows that could allow local privilege escalation to obtain system privileges. The micropatch addresses a ... Read more
November 14, 2021 International Fraud Awareness Week: Steps to Take to Prevent Organizational Fraud This week is International Fraud Awareness Week – A week dedicated to promoting anti-fraud awareness and educating businesses and consumers about fraud, why it is ... Read more
November 3, 2021 Personal and Health Information of 656,000 Patients of California Clinic Potentially Compromised Community Medical Centers in California has announced it suffered a cyberattack in October in which the personal and protected health information of more than 656,000 ... Read more
October 28, 2021 WordPress Plugin Flaw Allows Subscribers to Wipe Entire Sites A vulnerability has been identified in the Hashthemes Demo Importer WordPress Plugin which could be exploited by an authenticated user to wipe the site. Exploiting ... Read more
October 26, 2021 REvil Outages and Shutdown Due to Multinational Law Enforcement Effort The ransomware attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS hammered home the point that ransomware attacks are a national security issue that threatens the lives of ... Read more
October 19, 2021 New Jersey Fines Infertility Clinic $495,000 for Multiple Violations of the HIPAA Rules An investigation conducted by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Division of Consumer Affairs into a HIPAA compliance data breach at an ... Read more
October 15, 2021 CryptoRom Gang Targets iPhone Users of Dating Apps in Sophisticated Romance Scam Users of dating apps are being warned about a romance scam being conducted by an international cybercriminal gang dubbed CryptoRom. The gang has previously targeted ... Read more
October 10, 2021 Clinical Communication and Collaboration Platforms Deliver Huge Benefits in Healthcare Clinical communication platforms have been shown to improve efficiency in healthcare, allowing hospitals to streamline communication across most areas, according to the recently published 2021 ... Read more
October 8, 2021 Ransomware Intrusion Actor FIN12 is Aggressively Targeting the Healthcare Sector While healthcare providers were struggling to cope with providing care to COVID-19 patients during the pandemic, they have been under attack from ransomware gangs. One ... Read more
October 6, 2021 Hospital Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Ransomware-Related Death A lawsuit has been filed against an Alabama hospital over the death of a baby, who is alleged to have died as a consequence of ... Read more
October 6, 2021 Guidance on HIPAA and COVID-19 Vaccination Status Disclosures Issued by HHS In the United States, HIPAA compliance rules restrict uses and disclosures of healthcare data, but there has been considerable confusion about HIPAA and COVID-19 vaccination ... Read more
September 24, 2021 100 Million IoT Devices Affected by Zero-Day Flaw, Including Medical Devices A high-severity zero-day vulnerability in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) open-source platform NanoMQ has put more than 100 million devices at risk of attack. NanoMQ by EMQ ... Read more
September 15, 2021 TitanHQ Adds Geo-Blocking in Latest Release of SpamTitan Email Security TitanHQ has released of a new version of its award-winning SpamTitan email security solution. The Fall 2021 release – SpamTitan 7.11 – includes several enhancements ... Read more
September 15, 2021 2 0day Flaws Among 86 Vulnerabilities Patched by Microsoft on September Patch Tuesday Microsoft released patches to correct 86 flaws across its product range on September 2021 Patch Tuesday, including fixes for two zero-day bugs. 3 of the ... Read more
September 14, 2021 Apple Issues Security Updates to Fix Zero-Click Zero-Day Flaw Used to Deliver Pegasus Spyware Apple has issued a security update to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which has been exploited by NSO Group to deliver Pegasus spyware. CVE-2021-30858 ... Read more
September 13, 2021 Exclaimer Mail Archiver Discontinued Earlier this year, Exclaimer announced that the Exclaimer Mail Archiver has been discontinued, with the product reaching end-of-life on July 1, 2021. The Exclaimer Mail ... Read more
September 10, 2021 Pediatric Care Provider Fined $80,000 for HIPAA Right of Access Violation A pediatric hospital in Omaha, NE has agreed to settle a Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA investigation and ... Read more
September 9, 2021 More than 600,000 Patients Affected by DuPage Medical Group Ransomware Attack On August 30, 2021, Downers Grove, IL-based DuPage Medical Group announced it has been affected by a ransomware attack. DuPage is the largest independent physician ... Read more
September 3, 2021 ProxyToken Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Allows Emails to be Stolen An information-disclosure vulnerability dubbed ProxyToken has been identified in Microsoft Exchange Server that could be exploited by a threat actor to gain access to highly ... Read more
August 24, 2021 Zero-Day Flaw Provides Admin Privileges on Windows 10 When Plugging in a Razer Mouse Gaining SYSTEM rights on a Windows 10 computer is as simple as plugging in a Razer mouse or keyboard, due to a zero-day flaw in ... Read more
August 20, 2021 Cost of Scripps Health Ransomware Attack Jumps to $113m Universal Health Services, one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States, was attacked with Ryuk ransomware in September 2020 and it was initially ... Read more
August 19, 2021 Patients Redirected to Alternative Facilities in Wake of Memorial Health System Cyberattack A suspected ransomware attack on the Memorial Health System, based in Marietta OH, has resulted in patents being redirected to alternative hospitals. The security breach occurred ... Read more
August 15, 2021 Best Small Business Password Managers Choosing the best small business password managers is not as straightforward as you might think. Password managers for small businesses can vary in functionality and ... Read more
August 15, 2021 Password Recommendations from NCSC The UK’s NCSC password recommendations have been refreshed recently and a new strategy is being shared that improves usability while also adhering to password strength ... Read more
August 10, 2021 NCSC Recommends Against Arbitrary Password Complexity Requirements The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has made new recommendations for password creation that are intended to ensure passwords meet requirements for complexity while ... Read more
August 9, 2021 Gastroenterology Consultants Notifies Patients About January 2021 Ransomware Attack Gastroenterology Consultants in Texas has started notifying patients about a cyberattack that took place on January 10, 2021 in which their protected health information was ... Read more
August 4, 2021 Critical PwnedPiper Flaws Affect Pneumatic Tube Systems in 3,000 Hospitals Pneumatic tube systems are used by many businesses for transporting small items around facilities, including healthcare. In hospitals these systems are extensively used for delivering ... Read more
July 29, 2021 ClearBalance Phishing Attack Could Have Impacted More Than 200,000 Patients ClearBalance, a San Diego-based loan provider that helps patients pay for their medical bills by offering payment plans, has reported that its suffered a phishing ... Read more
July 26, 2021 Microsoft 365 Apps and Services Will No Longer Support Internet Explorer from August 17, 2021 On August 17, 2021, Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11. Users who continue with Internet Explorer 11 after that ... Read more