June 9, 2017 OCR Issues Guidance on the Correct Response After a Cyberattack The increase in hacking incidents in 2017 and major worldwide cyber incidents such has Wannacry ransomware attacks have prompted the Department of Health and Human ... Read more
June 8, 2017 Farm Bureau Bank Chooses Agari to Protect Against Phishing Attacks San Antonio, TX-based Farm Bureau Bank has signed up with Agari and is now using the company’s Email Trust Platform™ to protect its customers and ... Read more
June 6, 2017 Mimecast Report Reveals 400% Increase in Impersonation Attacks Each quarter, email security firm Mimecast releases a report based on Mimecast Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA) tests. The tests show how effective businesses email ... Read more
June 4, 2017 Need for Access Controls and Alerts Highlighted by Internal Staff Snooping Incidents Ransomware, malware and unaddressed software weaknesses pose a danger to the confidentiality, integrity and access to PHI, although healthcare groups should put in place processes ... Read more
May 25, 2017 Purple Increases Security Following Recent Ransomware Attacks The global WiFi analytics and WiFi marketing service provider Purple has taken the decision to improve security for its customers with a new WiFi content ... Read more
May 24, 2017 Egregious HIPAA Breach Punished with $378,000 Fine The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced yet another settlement to resolve HIPAA violations, this time for the ... Read more
May 23, 2017 Windows 7 Computers Worse Hit by WannaCry Ransomware The WannaCry ransomware attacks are understood to have resulted in data being encrypted on around 300,000 computers in 150 countries. The attackers took advantage of ... Read more
May 18, 2017 Wanna Decryptor Ransomware Encrypts Data on Medical Devices Friday’s Wanna Decryptor ransomware campaign badly affected NHS hospitals in the United Kingdom, with 40 hospitals spread across at least 24 Trusts confirming they were ... Read more
May 15, 2017 WannaCry Ransomware Campaign Thwarted The WannaCry ransomware campaign that saw 61 NHS Trusts in the UK attacked has been stopped thanks to the actions of a UK security blogger ... Read more
May 15, 2017 Sophos Issues Guidance on WannaCry Ransomware Sophos has released guidance on WannaCry ransomware, explaining how the attacks occurred, why these attacks were different from other ransomware incidents and how the company ... Read more
May 13, 2017 Worldwide WannaCry Ransomware Attacks Reported There has been a massive spike in worldwide WannaCry ransomware attacks, with a new campaign launched on Friday. In contrast to past WannaCry ransomware attacks, ... Read more
March 23, 2017 Should There be a Criminal Investigation of a HIPAA Breach Involving an Employee? A criminal investigation of a HIPAA compliance breach is launched when health data are stolen for malicious purposes, but what about cases involving curious employees? ... Read more
March 22, 2017 Doctor Breached HIPAA Privacy Rule Through Social Media Retaliation An employee at the Dr. O Medical and Wellness Center in San Antonio, Texas as been sanctioned by the Texas Medical Board after allegedly retaliating ... Read more
March 16, 2017 PetrWrap Used for Targeted Ransomware Attacks on Businesses Petya ransomware has been hijacked and is being used in ransomware attacks on businesses without the ransomware authors’ knowledge. The criminals behind the new PetrWrap ... Read more
March 15, 2017 Data Breach Notification Laws in New Mexico Passed by Senate Committee There are currently no data breach notification laws in New Mexico, but that is likely to change soon. New Mexico is one of three states ... Read more
March 14, 2017 Device Theft Highlights Importance of Encrypting HIPAA-Covered Data Encrypting HIPAA-covered data is not mandatory. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act does cover the use of encryption to safeguard the protected health information ... Read more
March 8, 2017 Importance of Internal Audits of PHI Access Logs Highlighted by Recent HIPAA Breach The importance of conducting internal audits of PHI access logs has been highlighted by a recent HIPAA breach discovered by Chadron Community Hospital in Nebraska. ... Read more
March 2, 2017 Dharma Ransomware Decryptor Developed Following the release of decryption keys this Wednesday, security researchers have developed a free Dharma ransomware decryptor. It is now possible for businesses and individuals ... Read more
February 22, 2017 HIPAA Breach Notification Deadline for 2016 Data Breaches Fast Approaching The HIPAA breach notification deadline for HIPAA-covered entities is fast approaching. Covered entities have until March 1, 2017 to submit their 2016 data breach reports ... Read more
February 15, 2017 Maryland Ransomware Bill Makes Attacks Felonies A new Maryland ransomware bill has been introduced that makes extortion using unauthorized software a criminal offense. The new Maryland ransomware bill introduces stiff penalties ... Read more
February 9, 2017 Phishing Attacks on Cloud Storage Providers Causing Concern Phishing is one of the most common ways that cybercriminals gain access to sensitive data. While logins for online banking services are still a major ... Read more
February 6, 2017 Reputation Loss of More Concern than a Data Breach Data breaches are a constant worry for most organizations, although a new study from the Ponemon Institute has shown that while the theft of data ... Read more
January 26, 2017 Google Removes Ransomware App from Its Play Store An app in the Google Play store has been discovered to have been loaded with ransomware. Google has recently removed the ransomware app from its ... Read more
January 25, 2017 SEC Investigation of Yahoo Breach Launched The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will be investigating Yahoo over the two massive data breaches announced late last year. The SEC investigation of Yahoo ... Read more
January 15, 2017 Ransomware Infection Impacting 19,000 Individuals Investigated by Highmark BCBS of Delaware A subcontractor of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware has experienced a ransomware infection and cyberattack that has potentially compromised the personal information of ... Read more
January 12, 2017 Attacks on Misconfigured MongoDB Databases Soar Over the past two weeks, there has been a spate of attacks on misconfigured MongoDB databases with the attackers wiping data and issuing Bitcoin ransom ... Read more
January 9, 2017 ESEA Hacking Incident Results in Leaking of 1.5 Million Player Profiles E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) has announced it has been the victim of an extortion attempt after a hacker infiltrated one of its game servers. The ... Read more
January 9, 2017 Los Angeles Valley College Ransomware Attack: 28K Paid for Key A Los Angeles Valley College ransomware attack on January 6, 2017 resulted in student data being locked and 1,800 college administrators and teachers being prevented ... Read more
January 2, 2017 New Leet Botnet Used in 650Gbps DDoS Attack A new botnet has been discovered to almost rival Mirai. The Leet botnet is capable of performing DDoS attacks of at least 650 Gbps 2016 ... Read more
December 29, 2016 Ransomware Attackers Target the Industrial Sector with KillDisk Variant Throughout 2016, ransomware gangs have targeted the healthcare sector with increased rigor. However, a new ransomware variant has been developed that is being used to ... Read more