September 12, 2020 Updated Security Risk Assessment Tool Released by HHS An updated version the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool has now been released. The ... Read more
September 9, 2020 September 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 129 Vulnerabilities; 20 Critical Microsoft has issued patches to correct 129 vulnerabilities on September 2020 Patch Tuesday, 32 of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities and 20 have been ... Read more
September 8, 2020 MHealth App Developers and Cloud Services Providers New Resources made Available by OCR New resources for mobile health app developers have been made available by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). This ... Read more
August 26, 2020 47% of UK IT Leaders Say Security Strategies Have Not Been Updated to Account for Their Cloud Environments A new study conducted by Trend Micro has revealed that while many UK companies have migrated to cloud environments, almost half (47%) have not updated ... Read more
August 24, 2020 Vishing Campaign Targets Teleworkers for VPN Credentials Teleworkers are being targeted in a vishing campaign that has been active since mid-July, according to a recent joint security advisory issued by the Federal ... Read more
August 20, 2020 Citrix Endpoint Management/XenMobile Server Patches Released Patches have been released to address two critical vulnerabilities in Citrix Endpoint Management (CEM) / XenMobile Server. The flaws could be exploited by an unauthenticated ... Read more
August 20, 2020 Microsoft Releases Out of Band Update for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft has released an out of band update for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 to fix two privilege escalation flaws in ... Read more
August 13, 2020 Patch Critical Citrix Endpoint Management (XenMobile Servers) Vulnerabilities Now Five vulnerabilities, including two critical flaws, have been identified in Citrix Endpoint Management (CEM) – also known as XenMobile Server – which is used by ... Read more
August 6, 2020 Ban on HHS Funding a National Patient Identifier System Removed by House of Representatives The House of Representatives has voted to remove the ban on the Department of Health and Human Services using federal funds to create a national ... Read more
July 21, 2020 Fortinet Acquires Cloud Security Startup Opaq The Sunnyvale, CA-based cybersecurity firm Fortinet has announced it has acquired the cloud security startup Opaq for an undisclosed sum. Fortinet already has a powerful ... Read more
July 15, 2020 17-Year Old Critical Wormable DNS Bug Patched by Microsoft Microsoft has released a patch for a critical, wormable flaw in Microsoft’s Windows DNS Server that dates back to 2003. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1350, ... Read more
June 17, 2020 Adobe Out-of-Band Update Fixes 18 Critical Vulnerabilities Adobe has issued an out-of-band update correcting 18 critical flaws in Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, Campaign, and Audition. All 18 flaws ... Read more
June 16, 2020 6 Vulnerabilities Identified in D-Link DIR-865L Cloud Wireless Routers Security researchers at Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 team have identified 6 vulnerabilities in the D-Link DIR-865L series of cloud wireless routers, one of which ... Read more
June 15, 2020 Webinar 6/18: Best Practices for a Successful Cloud Center of Excellence Organizations that have migrated workloads to the public cloud often find that as cloud usage grows, several departments and teams across the organization will be ... Read more
June 12, 2020 Livingbridge Invests in Cloud Security Vendor TitanHQ The leading cloud security vendor TitanHQ has announced that the UK mid-market private equity firm Livingbridge has invested in the company through its Enterprise 3 ... Read more
June 10, 2020 Microsoft Breaks Patch Tuesday Record with Fixes for 129 Vulnerabilities For the fourth successive month, Microsoft Patch Tuesday has seen more than 100 CVEs patched and June 2020 Patch Tuesday contains the biggest round of ... Read more
May 21, 2020 Nigerian BEC Gang Targeting COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits and CARES Act Payments A Nigerian cybercriminal organization known as Scattered Canary has submitted hundreds of fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits and COVID-19 relief fund payments that have been ... Read more
May 20, 2020 Microsoft Launches Healthcare-Specific Cloud Solution Microsoft has announced the launch of a new healthcare-specific solution – Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare – which brings together a tailored set of capabilities that ... Read more
May 16, 2020 CloudRanger Announces Attainment of AWS Storage Competency Status CloudRanger has announced it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Storage Competency status, confirming the company’s ability to help customers meet their AWS storage goals. ... Read more
May 8, 2020 Remote Working Causing Concern Among Cybersecurity Professionals The COVID-19 pandemic has meant businesses have had to transition to a largely at-home workforce rapidly, and that move is causing cybersecurity professionals to lose ... Read more
May 6, 2020 Tornado Hits Secure Medical Record Facility, Impacting Patients Medical Records Many hospitals have been impacted by a natural disaster that has affected Waupaca, WI-based STAT Informatics Solutions, LLC. STAT provides secure medical record services to ... Read more
April 10, 2020 CloudLIVE Conference Goes 100% Virtual on May 20, 2020 CloudLIVE is the industry-leading multicloud conference dedicated to transforming and scaling businesses in the cloud. The CloudHealth by VMware-hosted event brings together individuals from across ... Read more
April 4, 2020 PHI Disclosures for Public Health and Health Oversight Activities Allowed in Notice of Enforcement Discretion for Business Associates On April 2, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services revealed that with immediate effect, it will be applying enforcement discretion and will not ... Read more
March 23, 2020 New Vulnerabilities Identified in Popular Password Managers Password managers help you create complex and unique passwords for every application, service, and website but how secure are password managers? Could a password manager ... Read more
March 18, 2020 Adobe Releases Out-of-Band Patches for 29 Critical Vulnerabilities Adobe usually releases its software updates on Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month, but no patches were released on March 10, but the ... Read more
March 2, 2020 First HIPAA Penalty of 2020 Announced by HHS’ Office for Civil Rights The first HIPAA penalty of 2020 has been announced by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and has been ... Read more
February 19, 2020 LokiBot Trojan Masquerades as Epic Games Software Installer Threat actors behind the LokiBot Trojan, an information stealer and a backdoor that gives attackers access to Windows systems, are using a new tactic to ... Read more
February 15, 2020 Partially Completed Prescriptions of Schedule II Drugs Must be Tracked: HHS The Department of Health and Human Services has released a final rule changing the HIPAA National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) D.0 Telecommunication Standard ... Read more
February 11, 2020 99 Vulnerabilities Patched by Microsoft on February 2020 Patch Tuesday February 2020 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft release patches for 99 vulnerabilities (and one advisory for Adobe Flash), making it one of the largest monthly ... Read more
January 22, 2020 TitanHQ’s Web and Email Security Solutions Now Available for Pax8 Partners Pax8, the multi-award-winning cloud distribution company, has formed a new strategic partnership with TitanHQ, the leading provider of cloud-based email and web security solutions for ... Read more