Finally, Protecting Patient Data Is on List of PrioritiesHas the healthcare sector finally reached a data security tipping point? Dave Summitt, CISO of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and many of his peers think so. And it’s about time.
Who Hacked the Colonel?In the latest sign that when it comes to data, absolutely nothing is sacred, hackers have set their sights on fans of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and in particular 1.2 million members of its Colonel’s Club loyalty program in the U.K….
It’s Time to Recognize Healthcare as One of the 16 Critical Infrastructure SectorsOver the years, HHS has released several guidance documents, but all are weak and without mandates as it relates to identity management and authentication of entities acc…
Ransomware is going to get personal. Password managers will be huge targets. And we will see the rise of a whole new exploit kit. These are among the 2017 security predictions from Malwarebytes Laboratories. CEO Marcin Kleczynski offers insight on how …
Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: an analysis of the impact on healthcare information security and privacy of the 21st Century Cares Act, which President Obama signed into law Dec. 13. Also, a report on the spread of malvertising …
A report foreseeing homegrown hacktivists showing their displeasure with President-elect Donald Trump by launching cyberattacks against U.S. government sites leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, the details behind the 1 billion-r…
The impact of the patient data privacy and security provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law Dec. 13, will depend, in part, on who is chosen to study key issues and come up with recommendations, says attorney Steven Teppler.
Ransomware has exploded to become the highest-profile cybercrime of 2016. Once aimed primarily at consumer PC users, ransomware now has become the bane of enterprises of all sizes and sectors. Criminals infect systems with polymorphous malware that eit…
Business email compromise is but one form of social engineering, and the FBI estimates that thousands of organizations globally have been victimized by these attacks, losing more than $3.1 billion.
How prevalent are socially-engineered attacks, what bu…