A Massachusetts hospital is notifying 316,000 people that their information was compromised in a cyberattack discovered nearly a year ago on Christmas 2023. Cybercriminal group Money Message had claimed that it stole 600 gigabytes data, posting patient and employee records on the dark web.
The U.S. federal government rolled out its heavy guns Tuesday against a Chinese hacker allegedly at the center of a zero-day exploit used to hack firewalls made by Sophos, unsealing an indictment, rolling out sanctions and offering $10 million for information leading to the suspect's arrest.
David Ortiz was building websites over 20 years ago when he first become exposed to cybersecurity. Back then, his biggest worry was denial-of-service attacks. Today, as a CISO of a global company, emerging AI threats related to phishing and deepfakes are what keeps him up at night.
Improved cybersecurity will result in ransomware hackers targeting larger organizations to wring out high dollar extortion payments and intensified focus on supply chain attacks, predicts Moody's Ratings. The share of ransomware victims willing to meet criminal demands for money is at record lows.
The Food and Drug Administration is urging blood suppliers - a recent target of attacks - to bolster their cybersecurity practices to prevent and mitigate cyber incidents that could affect the supply and safety of critical blood and blood components used for transfusions and other patient care.
Cybercriminals are launching relentless attacks. The potential for breaches and exploitation has increased as the world has become more connected, raising an urgent question: Are we winning the fight against cybercriminals, or are we just sinking deeper into their grasp?
A possible Chinese state threat group is targeting vulnerabilities in messaging apps to deliver spyware in cross-platform devices used by members of ethnic minorities targeted for repression by Beijing. Trend Micro dubs the group "Earth Minotaur."
An insider breach at a Florida pain management firm and an email breach at a Colorado pediatric hospital have resulted in more than $1.7 million in fines for HIPAA violations found by federal investigators. The two incidents affected fewer than 50,000 people.
A Dutch public and private sector anti-ransomware initiative has contributed to ransomware disruptions globally, found an assessment from the University of Leiden. "Project Melissa" was launched in 2023 by Cybersafe Netherlands, the Dutch National Cyber Security Center and security companies.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed China outpacing the U.S. in critical technology research investments, why all 10 RSA Conference 2025 Sandbox Innovation finalists will receive a $5 million investment, and how artificial intelligence dominated the AWS re:Invent 2024 conference.
The torrents of public hostility directed at health insurers in the aftermath of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson's murder are serious signs of intensifying cyber and physical threats facing the C-suites of healthcare and many other sectors, said Chris Pierson, founder and CEO of BlackCloak.
Artificial intelligence: What's it good for? Per the old song about war, the answer isn't "absolutely nothing," but so far it also isn't "absolutely everything." New findings pinpoint where generative AI and deepfakes are hot - fraud - and where they're not - election interference
Barracuda's CIO Siroui Mushegian discusses how Barracuda uses AI and strong partnerships to deliver comprehensive cybersecurity solutions. The company builds products on AWS infrastructure, sells them through AWS Marketplace and uses AWS for internal systems.
A Russian activist says security forces covertly installed spyware on his cellphone while he was detained in Moscow for aiding Ukraine. A report published Thursday shows the spyware received a broad range of permissions, from tracking location to reading encrypted messages.
This week, Solana npm package attack, a Brazilian banking giant entered crypto trading and a Nebraska man pleaded guilty to cryptojacking. Australia tightened rules for crypto businesses and crypto losses dropped in 2024 and DMM Bitcoin will cease operations.
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