A $3 million settlement is headed for final court approval in a class action lawsuit involving a 2020 cyberattack against a vendor that provides support services to hundreds of dental practices in 21 states. The incident affected more than 1.2 million of the practices' patients and employees.
John Kindervag, creator of zero trust and senior vice president at ON2IT, and Grant Schneider, senior director at Venable, join ISMG editors to discuss the latest Log 4j findings, threats posed by a Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker and the challenges of a distributed workforce.
Multiple individuals returned a total of $11.4 million of the $190 million worth of cryptocurrency drained from cross-chain bridge Nomad on Wednesday, blockchain security firm PeckShield tells ISMG. Three cryptocurrency wallets currently hold $95 million of the stolen funds, it says.
In his role as CISO of intelliflo, veteran leader John Rouffas manages cybersecurity, risk and privacy - all in one role. And in doing so, he says, "I like to fly by the seat of my pants a bit." He explains his unique approach to leadership and mentoring.
Hackers are using an unknown exploit to draw down internet-connected wallets on the Solana blockchain. So far, thieves have made off with about $8 million worth of cryptocurrency, predominantly from mobile wallet users of Phantom and Slope. Solana is working to identify the root cause.
A top federal regulatory official urged financial institutions to implement multifactor authentication for all nonpublic systems, telling an audience of financial executives that a majority of breaches could be avoided or mitigated through basic cybersecurity controls.
Thoma Bravo is doubling down on identity, inking a deal to buy Ping Identity for $2.8 billion just four months after agreeing to purchase SailPoint. The deals mean that Thoma Bravo will have both Ping's identity and access management and SailPoint's identity governance skill sets under its umbrella.
Britain's Conservative Party is holding a leadership contest, with the winner set to become the country's next prime minister. But the balloting process has been delayed after the National Cyber Security Center warned that hackers could abuse a process allowing members to change their online vote.
With its acquisition of Infiot, Netskope now carries both the networking and security technology needed to build a Secure Access Service Edge architecture following. The acquisition of Infiot's platform will allow Netskope customers to address both traditional and emerging SD-WAN use cases.
Health insurer Aetna ACE reported to federal regulators a health data breach affecting nearly 326,000 individuals tied to an apparent ransomware incident involving OneTouchPoint, a subcontractor that provides printing and mailing services to one of the insurer's vendors.
A Florida operator of urgent care clinics recently reported to federal regulators a health data breach affecting more than 258,000 individuals tied to a vendor's ransomware attack in May 2021. Why did it take so long to determine that the incident resulted in breach of protected health information?
Cryptocurrency trading platform Robinhood Crypto will pay $30 million to the state of New York after an investigation revealed deficiencies in its cybersecurity and anti-money laundering programs. The company will also retain an independent consultant who will monitor remediation efforts.
Attackers drained crypto assets worth nearly $200 million on Monday from cross-chain bridge Nomad, a "security-first cross-chain messaging protocol." Experts say the attack occurred after Nomad updated its smart contracts and inadvertently made it easy to spoof transactions.
Commodity markets have created a cryptocurrency bloodbath that may not be over, but Richard Bird of SecZetta says economic patterns in history show that crypto "is not invalidated as a mean of commerce and exchange." He discusses the blockchain and the possible future uses of crypto.
Continued supply chain costs dampened an otherwise positive Q2 earnings report for Check Point. The company is spending historic amounts on buying raw materials on the open market and shipping those materials to the production line - an expense issue expected to stretch into 2023.
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