Ruling Reaffirms Individuals Cannot File HIPAA Lawsuits

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • June 22, 2018

A federal court recently dismissed a case filed by a patient alleging a laboratory violated HIPAA by failing to shield her personal health information from public view. The ruling once again reaffirmed a longstanding precedent that individuals cannot sue for alleged HIPAA violations.

Breach Response

Should the FDA Create a Cybersecurity Measuring Stick?

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

GDPR: An Opportunity for Better Threat Intelligence Sharing

Jeremy Kirk • June 22, 2018

Europe's General Data Protection Regulation is reshaping the way organizations handle data. That's going to have an impact on the sharing of threat intelligence. But the Anti-Phishing Working Group hopes the law will provide legal clarity that will make more organizations comfortable with sharing threat data.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

CISO Thom Langford's Top Tips for GDPR Compliance

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 22, 2018

When communications giant Publicis Groupe launched its GDPR compliance project, CISO Thom Langford says, "it was more a case of honing and polishing, rather than building from the ground up," thanks to its existing information security management system and complying with ISO 27001.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Why Data Classification Has Gone Mainstream

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 22, 2018

Driven by the EU's General Data Protection Regulation and other regulations, as well as the move to the cloud, more organizations are turning to data classification to help them silo and protect their most sensitive information, says Tony Pepper, CEO of Egress.

Anti-Fraud

Preview: ISMG's Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in Chicago

Nick Holland • June 22, 2018

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: A preview of next week's Fraud and Breach Summit in Chicago, which will feature keynoter Brett Johnson, a former cybercriminal who now advises organizations on fighting crime.

Data Loss

Tesla Accuses Insider of Stealing Gigabytes of Data

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2018

Electric car manufacturer Tesla has sued a former employee for sabotage, alleging that he "unlawfully hacked the company's confidential and trade secret information" and gave it to third parties while leaving a trail designed to implicate other employees. The ex-employee, however, claims he's a whistleblower.

Data Breach

Phishing Defense: Block OAuth Token Attacks

Jeremy Kirk • June 21, 2018

Just one click: That's all it takes for a victim to inadvertently grant attackers access to their email account via a third-party application. Here's how to spot signs of OAuth-related hacking and how to defend against it.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Ransomware: No Longer Sexy, But Still Devastating

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 21, 2018

We need to talk about ransomware, says James Lyne, global research adviser at Sophos: "It's not the big, sexy security topic that it once was, but there's some really interesting evolution in their tactics." Lyne rounds up the latest tactics and describes how machine learning is offering new defensive hope.

Anti-Malware

Hackers Hit Satellite Operators and Telecoms, Symantec Says

Jeremy Kirk • June 20, 2018

Symantec says it has uncovered a cyber espionage campaign that targets telecommunications operators in Southeast Asia - as well as a defense contractor and satellite communications operator - and warns that the hacking group, dubbed Thrip, may be laying the groundwork for more destructive attacks.

Anti-Malware

Geopolitical Instability Is CISOs' Latest Challenge

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 20, 2018

The latest challenge to face CISOs: Finding the best way to keep their organization secure while at the same time navigating political edicts that may lack any technical detail or present solid facts or alternatives to suspect technology, says Jaya Baloo, CISO of KPN Telecom.

Authentication

Credential Stuffing Attacks: How to Combat Reused Passwords

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 20, 2018

For attackers, "credential stuffing" - using stolen usernames and passwords to log into any site for which a user reused their credentials - is the gift that keeps on giving, says security researcher Troy Hunt. Here's how organizations can mitigate the threat.

Breach Preparedness

Is Regulating Cryptocurrency Necessary and Feasible?

Nick Holland • June 20, 2018

Government regulation is key to minimizing the misuse of cryptocurrencies for cybercrime, says Brett Johnson, a former cybercriminal who now consults on crime prevention. But regulating cryptocurrencies is no easy task, he acknowledges. Johnson will keynote ISMG's Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in Chicago.

Cybercrime

Massive CIA Hacking Tool Leak: Ex-Agency Employee Charged

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 19, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a former CIA officer, 29-year-old Joshua A. Schulte, with providing 8,000 documents that describe the agency's offensive malware tools and practices to WikiLeaks, which published them in 2017 as the "Vault 7" archive.