The Conservative government of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says it won't champion a reinsurance plan for cyber insurance similar to flood insurance, telling a parliamentary committee it doesn't want to "damage competition." Global ransomware payments surged to record levels during 2023.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency apparently had a good reason to urge federal agencies to reset vulnerable Ivanti VPN devices: Hackers breached two gateways used by CISA, forcing the agency to yank them offline. The agency "immediately took offline" the affected VPNs.
UnitedHealth Group expects some key IT systems and services affected by the recent cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit to regain functionality over the next week to 10 days. Certain pharmacy services are already restored. But the American Medical Association is not impressed.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the cyberattack that's sending shock waves through the U.S. healthcare sector, Palo Alto's strategic pivot and its far-reaching implications for the industry, and new developments in tech and journalism at Information Security Media Group.
A Russian state hack against Microsoft was more serious than initially supposed, Microsoft acknowledged in a Friday disclosure to federal regulators. Microsoft said a Moscow threat actor obtained access to "source code repositories and internal systems."
As ransomware groups are causing massive damage and disruption and showing no signs of stopping, cybersecurity policy expert Ciaran Martin said it's time for governments to start asking tough questions and "figure out how to make a ransomware payments ban work."
Hackers are mass-exploiting a recently disclosed critical authentication bypass vulnerability in on-premises versions of TeamCity. JetBrains fixed the bugs in a Monday update, but researchers warn users running unpatched instances to assume compromise.
A Chicago children's hospital has finally restored access to its electronic health records systems following a cyberattack detected in late January. But the pediatrics hospital is still working to bring its MyChart patient portal and various other systems back online.
This week, VMware handled critical vulnerabilities, Capita reported losses, the NSA pushed for zero trust, malware exploited aNotepad, a Taiwanese telecom was breached, the Swiss government dealt with ransomware attack fallout, fake meetings spread malware, Amex was breached and PetSmart was hacked.
Election campaigners Michael Blake and Cynthia Wallace discuss the need for accurate information and community involvement to protect electoral integrity and empower underrepresented voters. Strategies for countering misinformation range from sourcing internet posts to hosting barbershop meetings.
Federal authorities have accused a Chinese national who worked as a CTO in a Google supercomputer data center of stealing the company's proprietary artificial intelligence secrets and sharing them with Chinese companies, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday.
Cybercrime reports submitted by victims to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center surged last year, and the total reported losses exceeded $12.5 billion. Investment fraud and business email compromise losses dominated, and ransomware attacks spared almost no critical infrastructure sector.
This week, Binance laid off two-thirds of its staff and said it is exiting Nigeria, Chainalysis released 2023 crime statistics, Fantom said it will seek Multichain's liquidation, hackers stole millions from the WOOFi and Seneca crypto platforms, and Hong Kong blocked six fake websites.
Apple pushed out an emergency security update for two critical zero-day flaws that attackers are using to carry out memory corruption attacks on iPhone and iPad devices. The tech giant's latest patch addressed its third zero-day vulnerability this year.
South Korean intelligence service officials have blamed North Korean hackers for targeting the country's semiconductor manufacturing companies. Hackers who gain access to chip-making technology and product designs could hurt South Korea’s leadership in the semiconductor industry.
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