This week, Japan's cybersecurity agency reportedly was breached, social media companies were urged to ward off data scraping, the NSA said it respects foreign intelligence targets, Polish authorities arrested two for hacking a rail network, and a ransomware gang used GDPR fines as scare tactics.
Medical device maker Medtronic MiniMed violated patient privacy by using tracking and authentication technologies such as Google Analytics and Firebase in its InPen diabetes management app and services, according to a proposed federal class action lawsuit filed this week.
Malwarebytes laid off at least 100 workers this week and plans to split its consumer and corporate-facing business units into separate companies. The antivirus firm cut also recently axed its chief product officer, chief information officer and chief technology officer.
Cybersecurity doublespeak is never a good sign, especially when it comes in a letter this week addressed to half a million current and former employees of fast-fashion retailer Forever 21, warning them that their personal information was stolen in an eight-week breach discovered in March.
SailPoint has agreed to buy U.K.-based privileged access management vendor Osirium for $8.3 million to better protect privileged and non-privileged identities on a single platform. The deal will allow Osirium to benefit from SailPoint's increased scale and enhanced sector and regional capabilities.
What's behind the profusion of reported attacks involving stolen or reused strains of ransomware? Blame a variety of factors, including law enforcement crackdowns, evolving ransomware business models and at least one case of a ransomware group leader with poor morale-building skills.
The number of major health data breaches is decreasing, but a recent disturbing trend reflects the vulnerability of critical vendors and the tenacity of cybercriminals, say John Delano, a vice president of Christus Health, and Mike Hamilton, CISO and co-founder of security firm Critical Insight.
Chinese espionage hackers behind an eight-month campaign to hack Barracuda email security appliances intensified their focus on high-priority targets around the time the company moved to fix the zero-day flaw behind the campaign. A custom backdoor suggests China was prepared for remediation efforts.
Two organizations that operate clinics and hospitals in the Midwest are the latest medical care providers struggling with an enterprisewide IT outage affecting clinical and administrative applications. The incident appears similar to recent attacks on several other regional entities.
Government agencies are recognizing that the seven pillars of zero trust, as outlined by U.S. federal agencies such as CISA and the DOD, should be strategically applied across various elements, including data and identity management, said Manuel Acosta, senior director and security analyst, Gartner.
Citrix NetScaler defenders are being warned to not just patch a critical flaw but also review logs from before mid-July for signs of compromise, since attackers - including "a known threat actor specializing in ransomware attacks" - have been dropping web shells that survive patching and rebooting.
In the post-digital transformation world - and in advance of the coming of quantum computing - it's time to future-proof cybersecurity by nurturing a culture of security. Dean Coclin of DigiCert discusses how banking institutions can embrace this change.
Insider threats continue to pose significant concerns in today's digital landscape. While malicious insiders have garnered attention due to harmful intent, negligent users often make unintentional mistakes, contributing to potential cybersecurity risks.
Michael Miora, founder and CEO of InfoSec Labs - a pioneer in cybersecurity consulting - started the company in 1989. Security has been an issue for generations, he said, but things started to change once technology came into play. Then the traditional security perimeter expanded, adding complexity.
Ransomware and data exfiltration attacks continue to stick victims with serious bills to cover cleanup, legal and other resulting costs - to the tune of $10.8 million and counting for cloud computing giant Rackspace, for one. Rackspace was hit by the Play ransomware group last year.
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