Australia's largest-ever known data leak wasn't caused by hackers. Instead, a contractor mistakenly posted a database of blood donor information on a public website, showing how a simple mistake can have deep repercussions.
Healthcare organizations should take a disaster recovery approach to creating their breach response plans, says Joey Johnson, CISO of Premise Health, in this audio interview.
For healthcare information security professionals, the time has come to adopt a "wartime mindset" to ensure patient information is safeguarded from cyber threats. That's why ISMG has recruited a diverse array of experts to provide timely advice at our Healthcare Security Summit in New York Nov 1-2.
An evaluation of new U.S. government guidance to prevent the hacking of automotive computers and electronics leads the latest ISMG Security Report. Also, IBM takes responsibility for the impact of a DDoS attack and a preview of the ISMG Healthcare Security Summit.
In an in-depth audio interview, Beth Anne Killoran, the new CIO at the Department of Health and Human Services, outlines top cybersecurity priorities, describes how the agency is recruiting new security talent and outlines efforts to bolster the security of Obamacare's HealthCare.gov website and systems.
The proposed guidance from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration focuses on hardening a vehicle's electronic architecture against cyberattacks and to ensure vehicle systems take appropriate actions even if an attack succeeds.
The hacktivist who allegedly launched distributed denial-of-service attacks in 2014 on Children's Hospital of Boston and another local healthcare facility in protest of a controversial child custody case has been arraigned on federal charges. Indictment documents provide details on the impact of the attacks.
Evaluating ways to thwart massive distributed denial-of-service attacks leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, explaining how "conspiracy theories" tied to an historic breach of Yahoo will have an impact on the internet company's future.
There are two Yahoo conspiracy theories: It was hacked by a "state-sponsored actor," and it disabled email forwarding to prevent a post-breach exodus. Although neither scenario appears to be true, that doesn't mean the badly breached search giant is in the clear.
Neutering the army of web-connected devices used in the large internet attack that hampered access to major sites - including Amazon, PayPal, Spotify and Twitter - is technically possible. But no option offers either a great or near-term fix.
Changes in NIST's upcoming revision of its security and privacy controls guidance acknowledge the view that security and privacy are concerns for all sectors, not just the federal government.
Authorities say Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin stole credentials from a LinkedIn employee and used them to breach the social networking firm in 2012, in which well over 100 million members' passwords were exposed.
Some 3.2 million Indian debit cards may have been compromised, according to the National Payments Council of India. While investigations are ongoing and several banks have reissued at-risk cards, the source of the card exposure has not been officially confirmed.
Former NSA contractor Harold T. Martin III., who is accused of pilfering mass quantities of highly classified information, will remain in jail until his trial. Martin engaged in "a course of felonious conduct that is breathtaking in its longevity and scale," prosecutors say.
Experts evaluating the likelihood of a hack to alter votes in this year's American presidential election highlights the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, U.S. federal regulators propose new cybersecurity rules for big banks.
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