Two government agencies have issued alerts about cyber vulnerabilities in certain cardiac devices from St. Jude Medical, which were at the center of a controversial report by an investment firm last year. The device maker, recently acquired by Abbott Laboratories, has issued software updates to address the problems.
In a reminder of HIPAA's tough requirements for breach notification, federal regulators have issued a $475,000 financial settlement and corrective action plan for Chicago-based Presence Health tied to its tardy notification for a 2013 paper records breach affecting only about 800 individuals.
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly now accepts the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that Russia attempted to meddle in U.S. elections and may take action in response once he takes power, an aide says.
A new report from a bipartisan Congressional workgroup examining the benefits and challenges of the internet of things spotlights cybersecurity and privacy as top concerns. But will the new Congress take any action on these issues?
In an unclassified version of a top-secret report, the U.S. intelligence community says that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign aimed at undermining public faith in America's democratic process and preventing Hillary Clinton from being elected president.
The KillDisk disk-wiping malware, previously tied to espionage operations, has been updated with crypto-locking capabilities and now targets Linux as well as Windows systems. But security experts warn that attackers using the Linux variant have no way to furnish a decryption key.
A task force led by two lawmakers and a former U.S. CIO recommends the new administration should jettison outdated ways the federal government tackles cybersecurity, saying in a just-issued report: "Once-powerful ideas have been transformed into clichés."
For the second year in a row, the vast majority of health data breach victims were affected by hacker attacks in 2016, and the trend shows no signs of abating. Experts offer forecasts for breach trends in the year ahead.
In addition to announcing sanctions against Russia for election-related cyberattacks, the Obama administration has declassified technical information on Russian intelligence services' malicious cyber activities in an effort to help thwart additional attacks.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a long-awaited final version of guidance for how medical device manufacturers should help maintain the cybersecurity of network-connected devices once they are in use, spelling out key steps to take.
President-elect Donald Trump names Thomas Bossert as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. He'll help lead the shaping of the incoming administration's cyber doctrine and will bring extensive experience to the job, say people who know him.
President Barack Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization Act, legislation that includes a provision he opposes to leave the leader of the newly-elevated U.S. Cyber Command as the head of the National Security Agency as well.
Unprecedented hack attacks knocked three Ukrainian power providers offline in late 2015, and now a potential repeat hack has surfaced. Security experts recommend all power operators globally hunt carefully for related signs of attack.
Community Health Plan of Washington, a not-for-profit insurance company, says a security vulnerability on the computer network of a business associate resulted in a breach affecting nearly 400,000 individuals.
A variant of malware used to infect U.S. Democratic National Committee systems was also used to infect an Android app used by Ukraine's artillery forces, bolstering attribution of both attacks to Russia, says cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike.
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