Community Health Systems has been hit with a class action lawsuit following the recent disclosure of a data breach at the hospital chain that compromised information on 4.5 million patients.
Two recent legal decisions added more twists and turns to the ongoing battle between the Federal Trade Commission and LabMD over the medical test lab's alleged data security practices.
News that Community Health Systems suffered a massive data breach illustrated yet again the U.S. healthcare sector's vulnerability. This infographic takes a look at the top five health data breaches in recent years.
Sony has restored service to its PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network sites after services were disrupted by a DDoS attack by the group "Lizard Squad." Little is known of the group, except its penchant for jihadist claims.
What lessons can be learned from recent high-profile breaches? IT security experts John Pescatore of the SANS Institute and Ron Ross of NIST explain how organizations can work to mitigate the new-style data breach threat. Listen to the conversation.
Security intelligence firm LogRhythm has launched what it calls a "threat intelligence ecosystem" in collaboration with five other security vendors, giving customers the ability to customize the information they want in their intelligence feeds.
The social network LinkedIn has agreed to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit stemming from a June 2012 data breach that compromised 6.5 million hashed passwords. Find out the financial details of the settlement.
More than 1,000 U.S. businesses have likely been infected by Backoff, a new point-of-sale malware linked to numerous remote-access attacks, according to an Aug. 22 advisory from the Department of Homeland Security.
As UPS Stores reveals that 51 of its locations were infected with POS malware, a restaurant in New Orleans confirms its POS system was breached using Backoff - malware about which federal authorities recently issued a warning. Experts offer analysis.
News about the existence of a new government leaker exposing national security documents shows that - even one year after Edward Snowden - organizations still don't have a handle on the insider threat.
The breach at Community Health Systems that compromised information on 4.5 million patients was the result of hackers taking advantage of the Heartbleed flaw, according to one security vendor. Other security experts weigh in on the potential cause.
For up to seven months, some 51 UPS Stores in 24 different states were infected with POS malware that intercepted 105,000 transactions, affecting an unknown number of customers.
With 4.5 million records exposed in the recent Community Health Systems breach, and now 80 million exposed by insurance provider Anthem, external attacks on healthcare systems have caused some of the most devastating breaches in recent times.
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Following its massive December 2013 data breach, Target Corp. continues to report drops in net earnings. In the second quarter of 2014, the retailer says its profits fell almost 62 percent.
What would happen if hackers got a hold of your database of credentials, but discovered that it didn't contain any passwords that were hashed or encrypted? Strong authentication credentials help prevent security breaches by eliminating the password hash file, thus making the "breachable" unbreachable.
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