Federal regulators are seeking public input about how they should consider the "recognized" security practices of organizations when taking potential HIPAA enforcement actions - and how to distribute a percentage of HIPAA fines to individuals harmed by violations.
New BeyondTrust CEO Janine Seebeck plans to help privileged users protect themselves by applying machine learning to detect patterns in the data generated across BeyondTrust's 20,000 customers. She starts as BeyondTrust's CEO July 1 and replaces Matt Dircks, who has led the company since 2014.
Financial institutions must be aware of artificial intelligence being used by criminals against them, says John Buzzard, lead analyst, fraud and security, Javelin Strategy & Research. He discusses the findings of Javelin's latest identity fraud report.
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Russian darknet marketplace Hydra and cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. The German Bundeskriminalamt shut down Hydra on Tuesday, and Garantex allegedly was involved in ransomware and cybercriminal activities targeting U.S. citizens and other entities.
Getting bought by private equity firm Turn/River Capital is expected to help Tufin grow its subscription-based revenue, expand to new markets and reach new customer segments. The proposed acquisition comes just three years after Tufin went public.
As CISO of publishing company Penguin Random House, Deborah Hawarth works on managing the convergence of IT, OT and IoT. A key step, she says, is ranking the risks posed by vulnerabilities so the organization can prioritize "where we're going to spend our energies and our money in terms of the fix."
Bipartisan legislation proposed in the U.S. Senate and House aims to strengthen healthcare sector infrastructure by requiring medical devices manufacturers to implement critical cybersecurity measures for the regulatory premarket approval process and life cycle of their products.
The German police say they have shuttered Russian darknet marketplace Hydra, which has been known to offer stolen credit and SIM cards, VPN access, and cryptocurrency laundering services. The police also have seized 543 bitcoins, worth about $25 million, associated with the marketplace.
A new ongoing malware campaign is currently being conducted in the wild, targeting unpatched TOTOLINK routers. By leveraging a newly released exploit code, threat actors can use this variant of the Mirai botnet, called Beastmode, to potentially infect vulnerable devices.
Over its 170-year history, MassMutual has collected lots of data, and Anne Coulombe, the head of data protection, must ensure that this information remains secure as the company continues its technological evolution into the cloud era.
Access Health, Connecticut's health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act, experienced dozens of mostly small data breaches over about a 3 1/2-year period, and the vast majority involved one contractor, says an auditor report that recommends the exchange make improvements to data security.
The REvil ransomware gang's attack against the U.S. software company Kaseya in July 2021 is one of the largest and most intriguing ransomware attacks of all time. Here's the inside story of how the attack went down and how organizations recovered.
Two teenage boys arrested and charged by the City of London Police in connection with its investigation into the Lapsus$ hacking group have been released on bail for an undisclosed sum. They are due to appear in Southwark Crown Court on April 29.
A data breach involving email marketing firm Mailchimp has affected customers of cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Trezor, which launched an investigation after its customers received phishing emails containing their Trezor email addresses. Mailchimp says it learned of the breach on March 26.
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex, which develops, manufactures and distributes wind power systems across the world, has switched off its IT systems in multiple locations after a reported cybersecurity incident. It says the shutdown may affect customers, employees and other stakeholders.
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