Chicago-based hospital chain CommonSpirit reported to federal regulators that its October ransomware incident affected the protected health information of nearly 624,000 individuals. Among the information compromised were names, addresses, phone numbers and birthdates.
Ashan Willy has made his first deal as Proofpoint's CEO, scooping up an identity startup established by Check Point's former cloud and document security leader. The purchase of Illusive will allow Proofpoint to add identity risk discovery and remediation and post-breach defense to its platform.
Attackers wielding Royal ransomware have been hitting crypto-locking healthcare targets, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services warns, saying that in each known case, attackers "claimed to have published 100% of the data that was allegedly extracted from the victim."
Australian telecommunications provider Telstra apologized for accidentally publishing names, numbers and addresses of over 130,000 customers whose details were supposed to be unlisted. The company apologized for the error and blamed a "misalignment of databases."
Hosted services company Rackspace is warning customers about the increasing risk of phishing attacks following a ransomware attack causing ongoing outages to its hosted Exchange environment. The Texas-based firm also is now facing a class action lawsuit.
Australian Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Clare O'Neil vowed during a speech to transform the country into the world's most cyber-secure, saying experts will start work on a strategy intended to outdo the rest of the world by 2030. The country has recently experienced a data breach wave.
The purchase of healthcare security startup Medigate means Claroty can address the IoT, OT, IoMT and connected device needs of hospitals from a single platform. Claroty says its single-platform approach facilitates everything from network mapping and segmentation to continuous threat detection.
U.S. federal prosecutors indicted four men charged with engaging in business email compromise and credit card fraud schemes that netted them $9.2 million. The FBI has warned that business email compromises - whether through account compromise or impersonation - is a growing threat.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity and privacy issues, including the evolution of the CISO role, the community impact of ransomware attacks targeting hospitals, and trends in cybersecurity customers' buying behavior.
The U.K. government on Friday released voluntary code of practice that will be monitored for compliance. The guidelines tell operators and developers to ensure that apps receive updates to fix security vulnerabilities and call for every app developer to establish a vulnerability disclosure process.
An important element of cybersecurity maturity is defining what exactly an organization is trying to accomplish, says Dan Wilkins, CISO for the state of Arizona. With that mission in mind, security teams can align strategy, goals and benchmarks for cyber maturity.
Ransomware gangs rely on shotgun-style attacks using phishing or stolen remote access credentials to target individuals. This strategy snares less poorly prepared organizations, and that often means healthcare entities. Experts share insights on this plague on healthcare and what to do about it.
The Hive ransomware-as-a-service group says it posted customer data obtained during a November attack against French sports retailer Intersport. The U.S. federal government estimates the group has attacked more than 1,300 companies worldwide, collecting about $100 million in ransom payments.
A human resources outsourcing firm reportedly underwent a data breach from its own outsourced cloud computing storage provider. The company, San Francisco-based Sequoia One, did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Information Security Media Group.
Approov has landed a new CEO to help the mobile security upstart expand in the United States and capture more healthcare and financial services customers. The Silicon Valley-based company has captured high-profile European customers such as BMW from its development center in Scotland.
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