Collaborate Disseminate
The healthcare industry is no stranger to data breaches. In 2017, SSM Health, the University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC), and Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center all suffered security incidents where bad actors possibly exposed patients’ med… Continue reading Survey: Half of RNs ‘Very Confident’ in Their Employers’ Ability to Secure Patient Data
MailChimp has plugged a privacy issue that leaked users’ email addresses when they responded to websites’ newsletter campaigns. Self-proclaimed mobile enthusiast Terence Eden discovered what he calls an “annoying privacy violationR… Continue reading MailChimp Fixes Privacy Issue that Leaked Respondents’ Email Addresses
Aetna has agreed to pay $17 million as part of a settlement agreement for a breach that might have compromised thousands of HIV patients’ privacy. On 16 January, the United States District Court for the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania rece… Continue reading Aetna Accepts $17M Settlement Agreement for HIV Privacy Breach
A Mega Millions lottery jackpot winner’s “giving back” campaign on Twitter looks and sounds an awful lot like a scam. Numerous Twitter profiles have been popping up claiming to be operated by Shane Missler, a 20-year-old resident of F… Continue reading Mega Millions Winner “Giving Back” Twitter Campaign Looks Like a Scam
A JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miner earned the top spot in a list of the “most wanted” malware for December 2017. For its final Global Threat Index of 2017, Check Point observed Coinhive supplant Roughted, a large-scale malvertising cam… Continue reading Crypto-Miner Named the “Most Wanted” Malware for December 2017
A hospital shut down its network after a ransomware attack restricted authorized personnel access to some of its computer systems. On 12 January, Hancock Regional Hospital confirmed in a statement that it had suffered a ransomware attack. As quoted by … Continue reading Hospital Shut Down Its Computer Network Following Ransomware Attack
In corporate IT environments everywhere, we are seeing widespread adoption of three basic themes: use of public cloud, adoption of DevOps, and containerization in application development. When it comes to the cloud, most organizations’ futures lo… Continue reading 4 Security Controls Keeping Up with the Evolution of IT Environments
AdultSwine malware displays pornographic ads within affected child-themed game apps that were once available for download on Google’s Play Store. Researchers at Check Point detected AdultSwine hidden within 60 game apps, including some with child… Continue reading AdultSwine Malware Displays Porn Ads within Child-Themed Android Apps
The United States Justice Department has charged an alleged malware author with spying on thousands of users for a period of 13 years. An indictment filed with the U.S. District Court for the the Northern District of Ohio (Eastern Division) asserts Phi… Continue reading Malware Dev Charged with Spying on “Thousands” of Users for 13 Years
Proposed amendments to the United Kingdom’s Data Protection Bill would help protect security researchers working with anonymized data. Introduced by Lord Ashton of Hyde, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media … Continue reading UK Data Protection Bill Changes Would Help Protect Security Researchers