Many critical infrastructure sector organizations, especially smaller entities, will likely struggle to comply with an upcoming requirement to report cyber incidents to federal regulators within 72 hours - due to an assortment of reasons, said Stanley Mierzwa of Kean University.
It's becoming more critical than ever for hospitals to have vigorous programs that continuously evaluate and address the security risks posed by third-party vendors, said John Riggi, national adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association.
Federal regulators and medical device maker Becton, Dickinson and Co. are warning about eight vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to compromise BD's medication infusion product suite, potentially putting data and device integrity at risk if exploited.
The administrator of the now-defunct BreachForums has pleaded guilty to two counts of hacking and one count of child pornographic possession. Conor Fitzpatrick, 20, operating under the moniker Pompompurin, made nearly $700,000 running the criminal online forum for just under a year.
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region so far have not followed the West's lead in banning TikTok from government agency devices, except for special circumstances. But individual nations are pursuing a variety of strategies based on their specific perceptions of the threats they face.
Suspected Chinese hackers gained access to senior U.S. officials' emails by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's cloud environment. While Microsoft said customers couldn't have prevented the attack, the U.S. government says logging was key to spotting it.
We live in a surveillance society, but even though citizens are concerned about the lack of privacy, they don't know what to do about it, said David Sinclair, founder of 4Freedom Mobile, a mobile service provider that helps subscribers secure their phones and stop tracking, hacking and data theft.
Plaintiffs filed the first of what will likely be many more proposed class action lawsuits against HCA Healthcare just two days after the hospital chain publicly disclosed a hacking incident involving the posting of information for potentially 11 million patients on a dark web forum.
The Biden administration has released an implementation plan for the long-awaited national cybersecurity strategy it published in March, assigning deadlines and responsibilities for federal agencies across 65 different federal initiatives. Parts of the plan face an uphill battle.
Between July 6 and 13, Multichain saw unauthorized outflow of $125 million, the DOJ announced its first DeFi smart contract-focused indictment, Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht's aide and two others were sentenced, and the FTC and SEC turned up the heat on Celsius.
TikTok executives were unable to answer Liberal senator and chair of the committee James Paterson when he questioned them on how many times Australian user data had been accessed by TikTok staff in China, but the executives admitted it had happened.
Johns Hopkins University and its Johns Hopkins Health System are facing at least two proposed federal class action lawsuits filed in recent days following the institution's disclosure that it was among victims of the recent spate of hacks involving MOVEit file transfer software.
Operationalizing security comes down to making it part of the business process, and everyone in the organization must be responsible. Goals and the objectives must be clearly spelled out, including lines of accountability and ownership, said Jason Hart, chief technology officer for EMEA at Rapid7.
The European Commission has officially adopted the EU-U.S. Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, which will enable the free flow of commercial data between Europe and the United States. The framework will go into effect in December and will be subject to yearly review by the European Commission.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has mandated that telco firms deploy AI filters to block unsolicited calls and messages. But who will create this model, and who will acquire the data? Anand Venkatanarayanan, co-founder of DeepStrat, discussed multiple issues that need to be resolved.
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