A Tennessee pediatric hospital is dealing with a cyber incident disrupting patient services, and a Missouri medical center and Colorado cardiology group have reported breaches linked to their recent security events. Experts say these are reminders of the threats facing healthcare sector entities.
It is critical for medical device manufacturers to take a threat modeling approach early in a product's design stage, say MITRE medical device cybersecurity experts Margie Zuk and Penny Chase, co-authors of the recently released Playbook for Threat Modeling Medical Devices commissioned by the FDA.
What should be in the upcoming executive order to control identity theft in pandemic relief programs? John Buzzard, lead fraud and security analyst, Javelin Strategy & Research; Frank McKenna, chief fraud strategist, PointPredictive; and Jake Emry, fraud prevention SME, NICE Actimize; share ideas.
On Monday night, Israeli government websites including those of the prime minister and the ministries of Interior, Health, Justice, and Welfare, went offline. The Israel National Cyber Directorate confirmed a massive DDoS attack against a communications provider, resulting in temporary access loss.
With the ground war worsening in Ukraine, lawmakers in the U.S. are seeking guidance from DHS on ways to continue fortifying U.S. cyber defense. The move comes as some cyber experts predict an ultimate escalation in Russia's malicious cyber activity targeting Ukraine or NATO member networks.
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues, healthcare sector entities need to be prepared to deal with potential spillover cyber incidents, says Anahi Santiago, CISO of ChristianaCare, the largest healthcare delivery organization in the state of Delaware. She discusses current cyber challenges.
A proposed class action lawsuit against a Montana-based healthcare organization after a recent hacking incident affecting 214,000 individuals - the entity's second significant breach since 2019 - alleges, among other claims, that the entity was negligent when it failed to protect sensitive data.
International hacking collective Anonymous reportedly hacked the German subsidiary of Russian energy company Rosneft on Monday, die Welt newspaper says, citing the country's cybersecurity watchdog, the Federal Office for Information Security.
The ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit 2.0 has claimed that it will leak all the stolen data from an attack on tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas. The attack reportedly came to light in late February, which led to the disruption of some plant operations.
As war in Ukraine rages and the Putin regime continues to drive toward population centers in the former Soviet state, U.S. cybersecurity officials remain on high alert - questioning whether the Russians will elevate the cyberwar against their Western neighbor or even NATO networks.
Automotive technology/parts supplier Denso confirmed that it suffered a ransomware attack last week. Investigations are ongoing. The company has not disclosed the ransom demanded or the attacker's name, but dark web monitoring platform DarkTracer says it's the work of the Pandora ransomware group.
Healthcare sector entities increasingly need to implement a zero trust approach with their security, says federal adviser Erik Decker, CISO of Intermountain Healthcare. Zero trust, he says, integrates "a lot of different architecture and systems … that have to work in concert with each other."
A healthcare services contractor agrees to pay a $933,000 settlement in a whistleblower case about alleged false claims about the security of electronic medical records of military personnel and diplomats. It is the first settlement under the Department of Justice's new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative.
Video game developer Ubisoft has confirmed that a cybersecurity incident caused temporary disruption to some of its games, systems and services, and the ransomware gang Lapsus$, which was behind the breaches at Samsung and Nvidia, is implying that it may have been responsible.
What are the ethics of paying ransom to cybercriminals who might be working as a proxy cyber force in support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Realistically, whether or not to pay often comes down to a business decision. But Russia's invasion further complicates the optics for ransomware victims.
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