A breach that resulted in a $1 million HIPAA settlement led Partners Healthcare in Boston to take many significant steps, including merging its privacy and security efforts, says CISO Jennings Aske. More changes are planned for 2013.
The Walgreens drugstore chain will pay $16.6 million to settle a California case involving improper disposal of hazardous waste, as well as certain confidential patient information, in dumpsters near their stores.
PNC confirmed its online banking site was bombarded with high volumes of traffic for the second time this week. Meanwhile, banks worldwide are watching and preparing for similar DDoS attacks.
Online outages affecting leading U.S. banking institutions continued Dec. 12, but only U.S. Bank confirmed its site issues were linked to a distributed-denial-of-service attack. Meanwhile, FS-ISAC outlined precautions institutions should take.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a California state health department breach involving Social Security numbers posted online and an e-mail hack affecting patients in the Carolinas.
A day after Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters announced plans for a second wave of DDoS attacks, SunTrust, Bank of America and PNC experienced intermittent site issues, and U.S. Bank acknowledged the new threat.
While unveiling a new online resource offering mobile device privacy and security tips to help prevent health data breaches, HHS officials also stress the need for annual risk assessments.
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters has announced the "second phase" of its hacktivist campaign, saying five major U.S. banks will be the victims of new distributed-denial-of-service attacks starting this week.
Information sharing proved critical during the recent wave of DDoS attacks that hit leading U.S. banks. What lessons does the experience offer for organizations in other industries? Experts weigh in.
From point-of-sale hacks to malware and DDoS attacks, the top cyberthreats of 2012 have been aggressive and strong. Is it time for organizations to adopt a "hack back" strategy against perceived attackers?
Two new reports re-confirm that healthcare organizations are experiencing expensive data breaches, many of which could have been prevented by taking specific steps.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a storage system vulnerability affecting 235,000 state university students and a stolen laptop at a home healthcare service.
Information sharing is key. The more we share about attacks - vulnerabilities and vectors - the more we will learn about how the attacks are waged, who's behind them and what they're after.
For the third time in a month, a source claiming to be part of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters has granted an interview to discuss the distributed denial of service attacks on U.S. banks.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including an attack on Nationwide Insurance's computer network and the conviction of a hacker who breached AT&T's servers.
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