Ransomware attacks are no longer an “if” but a “when” they will happen. It’s become business-critical to invest in ransomware preparedness and cyber resilience in order to recover quickly to avoid high costs of downtime. In the high-pressure incident response following a ransomware attack, finding the root...
Across the nation, government agencies are radically redefining digital interactions with the public. They’re modernizing systems and apps to improve service quality and speed. They’re developing a single, secure account for frustration-free access to everything. And soon, office visits will be completely...
Ten U.S. senators this week wrote to the secretaries of both the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation inquiring about specific measures they plan to pursue to prevent and respond to cyberattacks on the nation's critical infrastructure.
The websites of Expresso and SIC, Portugal's largest news publications, remain offline for a third day. A ransomware attack on the parent company Impresa Group was carried out by the Lapsus$ ransomware group - a relatively new bad actor that has made three high-impact attacks in less than a month.
With the ongoing transition into digital health, HDOs increasingly rely on third-party providers to help deliver care and capabilities. Safeguarding patient data confidentiality, integrity, and availability is critical for ensuring patient safety and quality-based outcomes. Expanding and incorporating remote work...
The onset of COVID-19 introduced new risk factors to HDOs, including remote work, new systems to support it, staffing challenges, and high patient care requirements. There has been a great deal of media coverage on the rise of cyberattacks such as ransomware within the healthcare industry and beyond.
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Data breaches that stem from third parties, vendors, or contractors are on the rise. In fact, the increase in third-party data breaches is due to the industrialization of the cybercriminal ecosystem and innovations such as ransomware, which makes cybercrime much more profitable and easier to carry out. Our eBook...
The cybersecurity space has been disrupted. A storm of ransomware attacks, new hacking methodologies emerging from remote work set-ups, and threats of data breaches from internal and external sources are making organizations ask the question: “How can we prepare ourselves for what’s next on the horizon for...
In an update on the Apache Log4j vulnerability, Microsoft says exploitation attempts and testing for vulnerable systems and devices remained "high" through late December. This comes after security leaders have identified sophisticated and even state-backed attacks targeting vulnerable devices.
The U.S. government has taken notable moves to enforce cybersecurity regulation and propose legislation, says Andy Watkin-Child, founding partner of the Augusta Group. To help prepare for these shifts, he advises organizations to improve their "understanding in global regulation in cyber."
To crack down on the criminal use of cryptocurrency, including for ransomware, authorities are increasingly targeting "cryptocurrency businesses that do not have the compliance controls in place necessary to mitigate the risks of illicit activity," says Ari Redbord of TRM Labs.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including how the ransomware-as-a-service model shifted in 2021, the rise of fraud in faster payments and how to prevent it, and one CISO's take on the state of the industry.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features highlights from interviews in 2021 and examines President Joe Biden's executive order on cybersecurity, ransomware response advice and assessing hidden business risks.
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