The number of people affected by a Tennessee cardiac care clinic hack has more than doubled to 411,000 since the healthcare group first reported the incident to regulators in July. Cybercriminal group Karakurt claimed responsibility for the attack, which has so far triggered five class action suits.
A financially motivated hacking group turned cyberespionage operation targeted attendees of high-profile European conferences, including the Women Political Leaders Summit in Brussels. Threat actor Void Rabisu - also known as Tropical Scorpius and UNC2596 - has been honing its backdoor.
Businesses and governments have been using artificial intelligence and machine learning for years, but little has been done to understand its biases. Aditya Vasekar, senior principal for product security with Microsoft, discussed AI bias challenges and how organizations can address them.
As organizations grapple with an increasingly complex digital landscape, CISOs and CIOs are faced with heightened executive liability. With the high-profile cases of CIO Carlos Abarca and CSO Joe Sullivan serving as stark examples, the message is clear - executives cannot afford to be complacent.
The use of artificial intelligence can profoundly improve operations and services across many industries, but the multifaceted relationship between AI and cybersecurity calls for new measures to address security, privacy and regulatory concerns through the right protocols and procedures.
The Kansas Supreme Court said it is probing a "security incident" that has disrupted access to IT systems also used by the state's Court of Appeals and every District Court but one, leaving them unable to accept electronic filing of documents or process some cases.
A "cloud of uncertainty" strained IronNet's cash flows and negatively affected liquidity to the point where the cybersecurity vendor had to begin winding down operations. The firm once valued at $1.2 billion experienced financial and operating difficulties leading up to Thursday's Chapter 11 filing.
Federal authorities are warning healthcare organizations and the public health sector of threats involving NoEscape, a relatively new multi-extortion ransomware-as-a-service group believed to be a successor to the defunct Russian-speaking Avaddon gang.
A British financial regulator fined American credit reporting agency Equifax 11 millions pounds ($13.4 million) for its role in one of the world's largest data breaches. Chinese military hackers in 2017 exploited a well-known vulnerability in the company's online dispute portal.
It could be weeks or months before outsiders have a clear picture of the cyber dimension of the conflict between Hamas and Israel, a cyber expert said. "As some of these stories come out, as we will start to learn about what was actually targeted," said Rob T. Lee of the SANS Institute.
Ransomware-wielding attackers are targeting unpatched versions of FTP software that is widely used by large enterprises, including government and educational organizations. A researcher released proof-of-concept exploit code for WS_FTP software just one day after Progress Software issued its patch.
To truly be effective, CISOs must understand their organization's focus and culture. "In understanding the organization and its language, you understand what matters, and then by extension that will drive your security strategy and your security focus," said Helen Rabe, CISO at the BBC.
Regulators and prosecutors are signaling an increased interest in charging individuals such as CISOs with violating cybersecurity and privacy rules. Attorney Jonathan Armstrong of Cordery said the imperative for CISOs responding to security incidents is clear: Never go it alone.
The zero-day campaign underpinning the May mass attack on Progress Software's MOVEit file transfer software is now the vulnerability fueling a flotilla of attorneys, the software vendor disclosed in a regulatory filing listing pending litigation and governmental investigations.
In the latest weekly update, Ari Redbord, head of legal and government affairs at TRM Labs, joined ISMG editors to discuss: how Hamas is using crypto to finance operations, the latest illicit activities by North Korean actors, and how the trial of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried could impact the industry.
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