The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned last month of an increasing ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) threat against healthcare organizations. The joint alert by the two agencies...
A Website visitor tracking tool from Facebook was found to be sending sensitive health information from hospital sites to the social media giant. Nonprofit newsroom The Markup, which focuses on technology’...
Cybersecurity firm Threatlocker and several national cybersecurity authorities are warning of an increase in attacks against managed service providers. The US’ Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security ...
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) warned the healthcare industry last week of the “exceptionally aggressive, financially-motivated” Hive ransomware group. The Department of H...
The next-generation version of Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 11, was announced last summer and became available at the end of 2021. The single-most noticeable change from older versions? Probably the Ta...
Microsoft is finally retiring the long-in-the-tooth Internet Explorer browser seven years after launching its replacement, Microsoft Edge, and 27 years after IE was first introduced as an add-on for Windows 95....
Two separate reports this month note security vulnerabilities affecting medical and other “Internet of Things” devices. Forescout’s Vedere Labs and CyberMDX announced the discovery of seven vu...
Multiple hospitals and clinics have been impacted this week by a ransomware attack against Memorial Health System. The healthcare facilities in Ohio and West Virginia canceled non-urgent surgeries scheduled for...
The next version of Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 11, was announced this June 24th. A free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs, the new OS will be pushed out near the end of the year. The single-m...
A recent survey noted that 80% of businesses that pay ransoms suffer another attack. Cybereason’s report also shows that almost half of ransomware victims ended up with some or all of their data corrupted...