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NIST Requests Comments on Potential Significant Updates to the Cybersecurity Framework

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Dissent

Micaela McMurrough, Ashden Fein, Caleb Skeath, and Matthew Harden of Covington and Burling write: On January 19, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) published a Concept Paper setting out “Potential Significant Updates to the Cybersecurity Framework.”  Originally released in 2014, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (“CSF” or “Framework”) is a framework designed to assist organizations with…

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Twitter GodMode still available to all engineers, following hack of Apple and other accounts

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Dissent

Ben Lovejoy reports: Twitter GodMode – an internal tool that hackers used to tweet from high-profile accounts, including Apple, back in 2020 – remains available to all of the company’s engineers, according to a new report today. […] The Washington Post reports that a whistleblower reported this to Congress back in October, and it has now been shared…

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NHS Is The Most Phished UK Government Organization

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Dissent

Cyber Security Intelligence reports: Cyber security experts have recently revealed the top six government impersonation scams they have removed from the Internet in 2022 as they urged the public to remain vigilant to cyber crime in 2023. The scams unveiled by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, included phishing emails and messages from cyber criminals…

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Private health data breach in Isle of Man to be dealt within 3 months, officials say

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Dissent

Seen on diabetes.co.uk: An organisation set up to focus on the delivery of health and social care on the Isle of Man has been given a three-month deadline to stop data breaches. Manx Care will be ordered to pay £170,000 if they fail to prevent breaches of people’s private data within the next three months….

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Impact of ransomware on healthcare: what’s confirmed and what’s just speculative?

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Dissent

Sunday musings….. What impact do ransomware attacks have on delivering healthcare services to patients? Some claims have been made, but are the claims supported by any objective data, or are people just guessing what the impact has been or could be? In this week’s news, a hospital in Illinois announced it will be temporarily closing…

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Ransomware Revenue Falls by 40% as Majority of Victims Refuse to Pay

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Dissent

Abdul Karim Abdulwahab reports: The illegal revenue accruing to crypto criminals from ransomware exploits declined in 2022 as more victims refused to pay, according to recent data published by market intelligence firm, Chainalysis. The report noted that Ransomware attackers could only extort $456 million from victims in 2022 after stealing nearly twice that value in…

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