Have you ever seen a visualization of the world’s biggest data breaches? If not, you can see it here. Hovering over incidents will lead you to additional information on the incident, and you can also use a variety of filters. I love that site, especially because that wonderful tool relies on DataBreaches.net as a source…
Category: Of Note
Ransomware: Canadian company pays $425,000
Luke Irwin writes: A Canadian organization has reportedly paid criminals $425,000 in bitcoin after its systems were crippled in a ransomware attack. The claim comes from Daniel Tobok, CEO of forensic firm Cytelligence, which he says is helping with the investigation. Tobok, speaking to IT World Canada, didn’t name the affected company, but said unpatched…
Researcher: Metadata the ‘most potent weapon’ against critical infrastructure security
Brad D. Williams reports: Critical infrastructure operators have long faced the formidable security challenges of zero-day vulnerabilities and advanced persistent threats (APTs), both of which were employed in some of the most prominent cyberattacks in the sectors to date. But one researcher is warning leaders in government and industry of an old threat that, fueled…
Rogue insiders can go undetected for a long time….
So how are you determining if your Business Associate or vendor has a rogue employee who may be stealing or misusing your patients’ protected health information? A notification from Anthem regarding an incident that affected more than 18,000 Medicare members in 21 states is a timely reminder that out of sight cannot mean out of mind…
Health data breaches in 2017: The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year? Join us for webinar!
By now, you’ve probably read at least a few reports on mid-year figures for breaches that suggest that 2017 is worse than 2016. In collaboration with Protenus, Inc., DataBreaches.net has worked up some mid-year figures for U.S. breaches involving health/medical data. Join me and Robert Lord of Protenus on Wednesday, August 2 at 1 pm,…
Hackers Selling Access to Critical Infrastructure on Darknet
Joshua Philipp reports: Cyber mercenaries are breaching the systems of governments, financial institutions, critical infrastructure, and businesses, then selling access to them on a marketplace on the darknet, a hidden internet accessible only via specialized software. All of this is happening on a darknet black marketplace known as the CMarket or “Criminal Market,” formerly known as…