Anthony Spadafora reports: After a recent series of aggressive phishing attacks on NHSmail, cyber security provider Cofense has compiled a new report using shared US client data to reveal how much of a danger future phishing attacks could become in the UK. The report, entitled Say Ah: A Closer Look at Phishing in the Healthcare…
Eurostar forces all customers to reset passwords after data breach
Natasha Bernal reports: Eurostar has forced all of its customers to reset their passwords after detecting an “unauthorised attempt” to hack into its systems and access their accounts. Customers reported receiving an email on Tuesday stating that the company had identified an attempt to access eurostar.com accounts using users’ email and passwords between the 15 and 19…
Is Your e-PHI Secure? ONC and OCR Update HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool
Valerie K. Jackson of Jackson Lewis writes: October 2018 marks the 15th annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month. In honor of this occasion, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have jointly launched an updated HIPAA Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool to help covered entities and…
9 Months after $530 Million Hack, Crypto Exchange Coincheck is Accepting New Users
CCN reports: Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, the victim of the largest theft in the crypto industry’s history, has reopened new user registrations and limited trading services. The Tokyo-based cryptocurrency trading platform, which lost a record $530 million in NEM tokens (XEM) after an attacker breached its hot wallet in January, made the announcement on Tuesday,…
Legco set to act on massive data breach at Cathay
From EJInsight: The Legislative Council has decided to take action on the massive data breach at Cathay Pacific Airways, which has affected the personal information of as many as 9.4 million customers. Amid calls for more stringent regulations on personal data protection, lawmaker Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of…
Civil servant who watched porn at work blamed for infecting a US government network with malware
Zack Whittaker reports: A U.S. government network was infected with malware thanks to one employee’s “extensive history” of watching porn on his work computer, investigators have found. The audit, carried out by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s inspector general, found that a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) network at the EROS Center, a satellite imaging…