FBI: $3.5B Lost to Cybercrime in 2019, Led by Business Email Compromise
The FBI estimates that cybercrime cost individuals and US businesses $3.5 billion in losses last year, as estimated in the 2019 Internet Crime Report published by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint...Hackers Increasing Complex Attacks with Hack Tools, Ransomware
Cybercriminals are ramping up attacks on business targets using diverse threats and attack strategies, as highlighted by a rapid increase of hack tool detections through unpatched vulnerabilities and a...Insider Breach Remediation Costs Health, Pharma $10.81M Annually
Health and pharma organizations that experience security incidents caused by careless or malicious insiders spend an average of $10.81 million each year to remediate the threat, according to a recent...Medtronic Patches Vulnerabilities in CareLink, Implanted Medical Devices
Medtronic recently issued a set of patches for previously disclosed vulnerabilities found in certain implanted cardiac medical devices and its CareLink Encore 29901 programmers. The first set of...DHS CISA Warns Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Citrix Servers
The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning organizations that hackers have successfully compromised numerous systems of those continuing to operate...NIST Shares Draft Guides on Ransomware, Data Integrity Attacks
NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) recently released a pair of draft ransomware guides designed to help organizations detect and respond to the threat, as well as ways to identify...Feds Alert to Critical Vulnerabilities in GE Patient Monitoring Products
Critical vulnerabilities found in certain GE patient monitoring, servers, and telemetry systems could allow a remote hacker to alter the function of the device, steal patient data, or interfere with...Evaluating Cyber Readiness, Vulnerabilities with Pen Testing
Healthcare suffers with a unique endpoint challenge: a host of vendors, legacy systems, and an ever-increasing list of connected devices. But even with what it may deem a secure network, the threat landscape also continuously adds new...Emotet Reemerges with Massive Campaign Targeting Pharma Industry
Proofpoint is urging all organizations to take steps to shore up any vulnerabilities, after detecting a massive Emotet campaign targeting the pharmaceutical industry. The hacking group behind Emotet is...Evasive Domain-Impersonation Phishing Attacks Increase by 400%
Barracuda researchers detected a 400 percent increase in domain-impersonation attacks aimed at conversation hijacking since July. While the method is used far less frequently than other phishing attack...NSA Discloses, Urges Patch of Critical Microsoft Windows 10 Vulnerability
The National Security Agency discovered a critical spoofing vulnerability impacting Microsoft Windows 10, which could allow an attacker to undermine the verification of cryptographic trust and allow...Hackers Demand Ransom From Patients After Breaching Florida Clinic
Current and former patients of Richard Davis, MD, who operates The Center for Facial Restoration, have received ransom demands from a cybercriminal who hacked the clinic's server. Other providers...DHS Alerts to Citrix Server Vulnerabilities, Urges Remediation
The Department of Homeland Security is urging organizations to secure vulnerabilities found in certain Citrix servers through its Application Delivery Controller and Gateway. Security researchers have...Data of 50K Alomere Health Patients Exposed by Employee Email Hack
Minnesota-based Alomere Health is notifying 49,351 patients that their medical data was potentially exposed during a hack on two employee email accounts. Hospital staff first discovered unauthorized...LifeLabs Hit With Several Lawsuits Over Data Breach of 15M Patients
LifeLabs is potentially facing a class-action lawsuit after a several civil lawsuits were filed against the testing giant in a British Columbia Court, following reports that the data of 15 million...Georgia Revives Patient Breach Lawsuit Against Athens Orthopedic
The Supreme Court of Georgia has revived a patient data breach lawsuit against Athens Orthopedic Clinic, by unanimously reversing a Court of Appeals decision to dismiss the case. In July 2016, Athens...New Mexico Hospital Finds Malware Infection on Digital Imaging Server
New Mexico-based Roosevelt General Hospital discovered malware on the digital imaging server of its radiology department, which possibly allowed hackers to view the digital medical images of about 500...Sponsored by SailPoint
