Data Security

Microsoft Corp. and Mastercard announced last week a partnership to improve authentication in digital payments with the launch of Mastercard Digital Transactions Insights.

Patch reports that officials at the Westchester County Library System in New York reported that while the library system's network was impacted by a ransomware attack, threat actors were not able to compromise any personal data from its patrons.

Data-wiping malware has become more prevalent amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, with six strains reported during the first three months of 2022 alone, compared with only up to two strains observed since 2012, according to The Register.

American Hospital Association urged hospitals to review federal advisories around BlackCat ransomware and the need for urgent patching, earlier this week, just as HSCC issued an invaluable toolkit for healthcare business continuity.

Two-thirds of financial service institutions experienced attacks targeting their “market strategies ... [in a way that] aligns with economic espionage," according to a new report.

The Hacker News reports that SonarSource has identified a high-severity vulnerability in the open-source RainLoop web-based email client which could be leveraged for email exfiltration.

StateScoop reports that nearly 1,700 students in Coventry Public Schools in Connecticut may have had their data compromised as a result of a breach at Illuminate Education early this year.