Risk Assessments/Management

CyberScoop reports that legislation that would mandate the FDA to ensure timely federal cybersecurity guidance for medical devices has been introduced by Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Todd Young, R-Ind.

More widespread phishing campaigns have been leveraging reverse tunnel services and URL shorteners, prompting even more challenges in curbing phishing attacks, BleepingComputer reports.

More than $1 billion have been stolen by cryptocurrency scammers from over 46,000 individuals across the U.S. since 2021, which was nearly 60 times higher than losses in 2018, while median individual loss reached $2,600, reports CNBC.

Novartis announced that a recent Industrial Spy cyberattack was not able to compromise sensitive data just a day after the data-extortion gang began selling data claimed to be stolen from the pharmaceutical giant, according to BleepingComputer.

SecurityWeek reports that initial access brokers and ransomware-as-a-service groups have been forging stronger relationships with each other.

Symantec researchers estimated that Clipminer botnet operators were able to exfiltrate at least $1.7 million discovered across 4,375 cryptocurrency wallet addresses, according to SecurityWeek.

Conti ransomware has been discovered by Eclypsium researchers to have been creating exploits leveraging Intel firmware flaws, The Register reports.

VentureBeat reports that 45% of cybersecurity professionals have been mulling to exit the industry, while 46% said they knew one or more people who left the industry due to stress during the past 12 months.