BleepingComputer reports that more than 100 victims daily are being impacted by the new Fodcha distributed denial-of-service botnet, which has already infected more than 62,000 devices from March 29 to April 10.
Motherboard reports that T-Mobile had enlisted a third-party to provide payments to hackers who infiltrated its systems last year in an effort to prevent further data leaks.
By sending employees follow-up warnings after their unauthorized access to patient health data, a large academic medical center saw a massive reduction in repeat offenses.
Congress is continuing the push for greater consumer data privacy, which CynergisTek’s Andrew Mahler warns should drive healthcare security leaders to lean on NIST to bolster coordination and compliance.
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