This week’s healthcare data breach includes multiple ransomware-related data access incidents and led by a Horizon Actuarial data theft and extortion incident that involved MLB benefit plan member data.
Rachel Tobac is a hacker and the CEO of SocialProof Security, but her behavioral science and neuropsychology background is nontraditional for the information security field. So how does she use that background to hack people?
Mandiant and Google’s Threat Analysis Group this week issued separate blog posts on North Korea’s cyber capabilities in support of its political, financial and national security goals.
Among the Center for Strategic and International Studies report's key findings: while real strides have been made in the way government and industry work together on cybersecurity issues, both sectors are still struggling to normalize baseline protections that are routinely exploited by malicious hacking groups.
Threat actors continue to target victims through exploitative and manipulative messaging, whether it's related to tax season, humanitarian aid in Ukraine, or the need for health supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Small and medium-sized businesses have experienced twice as many attacks last year as in 2020, mostly due to increasing bot traffic, with business websites having 2,306 more bot visits each on average than in 2020.
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