HealthcareInfoSecurity Executive Editor Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reflects on the just-concluded Healthcare Security Summit in New York in the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, PCI Security Standards Council CTO Troy Leach addresses ransomware risks.
A British man who was initially arrested on suspicion of hacking English socialite Pippa Middleton's iCloud account has been sentenced to serve a three-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to unrelated fraud and blackmail crimes. But he may also have ties to The Dark Overlord extortion gang.
A veteran security researcher has become entangled in a conflict with Chinese drone manufacturer DJI over his security vulnerability report, which initially qualified for the manufacturer's bug bounty program. The researcher says communications broke down after he refused to sign a legal agreement.
CIOs and CISOs must guard against making security technology decisions based on the latest threat trends hyped by vendors, focusing instead on their specific business needs, says T.S. Lim of CA Technologies.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, or MeitY, plans to create a "challenge grant" program to support cybersecurity startup companies in an effort to encourage domestic development of innovative technologies.
Kaspersky Lab says it "inadvertently" scooped up classified U.S. documents and code from an NSA analyst's home computer, but suggests it wasn't the conduit by which the material ended up in Russian hands. It claims that the computer was riddled with malware.
A report on new White House rules on when to disclose cybersecurity vulnerabilities to software vendors leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, storing passcodes in clothing.
Businesses need to find more ways of incentivizing good researchers to find flaws in technology before bad actors discover them, says Rafael Narezzi, CIO of financial services firm TS Lombard. For every bug hunter with good intentions, how many more are developing weaponized exploits for sale on darknet markets?
A security service from McAfee designed to scan and block malicious links sent via email appears to have given a free pass to "Emotet" banking malware, a researcher warned. But McAfee contends that its ClickProtect service worked as intended.
What started as robust debates over social media among computer security professionals has turned into a drawn-out, bitter battle that has found its way into the Australian courts. The disputes highlight how those who foresake polite debate for legal battles may find themselves being called to account.
Since last year, North Korean hackers have been targeting businesses in the financial services, aerospace and telecommunications sectors by exploiting a remote administration tool, or RAT, according to an alert issued Tuesday by the United States Computer Emergency Response Team.
Because the insurance industry has undergone massive changes, it needs to take steps to ensure cybersecurity is keeping pace, says Satyanandan Atyam, CISO at India's Bharti Axa General Insurance.
With the aim of protecting data privacy, the government of Singapore is considering taking steps to greatly reduce the use of the National Registration Identity Card numbers for verifying consumers' identities.
A top DHS cybersecurity official says she has seen no conclusive evidence that Russian-owned Kaspersky Lab's security software had been exploited to breach federal information systems. Jeanette Manfra told a House panel most agencies have complied with a directive to stop using Kaspersky software.
How can you battle scammers and fraudsters as well as foster trust and protect the brand? For Gumtree - Britain's largest online classifieds platform, owned by eBay - the answer is simple: trial and error, says fraud communications manager Fergus Campbell.
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