Bipartisan legislation introduced by two U.S. senators aims to kick-start the modernization of "outdated" health privacy laws by creating a commission to examine regulatory gaps, including how to address health data falling outside of HIPAA's reach.
Spain's National Police Department says it has arrested eight members of an undisclosed cybercriminal gang over SIM swapping fraud. The suspects posed as trustworthy representatives of banks and other organizations and used phishing and smishing techniques to obtain PII and bank details of victims.
A massive data breach affecting an estimated 7 million people has been uncovered. The victims are primarily leads and prospective customers of the American marketing automation platform Beetle Eye, researchers say.
Security teams for the Washington Department of Licensing are investigating suspicious activity affecting an online data management system called POLARIS, which has gone offline until further notice. The DOL is advising licensees who were affected to monitor their accounts and credit files.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including how the BlackMatter ransomware group has rebranded itself yet again, how the DOJ confiscated stolen Bitcoin worth more than $4 billion and takeaways from a U.S. Senate hearing on open-source...
Nellie Liang, under secretary for domestic finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, was the only witness at a virtual hearing on the President's Working Group report on stablecoins - virtual currencies pegged to fiat currency. Lawmakers weighed in on the benefits and dangers of stablecoins.
Facial recognition as a tool is not bad, but the manner in which it is used can make it look bad, says Brett Johnson, a consultant on cybersecurity, cybercrime and ID theft who was a central figure in the cybercrime world for over 20 years.
Ransomware attacks in 2021 amassed a record number of victims in critical infrastructure sectors across Australia, the U.K. and U.S., those countries' lead cybersecurity agencies warn. They share intelligence on attackers' latest tactics to better equip domestic organizations to defend themselves.
Schools in the United States have been under siege from ransomware and other kinds of cyber incidents. But the K12 Security Information Exchange, an organization launched in 2020, is helping schools improve their defenses.
The Sri Lankan government plans to implement the Unitary Digital Identity Framework, or UDIF, a national biometrics-based digital identity project. But cybersecurity experts familiar with India's Aadhaar program, whose framework Sri Lanka is set to use, have voiced concerns over data protection.
Several global Computer Emergency Response Teams have issued alerts as well as fixes for Google Chrome browser and Android operating system vulnerabilities. Countries issuing the alerts include France, India and Canada.
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the final phase of the Windows 11 upgrade announced on Jan. 26 by installing RedLine Stealer malware to those downloading a fake installer, according to the HP threat research team.
Researchers have detected a massive breach of more than 500 stores. All of the targeted sites were still using the 12-year-old Magento 1 e-commerce platform, which Adobe stopped supporting on June 30, 2020.
As a veteran cybersecurity leader, Jerich Beason of Epiq has seen historic evolution in technology and how it is applied. But in cybersecurity leadership? The "softer side" of being a CISO has lagged behind, and this is where he intends to be an agent for positive change.
The SEC voted 3-1 to advance new, mandatory cybersecurity rules for registered investment advisers, companies and funds. The proposal - open for a 30-day public comment period - would require entities to adopt and implement written cybersecurity policies and a 48-hour incident reporting mandate.
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