Federal regulators are seeking public input about how they should consider the "recognized" security practices of organizations when taking potential HIPAA enforcement actions - and how to distribute a percentage of HIPAA fines to individuals harmed by violations.
The Justice Department has announced that it has successfully disrupted "Cyclops Blink," a botnet controlled by the Russia-linked threat actor Sandworm, aka Voodoo Bear. The court-authorized operation was conducted in March and removed the botnet from thousands of infected devices worldwide.
New BeyondTrust CEO Janine Seebeck plans to help privileged users protect themselves by applying machine learning to detect patterns in the data generated across BeyondTrust's 20,000 customers. She starts as BeyondTrust's CEO July 1 and replaces Matt Dircks, who has led the company since 2014.
Financial institutions must be aware of artificial intelligence being used by criminals against them, says John Buzzard, lead analyst, fraud and security, Javelin Strategy & Research. He discusses the findings of Javelin's latest identity fraud report.
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Russian darknet marketplace Hydra and cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. The German Bundeskriminalamt shut down Hydra on Tuesday, and Garantex allegedly was involved in ransomware and cybercriminal activities targeting U.S. citizens and other entities.
Getting bought by private equity firm Turn/River Capital is expected to help Tufin grow its subscription-based revenue, expand to new markets and reach new customer segments. The proposed acquisition comes just three years after Tufin went public.
Chinese state-backed threat actor Cicada, aka APT10, is attacking global organizations in what appears to be a monthslong espionage campaign. On its radar are government, legal, religious and nongovernmental organizations in Europe, Asia and North America, the Symantec Threat Hunter team says.
A water trade association, at a congressional hearing Tuesday, urged the federal government to institute minimum cybersecurity standards for water systems. This comes as water providers see a big increase in the risk they face by connecting their legacy machines to the internet.
Bipartisan legislation proposed in the U.S. Senate and House aims to strengthen healthcare sector infrastructure by requiring medical devices manufacturers to implement critical cybersecurity measures for the regulatory premarket approval process and life cycle of their products.
The German police say they have shuttered Russian darknet marketplace Hydra, which has been known to offer stolen credit and SIM cards, VPN access, and cryptocurrency laundering services. The police also have seized 543 bitcoins, worth about $25 million, associated with the marketplace.
A new ongoing malware campaign is currently being conducted in the wild, targeting unpatched TOTOLINK routers. By leveraging a newly released exploit code, threat actors can use this variant of the Mirai botnet, called Beastmode, to potentially infect vulnerable devices.
Kumar Ritesh, CEO and founder of Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Cyfirma, explores the threat landscape in 2022 and the new TTPs among cybercriminals. He offers his opinion about how and why the first offensive action in the next war will be a cyberattack.
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