Google marks all HTTP sites ‘not secure’ starting today
With the release of Google Chrome 68 today, technology behemoth Google is labeling all HTTP sites as “not secure,” in an effort to get developers to transition their websites to the safer HTTP Secure (HTTPS) standard. Unlike HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), HTTPS is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS), securing ... Read More
Hackers breach Singapore’s largest healthcare provider; steal records of 1.5 million patients, including the Prime Minister
A hacker attack on Singapore’s largest group of healthcare institutions has compromised 1.5 million patient records, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release. Investigations by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and the Integrated Health Information System (IHiS) confirmed that the attack was deliberate, targeted, and ... Read More
CIO Cybersecurity Strategies Increasingly Rely on ‘Multi-Cloud’
Enterprises are progressively moving their workloads to multiple cloud (multi-cloud) providers, migrating their mission-critical applications to an environment that facilitates performance, management and scalability. This novel strategy shifts focus away from cutting costs and towards increased performance and security, while enabling organizations to stay innovative and competitive, new data shows ... Read More
US clinical lab recovers within 50 minutes of getting hit by SamSam ransomware
LabCorp, a clinical lab based in Burlington, North Carolina, fell victim to a ransomware attack last week, in the latest in a long string of hacker attacks on the healthcare sector. The healthcare testing & diagnostics company reportedly noticed suspicious activity on its information technology network during the weekend of ... Read More
Businesses Seek to Please Customers Before Regulators in Drive for GDPR Compliance
2018 will be remembered by many in the corporate world as the year the GDPR kicked in. Every organization covered by the EU’s new regulation had a year’s heads up to ensure conformity, yet few today are 100% compliant. However, new data suggests a few good reasons behind businesses’ extra ... Read More
CISO Responsibilities Growing Faster than Their Ability to Address Them
The past few years have seen IT chiefs take on more and more duties towards achieving cyber resilience for their organizations. Little do their higher-ups know that different ranks across the company must now shoulder those responsibilities to accomplish this mission. And if recent studies are any indication, CIOs and ... Read More
Missouri hospital forced to divert patients after ransomware attack
A Harrisonville, Missouri-based hospital has been forced to shut down some operations and divert patients after a ransomware attack on its infrastructure and electronic health record (EHR) vendor. Ransomware operators have shifted focus from the consumer segment to the more lucrative business sector. In recent months, bad actors have acquired ... Read More
Vengeful hacker exposes DomainFactory customer banking data and passwords
A German web-hosting firm has suffered a severe data breach because one of its employees reportedly owed money to the attacker. The company only learned of the breach when the hacker announced it himself, on its support forum. On Jan. 29, the attacker compromised customer names, company names, various addresses, ... Read More
Survey identifies three types of consumer attitudes to data privacy
Leveraging customer data is the lifeblood of today’s digital economy, but regulations like the EU’s GDPR threaten to make it difficult to mine this precious “ore.” Businesses still have a few options at their disposal, if they are to continue to sell their services – and stay competitive. A poll ... Read More
Six Tips for Security Leaders Looking to ‘Elevate their Standing’
Research giant Gartner is out with a report documenting six emerging trends that IT security leaders should keep on their radar in 2018 and beyond. The findings could easily serve as pro tips for security leaders looking to gain a foothold in their organization’s decision-making process ... Read More
