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February 14, 2022

Bipartisan Bill Proposes Creation of Commission to Investigate U.S. Health Data Privacy Laws

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. to create a commission to analyze federal and state health data privacy laws and make recommendations for ...

February 7, 2022

LastPass versus 1Password

Ever since LastPass announced it was limiting it free password manager service in February 2021, there has been a plethora of LastPass versus 1Password comparison ...

January 10, 2022

Developer Changes Open Source Libraries Corrupting Thousands of Applications

The developer of two widely used open-source libraries has intentionally added an update to brick the many thousands of applications that depend on those libraries. ...

January 4, 2022

1.3 Million Record Data Breach Reported By Florida’s Broward Health

A major data breach was reported by Florida’s Broward Health on January 1, 2022, that involved the personal and protected health information of more than ...

December 31, 2021

Major Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in December 2021

2021 has been a particularly bad year for healthcare data breaches and the attacks did not let up in December. 4 major healthcare data breaches ...

December 17, 2021

Healthcare Providers Fined $425,000 by New Jersey for HIPAA and Consumer Fraud Act Violations

The New Jersey Attorney General and the Division of Consumer Affairs have announced a settlement has been agreed with three New Jersey healthcare providers to ...

December 15, 2021

LastPass Splits from LogMeIn to Become Independent Company Again

LogMeIn has announced that the password management company LastPass, which LogMeIn acquired in October 2015 for $125 million, will become an independent company once again. ...

December 14, 2021

Microsoft Patches 6 Zero-Day Bugs and 7 Critical Flaws on December 2021 Patch Tuesday

December 2021 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft issue fixes for 67 vulnerabilities across its product suite, including 6 zero-day vulnerabilities and 7 critical flaws, with ...

November 29, 2021

Bitwarden versus NordPass

Our comparison of Bitwarden versus NordPass shows there is very little to choose between the two password managers. However, individuals and businesses need to be ...

November 24, 2021

Does Bitwarden, Dashlane, or Keeper Offer Stronger Password Security?

Most password managers offer strong password security in much the same way – by encrypting data at rest and in transit so if data stored ...

November 23, 2021

Bitwarden versus Dashlane

One of the most common reasons for data breaches is the use – and reuse – of weak passwords. As people become more aware of ...

November 16, 2021

How Does Bitwarden Compare to RoboForm and LastPass?

The Bitwarden password manager has lot of friends in the IT security industry due to being built on open-source software. Open-source software is regarded to ...

November 15, 2021

Micropatch Released for Partially Fixed Windows 10 Privilege Escalation Flaw

0Patch has released a micropatch to address a vulnerability in Windows that could allow local privilege escalation to obtain system privileges. The micropatch addresses a ...

November 14, 2021

International Fraud Awareness Week: Steps to Take to Prevent Organizational Fraud

This week is International Fraud Awareness Week – A week dedicated to promoting anti-fraud awareness and educating businesses and consumers about fraud, why it is ...

November 3, 2021

Personal and Health Information of 656,000 Patients of California Clinic Potentially Compromised

Community Medical Centers in California has announced it suffered a cyberattack in October in which the personal and protected health information of more than 656,000 ...

October 28, 2021

WordPress Plugin Flaw Allows Subscribers to Wipe Entire Sites

A vulnerability has been identified in the Hashthemes Demo Importer WordPress Plugin which could be exploited by an authenticated user to wipe the site. Exploiting ...

October 26, 2021

REvil Outages and Shutdown Due to Multinational Law Enforcement Effort

The ransomware attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS hammered home the point that ransomware attacks are a national security issue that threatens the lives of ...

October 19, 2021

New Jersey Fines Infertility Clinic $495,000 for Multiple Violations of the HIPAA Rules

An investigation conducted by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Division of Consumer Affairs into a HIPAA compliance data breach at an ...

October 15, 2021

CryptoRom Gang Targets iPhone Users of Dating Apps in Sophisticated Romance Scam

Users of dating apps are being warned about a romance scam being conducted by an international cybercriminal gang dubbed CryptoRom. The gang has previously targeted ...

October 10, 2021

Clinical Communication and Collaboration Platforms Deliver Huge Benefits in Healthcare

Clinical communication platforms have been shown to improve efficiency in healthcare, allowing hospitals to streamline communication across most areas, according to the recently published 2021 ...

October 8, 2021

Ransomware Intrusion Actor FIN12 is Aggressively Targeting the Healthcare Sector

While healthcare providers were struggling to cope with providing care to COVID-19 patients during the pandemic, they have been under attack from ransomware gangs. One ...

October 6, 2021

Hospital Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Ransomware-Related Death

A lawsuit has been filed against an Alabama hospital over the death of a baby, who is alleged to have died as a consequence of ...

October 6, 2021

Guidance on HIPAA and COVID-19 Vaccination Status Disclosures Issued by HHS

In the United States, HIPAA compliance rules restrict uses and disclosures of healthcare data, but there has been considerable confusion about HIPAA and COVID-19 vaccination ...

September 24, 2021

100 Million IoT Devices Affected by Zero-Day Flaw, Including Medical Devices

A high-severity zero-day vulnerability in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) open-source platform NanoMQ has put more than 100 million devices at risk of attack. NanoMQ by EMQ ...

September 15, 2021

TitanHQ Adds Geo-Blocking in Latest Release of SpamTitan Email Security

TitanHQ has released of a new version of its award-winning SpamTitan email security solution. The Fall 2021 release – SpamTitan 7.11 – includes several enhancements ...

September 15, 2021

2 0day Flaws Among 86 Vulnerabilities Patched by Microsoft on September Patch Tuesday

Microsoft released patches to correct 86 flaws across its product range on September 2021 Patch Tuesday, including fixes for two zero-day bugs. 3 of the ...

September 14, 2021

Apple Issues Security Updates to Fix Zero-Click Zero-Day Flaw Used to Deliver Pegasus Spyware

Apple has issued a security update to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which has been exploited by NSO Group to deliver Pegasus spyware. CVE-2021-30858 ...

September 13, 2021

Exclaimer Mail Archiver Discontinued

Earlier this year, Exclaimer announced that the Exclaimer Mail Archiver has been discontinued, with the product reaching end-of-life on July 1, 2021. The Exclaimer Mail ...

September 10, 2021

Pediatric Care Provider Fined $80,000 for HIPAA Right of Access Violation

A pediatric hospital in Omaha, NE has agreed to settle a Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA investigation and ...

September 9, 2021

More than 600,000 Patients Affected by DuPage Medical Group Ransomware Attack

On August 30, 2021, Downers Grove, IL-based DuPage Medical Group announced it has been affected by a ransomware attack. DuPage is the largest independent physician ...

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