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August 10, 2021

NCSC Recommends Against Arbitrary Password Complexity Requirements

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has made new recommendations for password creation that are intended to ensure passwords meet requirements for complexity while ...

August 9, 2021

Gastroenterology Consultants Notifies Patients About January 2021 Ransomware Attack

Gastroenterology Consultants in Texas has started notifying patients about a cyberattack that took place on January 10, 2021 in which their protected health information was ...

August 4, 2021

Critical PwnedPiper Flaws Affect Pneumatic Tube Systems in 3,000 Hospitals

Pneumatic tube systems are used by many businesses for transporting small items around facilities, including healthcare. In hospitals these systems are extensively used for delivering ...

July 29, 2021

ClearBalance Phishing Attack Could Have Impacted More Than 200,000 Patients

ClearBalance, a San Diego-based loan provider that helps patients pay for their medical bills by offering payment plans, has reported that its suffered a phishing ...

July 26, 2021

Microsoft 365 Apps and Services Will No Longer Support Internet Explorer from August 17, 2021

On August 17, 2021, Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11. Users who continue with Internet Explorer 11 after that ...

July 22, 2021

25,000 Patients Contacted About Lake County Health Department Data Breaches

The personal and protected health information of approximately 25,000 patients has potentially been impacted in two separate data breaches according to the Lake County Health ...

July 17, 2021

How to Fix Cognitive Dissonance in Password Creation

A recent report has highlighted the lack of care of Internet users when it comes to their online activity. The 3rd Psychology of Passwords Report was ...

July 1, 2021

Is Bitwarden the Most Secure Password Manager?

Bitwarden is a powerful password management solution with some great features and excellent security. You can easily create strong and unique passwords for all of ...

July 1, 2021

CISA Creates Catalog of Bad Practices in Cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has published a catalog of bad practices in cybersecurity. These practices ...

June 24, 2021

30 Million Devices at Risk from Dell SupportAssist RCE Vulnerabilities

Researchers at Eclypsium have identified four serious vulnerabilities in the BIOSConnect feature of Dell SupportAssist that could be remotely exploited by attackers to gain full ...

June 11, 2021

Phishing Attack Affects Up to 34,862 Lafourche Medical Group Patients

34,862 patients of Lafourche Medical Group, a Louisiana-based urgent care center operator, have been made aware that a security incident may have resulted in a ...

June 10, 2021

Best Password Manager for Android

Android is the most widely used mobile operating system – commanding 72% of the global market share – and most Android devices are supplied with ...

June 8, 2021

Microsoft Patches 41 Vulnerabilities, Including 5 Critical Flaws and 7 Zero-Days

June 2021 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft release patches to correct 50 vulnerabilities across its range of products, including 7 zero-day vulnerabilities. Five vulnerabilities are ...

May 23, 2021

Patients of Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Informed of February 2021 Ransomware Attack

Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS) has contacted patients to make them aware of a ransomware attack that hit the organization during February 2021 ...

May 15, 2021

330K Patients Impacted in Ransomware Attack on New York Medical Group

Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County has revealed that the protected health information (PHI) of some of its clients may have been impacted during a recent ...

May 15, 2021

TitanHQ Launches WebTitan OTG (on-the-go) for Chromebooks

TitanHQ, the leading provider of cloud-based email and web security solutions to SMBs and MSPs serving the SMB market, has announced the release of a ...

May 12, 2021

How Often Should Administrators & Network Users be Required to Change their Password?

It is common knowledge that passwords should be changed on a regular basis but there is much confusion about how often they should be changed. ...

May 12, 2021

Microsoft Issued Patches for 55 Vulnerabilities Including 4 Critical Flaws

It has been a relatively quiet Patch Tuesday for Microsoft, with patches released to correct just 55 vulnerabilities across its product suite. None of the ...

May 8, 2021

NIST Password Recommendations

One of the best ways to protect online accounts is by following the Digital Identity Guidelines published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

May 1, 2021

Is Incognito Mode Safe?

It is a common misconception that choosing to open a new browser window in Incognito Mode will mean that you are effectively operating under an ...

April 20, 2021

Why Passwords are Important

To explain why passwords are important, a simple analogy is to compare the login credentials you use to access an online account to your home. If ...

April 16, 2021

HHS Information Blocking Regulations Now in Effect

Created by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the information blocking regulations are now in effect ...

April 13, 2021

Microsoft Patches 108 Vulnerabilities Including 19 Critical Flaws

April 2021 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft issue 108 patches to correct vulnerabilities across its range of products, including one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and ...

April 3, 2021

Ransomware Attack on Home Healthcare Service Provider Affects 753,000 Individuals

753,107 patients of NY-based provider of home health services Personal Touch Holding Corp are being made aware that a breach of their protected health information ...

March 30, 2021

Critical Flaws Identified in Facebook for WordPress Plugin

A critical flaw with a CVSS score of 9.0 has been identified in the official Facebook for WordPress plugin, which is used on more than ...

March 29, 2021

New Jersey Plastic Surgery Practice Pays $30K to OCR Settle HIPAA Right of Access Case

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has revealed a settlement has been agreed with Ridgewood, NJ-based Village Plastic Surgery to resolve a potential breach ...

March 25, 2021

United States Data Protection and Privacy Laws

Although not the first state law to address data protection and consumer privacy, the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) made the headlines ...

March 19, 2021

Internet Crime Complaints Increased by 69% in 2020 with $4.2 Billion in Losses to Cybercrime

During the pandemic, cybercriminals stepped up their attacks on businesses and individuals and record numbers of complaints about cybercrime were filed with the Federal Bureau ...

March 4, 2021

AllyAlign Health Ransomware Attack Impacts Tens of Thousands of Patients

Following an attempted ransomware attack that took place November 13, 2020, AllyAlign Health breach alerts have been sent to make members and providers aware of ...

February 25, 2021

Cisco Patches Critical Flaws in its Application Services Engine and ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator

Cisco has released a patch to address a critical flaw in the API endpoint of the Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) installed on the Application ...

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