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Major NHS cyber attack: Doctors Offices and Hospitals Hit by Ransomware
The BBC and other news outlets are reporting that a major incident has been declared after NHS services across England and Scotland were hit by a large-scale cyber-attack. A respected London newspaper is reporting that this appears to be part of a larger cybersecurity attack on Windows system worldwide.
President Trump Signs CyberSecurity Executive Order: Read the Key Points
President Donald Trump has signed a long-awaited executive order that places responsibility for cybersecurity on departmental secretaries & agency directors. It emphasizes the use of risk management throughout the federal government to secure digital assets.
The executive order, signed Thursday by President Trump, calls for the modernizing of federal information technology, read the key points here.
HIPAA: How a Press Release Cost a Hospital $2.4M in Fines
Federal regulators slapped a Houston-based healthcare system with a $2.4 million HIPAA settlement stemming from the disclosure of one patient’s information to the news media without the individual’s consent. Do you think that’s excessive? Read on … the details are quite interesting.
Microsoft Out of Band Update for RCE, Followed by Patch Tuesday
On Monday 8th of May, Microsoft released an unusual 'out of band' update to fix a Remote Code Execution (RCE) bug in their Windows Defender anti-malware solution. The bug was found by Google's Zero day team researchers Tavis Ormandy and Natalie Silvanovich....
New IoT Botnet Discovered, 120K IP Cameras At Risk of Attack
Security blogs and news sites are reporting that a new Botnet has been discovered. Named Persirai the botnet has a target base of 1,000 different IP camera models. It was discovered by Trend Micro be finding four command and control server and tracking it backwards to...
False positives can be more costly than a malware infection
Poor business decisions can be very costly, especially in cybersecurity, where labeling clean items as malicious, or false positives, can be very damaging. So, how can you simultaneously keep the error rates low, uphold detection rates and keep protection strong? With...
Department of Homeland Security Issues Warning to Healthcare, Government and Business
The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning to IT services providers, healthcare organizations and three other business sectors about a sophisticated cyber-attack campaign that has been active since April 2016.
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 – Laugh-Out-Loud Funny, and a Great Event!
Snake cyber-espionage malware is ready to bite Mac users
Snake is a fairly complex malware framework used for targeted attacks, or Cyber-espionage, and it’s been found on the Mac running on MacOS X. Snake has been linked with a Russian cybere-spionage group.
Gannett Appears to have been Breached Putting 18,000 Employees At Risk
US Newspaper giant Gannett, owner of the USA Today newspaper (to name just one), has announced through the website of the aforementioned newspaper, that they have been hit by a data-breach as a result of a phishing attack.
Cybercrime is biggest threat to small and medium-size firms ‘by far’
The Federation of Small Business' Home Office & MoJ Policy Unit Chair Richard Parlour laid out just why cyberSecurity is so critical for the SME/SMB sector. The main reason is that 80% of SMEs/SMBs who get hit by a major Cyber Event, will not survive 2 year after the...
Google increases security in Gmail app on Android after Google Docs Problems
After millions of people were targeted in a Gmail phishing attack yesterday that used a fake Google Doc to trick users into handing over access to their email account, Google is taking steps to make sure the next attack isn’t so widespread.
Faked Shared Google Docs Emails: The Official Google Response
Earlier today we blogged about the ‘faked google docs shared with you’ scam which was spreading like wildfire. Thousands or perhaps millions of people got the emails, us included.
Security expert: new passwords monthly means we choose weaker ones
Changing passwords makes you LESS safe: Security expert says thinking of a new one every month makes the ones we choose weaker. Paul Edmonds, head of technology at National Cyber Crime Unit, made claims – He said people changing their passwords is ‘fallacy’ spread by security industry.
Fake ‘shared Google Docs’ links arriving in inboxes now – do NOT click them
There is a fake ‘shared google docs’ email landing in inboxes everywhere. It will NOT share a document with you, but instead grants a hacker access to your gmail contacts list. DO NOT CLICK IT.
DOJ Announced Kelihos Botnet Takedown and Arrest
In late April, the Department of Justice announced an arrest and the takedown of the Kelihos botnet. The matter was mentioned again today on Capitol Hill during testimony by FBI Director James Comey.
Education & CyberSecurity: School’s almost out … Don’t let cybercriminals in
Education & CyberSecurity When it comes to security, schools have unique challenges. It’s difficult to think of another type of organization that combines the functions of education, healthcare, finance, retail, and research, among the other usual administrative...
Have Your Say: IT folks – shape our future educational events!
We want your feedback. In the future, we’re taking a much more active role in spreading the CyberSecurity message to companies large and small. What type of events for education do you want to see?
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