Planned Parenthood Los Angeles fell victim to a cyberattack in October, according information released earlier this week. The reproductive healthcare provider said its Los Angeles branch was infected with malware, compromising up to 400,000 patients’ data. Following an internal investigation, …
The Black Friday weekend is a chaotic time for shoppers as they hunt down deals in-store and online. Consumers are set to spend in record numbers this holiday season, with one study predicting that sales could hit $207 billion in …
With information security breaches now the new normal, security teams are compelled to take dedicated measures to reduce the risk of suffering a damaging breach. ISO 27001 presents an effective way of reducing such risks. In this blog, we explain …
The stock-trading app Robinhood Markets has been hit by cyberattack compromising the names and email addresses of 7 million users. In a statement issued earlier this week, the organization confirmed that a fraudster had breached its systems in a phishing …
The London-based diamond specialist Graff was hit by a ransomware attack this week, which compromised thousands of people’s personal data. As many as 69,000 documents have already been leaked on the dark web, but this represents a fraction of the …
The cyber crime group that launched last year’s SolarWinds attack are back in action, Microsoft has warned. Nobellium, which broke into the Texas-based technology firm, was able to spy on the cybersecurity firm FireEye as well as US Government departments, …
The odds of an organization experiencing a cyber security breach are about 30% in any two-year period. A cybersecurity breach can have major, sometimes catastrophic, effects – on an organization’s reputation and even the cost of debt. This makes responding …
Health care cybersecurity is an issue that has gained more recognition over the past few years, especially as hospitals have become a prime target for cyber criminals. In 2020, more than 600 health care facilities were affected by ransomware attacks, …
COVID-19 has changed our everyday lives dramatically fast. One of the things that has changed – and will probably remain that way – is work. Remote working entered our lives, and companies saw this as an opportunity to test the …
Researchers in the UK have demonstrated a security flaw that allowed them to make a contactless Visa payment of £1,000 ($1,345) via a locked iPhone. According to Bleeping Computer, the hack relies on Apple Pay’s Express Transit mode, a feature …
