Luke Irwin Archive
President Joe Biden signed two cybersecurity bills into law this week, which are designed to bolster defences for federal, state, and local government. The bills have been introduced following a continued rise in cyberattacks, with government entities in particular coming …
Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente suffered a cyber attack earlier this month affecting the test results of 69,589 patients. The health care firm disclosed the incident on June 3, stating that an “unauthorized party” had gained access to an employee’s email at …
Chinese-backed cyber criminals have been regularly breaching critical infrastructure across the U.S., according to a warning posted by the CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency). Working with the FBI and the NSA, the agency identified a string of cyber attacks that …
The FBI has warned of a widespread cyber crime campaign designed to compromise the network credentials and VPNs of US colleges and universities. An FBI security alert stated that the login details of more than 36,000 .edu email accounts had …
The video conference platform Zoom has disclosed four new software vulnerabilities that expose users to cyber attacks. Cyber security researchers found that the vulnerabilities can be used to compromise users over the platform’s chat function. This is possible if criminal …
Lincoln College, a private school based in Illinois, announced this week that it will be closing permanently following a ransomware attack. The liberal arts college opened in 1865, but it began suffering financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many …
With the growing awareness of effective information security, it’s no surprise that so many organizations are turning to SOC 2 for guidance. SOC 2 is an auditing procedure that ensures that an organization’s service providers are managing sensitive information securely …
Today marks the beginning of Data Privacy Week, an international event that highlights the risks related to the way personal information is used online. The event has historically been a single day – 28 January – coinciding with the signing …
2021 has been the year that ransomware exploded, with the healthcare facilities and schools baring the brunt of attacks, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that the Oregon Anesthesiology Group confirmed this week that it was the …
A Canadian man is facing charges in both Canada and the U.S. after being accused of conducting a series of ransomware attacks. Ontario Provisional Police announced earlier this week that Matthew Philbert had been linked to cyberattacks against individuals, business …
