London Hospitals Knew of Cyber Vulnerabilities Years Before Hack

A group of London hospitals struggling to contain the fallout from a cyberattack against a critical supplier had known for years about weaknesses that left them vulnerable to hacks, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg News. The Guy’s and St Read More …

How to Recognize and Defend Against Malicious Insider Threats

Insider threats arise from careless users, users with compromised credentials, or users who seek to cause harm intentionally. The latter type of user—the malicious insider—can be the most daunting for security teams to manage. It requires them to analyze a Read More …

MediSecure put into administration weeks after massive data breach

Online prescription provider MediSecure has collapsed into administration and liquidation just weeks after a large-scale ransomware attack resulted in customer details being leaked on the dark web. The Melbourne-based health provider last month confirmed the massive data breach had taken Read More …

Canada does not have the tools to fight cyber crime, says watchdog

Canada’s federal government does not have the capacity and tools to effectively fight cyber crime in part because of excessive bureaucracy and staff shortages, the country’s top watchdog said on Tuesday. In an official report, Auditor General Karen Hogan said Read More …

Ukrainian intelligence’ hackers attack Russian government agencies and large companies

Hackers from the Main Intelligence Directorate (DIU) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense have attacked the electronic services of several Russian ministries and banking institutions, according to RBC-Ukraine source in the special services. According to Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Read More …

The impact of legacy vulnerabilities in today’s cybersecurity landscape

Of the top five most widely used network attacks against SMBs, the ‘newest’ vulnerability represented were nearly three years old, while the oldest were over a decade old – which is primitive when considering the modern threat environment. The results Read More …

Navigating Cyber Risk Through Collaboration

The constantly evolving cyber risk landscape presents a formidable challenge to organizations, as businesses transform, scopes and boundaries shift, and bad actors develop new tactics and techniques to exploit vulnerabilities and compromise systems. With the rate of risk velocity increasing Read More …

Exposed and vulnerable: Recent attacks highlight critical need to protect internet-exposed OT devices

Since late 2023, Microsoft has observed an increase in reports of attacks focusing on internet-exposed, poorly secured operational technology (OT) devices. Internet-exposed OT equipment in water and wastewater systems (WWS) in the US were targeted in multiple attacks over the Read More …

‘People’s lives are at risk’: Ascension ransomware attack going on nearly three weeks

A ransomware attack on a major US hospital network that began three weeks ago is endangering patients’ health as nurses are forced to manually enter prescription information and work without electronic health records, nurses at two hospitals affected by the Read More …

Most recent cyber attacks on water systems won’t be the last, says cybersecurity expert

More government agencies are taking steps to shore up their cybersecurity measures. Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would step up inspections of water facilities that may be vulnerable to cyberattacks. Why are government agencies more at Read More …