Paige Thompson Arrested in Capital One Server Hack
Posted July 30, 2019 in Data Breach, Cloud Security, Digital Forensics
Paige Thompson, a software engineer who formerly worked for Amazon Web Services, is accused of breaking into a...
Business Associate Agreements & HIPAA
Posted July 29, 2019 in HIPAA, Data Breach, Compliance
The HIPAA Privacy Rule states that clearinghouses, covered entities, and business associates are required to follow...
Access Control/Governance Improves HIPAA Security
Posted July 26, 2019 in HIPAA, Compliance, Data Breach
With the ever-growing monitoring of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations and media...
Equifax Pays Dearly for Failed Patch
Posted July 26, 2019 in Compliance, Data Breach, Malware
Equifax has agreed to pay anywhere from $575 million to $700 million in its settlement with the Federal Trade...
"FlawedArmmy RAT": Security Awareness Training Could Prevent It
Posted July 18, 2019 in Malware, Work from Home, Data Breach
Microsoft Security Intelligence has sent out a new set of Tweets outlining an attack strategy that uses a number of...
To Pay or Not to Pay: That is the Question
Posted July 15, 2019 in Ransomware, Compliance, Data Breach
Ransomware is targeting systems world-wide, big and small. And every unlucky victim faces the same dilemma: to pay...
New Scam Targets 1.5 Billion Gmail Calendar Users
Posted July 11, 2019 in Malware, Data Breach, Compliance
Scammers are using Google's Calendar app to trick users into clicking on phishing links that upload malware hidden in...
NY Senate Bill 224: The Next State Consumer Privacy Act?
Posted July 2, 2019 in Compliance, Data Breach, Malware
Without a federal privacy law in place, individual states are starting to examine privacy legislation on their own....