Intel is facing at least 32 lawsuits over the Spectre and Meltdown flaws in its chips, which it disclosed in January, according to CNBC.
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Officials from the U.S. and U.K. claim the Russian military was directly responsible for the NotPetya cyberattacks last June that caused billions of dollars in global damage, according to BBC.
HHS' Office For Civil Rights is setting a precedent that it doesn't take HIPAA violations lightly by imposing a $100,000 fine on Filefax, a now-closed medical records management company, for a breach that occurred in 2015.
The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released a report Jan. 31 investigating alleged security and funding issues with a guest Wi-Fi network at the Orlando (Fla.) VA Medical Center.
Equifax named Jamil Farshchi its new chief information security officer, the Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency announced Feb. 13.
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The organizers of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, confirmed Sunday a cyberattack occurred during this year's opening ceremonies, which took place Feb. 9, according to Reuters.
As a number of federal agencies, healthcare organizations and other businesses begin to transition to the cloud, they must be aware that the cloud is not a one-size-fits-all solution, according to MeriTalk.
Parsons, Tenn.-based Decatur County General Hospital began notifying 24,000 patients Jan. 26 that its EMR server had been hit with a cryptocurrency mining software, according to a notice on the hospital's website.
Nearly 51 percent of organizations report they are experiencing a "problematic shortage" of cybersecurity skills in 2018, up from 45 percent in 2017, according to research from the Enterprise Strategy Group and the Information Systems Security Association.
At least 24 percent of physicians couldn't differentiate phishing emails from legitimate ones, according to Media Pro's 2017 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report.