Department of Homeland Security Deputy Chief Technology Officer Rob Palmer is leaving the agency this week to take a position with cybersecurity services firm, Shorepoint, according to FedScoop.
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Data breaches caused by social engineering attacks, or scams involving deception, increased nine-fold in the third quarter of 2017, according to Beazley's Breach Insights report.
Three Indiana pharmacists were issued reprimand letters by state regulators after investigators with the state attorney general's office found they had separately tried to access music star Prince's medical records shortly after his death, reports STAT.
In 2008, a scholar known as Satoshi Nakamoto conceived a digital currency called Bitcoin that has since evolved into something much more versatile. The cryptocurrency flows on a hyper-secure channel called blockchain, which has many other types of digital value.
Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center notified 1,915 patients their protected health information may have been compromised in a theft earlier this year.
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Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., requested Nuance Communications provide the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce with a formal briefing about its experiences with the global NotPetya cyberattack by Nov. 2.
The FBI released a public service announcement Oct. 17 to educate consumers about a growing trend: cyberattackers targeting unsecured internet of things devices.
Moscow, Russia-based Kaspersky Lab plans to ask third party reviewers to assess its anti-virus software, which has come under U.S. government scrutiny over concerns the company has ties to the Kremlin.
About 50 percent of millennials consider themselves "very knowledgeable" about cybersecurity, according to a T-Systems survey.
Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas is recovering from a malware threat the health system's IT team detected Tuesday, according to a notice on the health system's website.