Cybersecurity

The Government Availability Office found all 24 agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers Act — which includes HHS, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute of Standards and Technology — have weaknesses in at least one core…

The plurality of corporate IT and security professionals — 42 percent — ranked ransomware as a moderate cyberthreat, according to a Crowd Research Partners report.

The use of ransomware for computer extortion is now considered a class E felony in Connecticut, according to The National Law Review.

In a recent press release, Zimperium®, a global leader in mobile threat defense (MTD) and the only provider of real-time, on-device protection against known and unknown threats, is announcing z9 for Mobile Malware.

Samanage USA, a Cary, N.C.-based technology company, will pay $264,000 to Vermont and implement an information security program as part of a settlement to resolve allegations the company failed to protect personally identifiable information in the state's healthcare exchange, Bloomberg…

Hackers accessed the personal information of two people when they breached the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic filing system, EDGAR, earlier this month, according to a SEC statement.

Equifax now believes 2.5 million additional Americans were affected by its July cyberattack, according to a company statement released Monday.

Fayetteville-based Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center notified patients of a recent ransomware attack on its computer network, according to a Sept. 24 notice on its website.

October marks National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual campaign to engage and educate people throughout the U.S. on cybersecurity, provide them with tools and resources, and increase cyber resiliency.

The average cost associated with cybercrime hit $11.7 million per business, globally, in 2017, according to a report by Accenture and Ponemon Institute.