John Zangardi, PhD, will transition from acting CIO at the Department of Defense to CIO at the Department of Homeland Security, the White House announced Oct. 26.
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The American Society for Reproductive Medicine delivered email warnings to its members regarding a recently-surfaced impostor website, an ASRM spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review Oct. 26.
Kaspersky Lab is refuting claims Russian intelligence used its antivirus software to spy on U.S. intelligence in its latest review of its telemetry logs, published on the company's website.
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Nearly 1 in 3 CEOs have used their company email address to register for a service that was later breached, compromising their password among other personal information, according to an F-Secure report.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Oct. 16 it would require federal agencies to improve website traffic security by using HTTPS protocol, The Hill reports.
The Iowa Department of Human Services was targeted by a phishing campaign Aug. 23, the department announced Oct. 20.
The plurality of senior information security executives report directly to the CEO, according to a survey out of PwC, CIO and CSO.
A new ransomware similar to the NotPetya attacks struck nearly 200 computer systems in Russia and Eastern Europe Oct. 24.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office issued a warning to National Health Service employees regarding the consequences of "snooping into patients' medical records," the office announced Oct. 23.