Cybersecurity

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.

Imprivata, a healthcare IT security company, acquired Caradigm's identity and access management business Oct. 23, an Imprivata spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an alert Tuesday for a new strain of ransomware called "Bad Rabbit."

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.

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.