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Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Report

13

Jun

2017

New US government report: “Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry.” It’s pretty scathing, but nothing in it will surprise regular readers of this blog. It’s worth reading the executive summary, and then skimming the recommendations. Recommendations are in six areas. The Task Force identified six high-level imperatives by which to organize its recommendations and action items. The imperatives are:

Category Cyber-crime Network security Written by Schneier 0 Comments

Endpoint Security and the Internet of Things

13

Jun

2017

In 2016, the Mirai Botnet hijacked over half a million DVRs and IP cameras, redirecting traffic from these endpoints to some of the internet’s largest brands and taking many services offline. To those in the security community, the attack wasn’t surprising; typically, affordable, commodity internet devices are poorly secured.

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Google Shuts Down Docs Phishing Spree

04

May

2017

Google said it has disabled offending accounts involved in a widespread spree of phishing emails today impersonating Google Docs. The emails, at the outset, targeted journalists primarily and attempted to trick victims into granting the malicious application permission to access the user’s Google account. It’s unknown how many accounts were compromised, or whether other applications […]

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