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Microsoft launches cybersecurity program to tackle attacks, protect rural hospitals

Microsoft launches cybersecurity program to tackle attacks, protect rural hospitals 2024-06-12 at 13:01 By Help Net Security Microsoft has unveiled a new cybersecurity program to support hospitals serving more than 60 million people living in rural America. In 2023, the healthcare sector reported more ransomware attacks than any other critical infrastructure sector and attacks involving […]

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SEC requires financial institutions to notify customers of breaches within 30 days

SEC requires financial institutions to notify customers of breaches within 30 days 2024-05-20 at 13:01 By Help Net Security The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P to modernize and enhance the rules that govern the treatment of consumers’ nonpublic personal information by certain financial institutions. The amendments update

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US exposes scheme enabling North Korean IT workers to bypass sanctions

US exposes scheme enabling North Korean IT workers to bypass sanctions 2024-05-17 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz The US Justice Department had unsealed charges against a US woman and an Ukranian man who, along with three unidentified foreign nationals, have allegedly helped North Korean IT workers work remotely for US companies under assumed US identities

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LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national

LockBit leader unmasked: US charges Russian national 2024-05-07 at 18:33 By Zeljka Zorz Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev is “LockBitSupp”, the creator, developer and administator of the infamous LockBit ransomware group, according to UK, US and Australia law enforcement agencies. The US Justice Deparment has unsealed charges against Khoroshev and the US Department of the Treasury’s

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Understanding emerging AI and data privacy regulations

Understanding emerging AI and data privacy regulations 2024-05-02 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Senior Privacy Counsel & Legal Engineer at Immuta, discusses the AI Act, the Data Act, and the Health Data Space Regulation. Learn how these regulations interact, their implications for both public and private sectors,

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FCC fines major wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing

FCC fines major wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing 2024-04-30 at 16:01 By Industry News The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined the nation’s largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure. Wireless carriers shared access to customers’

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UK enacts IoT cybersecurity law

UK enacts IoT cybersecurity law 2024-04-29 at 17:01 By Zeljka Zorz The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act has come into effect today, requiring manufacturers of consumer-grade IoT products sold in the UK to stop using guessable default passwords and have a vulnerability disclosure policy. “Most smart devices are manufactured outside the UK, but

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DHS establishes AI Safety and Security Board to protect critical infrastructure

DHS establishes AI Safety and Security Board to protect critical infrastructure 2024-04-29 at 12:31 By Help Net Security The Department of Homeland Security announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board (the Board). The Board will advise the Secretary, the critical infrastructure community, other private sector stakeholders, and the broader public on

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Net neutrality has been restored

Net neutrality has been restored 2024-04-25 at 21:46 By Help Net Security The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today voted to restore a national standard to ensure the internet is fast, open, and fair. Today’s decision to reclassify broadband service as a Title II telecommunications service allows the FCC to protect consumers, defend national security, and

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Omni Hotels suffer prolonged IT outage due to cyberattack

Omni Hotels suffer prolonged IT outage due to cyberattack 2024-04-04 at 17:32 By Zeljka Zorz Texas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts has been responding to a cyberattack that started last Friday, which resulted in the unavailability of many of its IT systems. According to people staying at some of the 50 properties the company operates across

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A “cascade” of errors let Chinese hackers into US government inboxes

A “cascade” of errors let Chinese hackers into US government inboxes 2024-04-03 at 16:46 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft still doesn’t known how Storm-0558 attackers managed to steal the Microsoft Services Account cryptographic key they used to forge authentication tokens needed to access email accounts belonging to US government officials. “The stolen 2016 MSA key in

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AT&T data leaked: 73 million customers affected

AT&T data leaked: 73 million customers affected 2024-04-02 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz AT&T has confirmed that the data set leaked on the dark web some two weeks ago does, indeed, contain “AT&T data-specific fields”. The company is reaching out to affected customers and offering credit monitoring services. What type of data has been leaked?

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Tax-related scams escalate as filing deadline approaches

Tax-related scams escalate as filing deadline approaches 2024-03-12 at 07:18 By Helga Labus As the April 15, 2024 tax filing deadline approaches in the US, some old and some new tax-related scams targeting both taxpayers and tax professionals. Tax-related scams targeting taxpayers With taxpayers rushing to file their personal federal income tax return, scammers are

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10 free cybersecurity guides you might have missed

10 free cybersecurity guides you might have missed 2024-03-11 at 09:07 By Help Net Security This collection of free cybersecurity guides covers a broad range of topics, from resources for developing cybersecurity programs to specific guides for various sectors and organizations. Whether you work for a small business, a large corporation, or a specific industry,

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Businesses foresee major impact from new SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules

Businesses foresee major impact from new SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules 2024-03-01 at 07:04 By Help Net Security While 98% of security professionals and executives have started working to comply with the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cybersecurity disclosure ruling, over one-third are still in the early phases of their efforts, according to AuditBoard.

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White House: Use memory-safe programming languages to protect the nation

White House: Use memory-safe programming languages to protect the nation 2024-02-27 at 16:31 By Zeljka Zorz The White House is asking the technical community to switch to using memory-safe programming languages – such as Rust, Python, Swift, C#, Java, and Go – to prevent memory corruption vulnerabilities from entering the digital ecosystem. According to a

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Microsoft begins broadening free cloud logging capabilities

Microsoft begins broadening free cloud logging capabilities 2024-02-22 at 14:47 By Helga Labus After select US federal agencies tested Microsoft’s expanded cloud logging capabilities for six months, Microsoft is now making them available to all agencies using Microsoft Purview Audit – regardless of license tier. “This change will impact government departments & agencies who do

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LockBit takedown: Infrastructure disrupted, criminals arrested, decryption keys recovered

LockBit takedown: Infrastructure disrupted, criminals arrested, decryption keys recovered 2024-02-20 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz In the wake of yesterday’s surprise law enforcement takeover of LockBit’s leak site, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and Europol have shared more information about the extent of the takedown. “Today, after infiltrating the group’s network, the NCA has

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AI-generated voices in robocalls now illegal

AI-generated voices in robocalls now illegal 2024-02-09 at 14:32 By Help Net Security The FCC has revealed the unanimous adoption of a Declaratory Ruling that recognizes calls made with AI-generated voices are “artificial” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The ruling, which takes effect immediately, makes voice cloning technology used in common robocall scams

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