Officials at the State Department are working through roles and hiring challenges at the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The Thursday report, which looks at cyber diplomacy efforts in the United States, reported that officials at the new bureau responsible for pushing U.S. cyber policy interests abroad […]
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare , Industry Specific Report to State Regulators Indicates Big Jump in Number of Patients Affected Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 15, 2024 Singing River Health System was hit by a ransomware attack last August that has compromised the information of nearly 253,000 patients. (Image: Singing River) […]
The Kansas state court system is close to a full recovery from an October ransomware attack that forced officials to use paper records for weeks, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert said Wednesday. During a State of the Judiciary speech in front of the Kansas legislature, Luckert spoke at length about the incident, telling […]
What is a runlevel? A runlevel is an operating state on a Unix and Unix-based operating system (OS) that is preset on the Linux-based system. Runlevels are numbered from zero to six and play several important roles in the operations, maintenance and management of Linux and Unix systems. A runlevel is a preset operating state, […]
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare , Industry Specific State AG Settlement Comes After 2021 Lorenz Ransomware Attack on Health Center Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 8, 2024 Image: Refuah Health Center The New York attorney general fined a federally funded health center that provides services to underserved communities up to $450,000 […]
Queensland has become only the second state to legislate a mandatory data breach notification scheme for public sector entities, as an almost identical scheme comes into effect in New South Wales. The Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 passed through the Queensland state Parliament on Wednesday, less than two months after the bill […]
The SlashNext State of Phishing Report 2023 has unveiled a concerning trend in the cybersecurity landscape, revealing a 1265% surge in malicious phishing emails since Q4 2022. The annual report, compiled by SlashNext Threat Labs, encompasses an analysis of threats observed across email, mobile and browser channels over 12 months, from Q4 2022 to Q3 2023. […]
Laws requiring data brokers to register are catching on at the state government level, but so far they have not been adequately enforced, allowing large numbers of brokers to operate under the radar even in states maintaining registries, privacy experts say. Four states have now passed laws requiring registration, and in the two states with […]
A security researcher says a bug on an Indian state government website inadvertently revealed documents containing residents’ Aadhaar numbers, identity cards, and copies of their fingerprints. The bug was fixed last week after the security researcher disclosed the bug to local authorities. Sourajeet Majumder found the bug in the West Bengal government’s e-District web portal […]