Cybersecurity

White House meets with UnitedHealth, industry groups on Change Healthcare cyberattack fallout

Dive Brief: Officials from the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held a meeting on Tuesday with UnitedHealth and other industry groups to discuss the cyberattack at Change Healthcare, which has disrupted the healthcare sector for three weeks.  HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden […]

Cybersecurity

BianLian, White Rabbit, and Mario Ransomware Gangs Spotted in a Joint Campaign

BianLian, White Rabbit, and Mario Ransomware Gangs Spotted in a Joint Campaign Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2023 Resecurity has uncovered a meaningful link between three major ransomware groups, BianLian, White Rabbit, and Mario Ransomware. Based on a recent Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) engagement with a law enforcement agency (LEA) and one of the […]

Cybersecurity

White House wants to set minimum cyber standards for hospitals, healthcare

Dive Brief: The White House plans to work with the Department of Health and Human Services on a plan to develop minimum standards to protect the healthcare sector from ransomware and other malicious cyber activity, according to Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, said Thursday. The administration is working with […]

Cybersecurity

White House grapples with harmonizing thicket of cybersecurity rules

Pour one out for the cyber bureaucrats in the Biden administration.  In recent weeks, the White House has embarked on a dizzying task: trying to harmonize the exceedingly broad number of cybersecurity-related regulations and technical standards set by industry that corporations and critical infrastructure operators must abide by.  That monumental task is likely to span […]