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 […]
The White House issued an executive order on Wednesday that is designed to improve maritime port security by creating new requirements for stronger cyberdefenses in the sector while expanding the authorities of the U.S. Coast Guard to respond to cybersecurity incidents. The Biden administration said the executive order will force the sector to bolster its […]
White Phoenix attempts to recover data through automated restoration methods and may help restore valuable files for ransomware victims, providing a potential option for those affected by certain ransomware strains.
“Alex Sebley has been one of the biggest inspirations in my life,” commented Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family on X recently, “coming in just behind Mark Smith and Buckfast.” Sebley co-wrote the Fat White Family’s breakout single ‘Touch the Leather’ as well as ‘Who Shot Lee Oswald?’ ‘Rockfishes’ and many others. He went solo in 2019 […]
Sheer genius The news that perennial DIY punk popsters Sheer Mag had signed to the White Stripes-affiliated Third Man label last year signified that the band would be stepping up a gear, and quite poosibly changing creative tack too. But the tracks that the US band has managed to flaunt ahead of their forthcoming next […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]