Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration alleging that "unlawful" HIPAA privacy rule regulations are hindering the state's law enforcement investigations into abortion and other reproductive health care cases.
Federal authorities are alerting healthcare entities of vulnerabilities - including older flaws - that put Apache Tomcat at risk for attacks if left unmitigated. The open-source web server is heavily used in healthcare for hosting electronic health record and other systems and applications.
The White House announced a hiring sprint to fill cyber, technology and artificial intelligence jobs across federal agencies, dubbed Service for America, which aims to attract diverse candidates for critical open positions in the public sector - along with new incentives.
IT concentration risk could pose major problems for financial institutions that rely heavily on one vendor for critical services. United Overseas Bank's Gaurav Gupta recommends CIOs hold vendors accountable for resilience and look for ways to diversify to ensure business continuity.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the implications of the recent arrest of Telegram's CEO in Paris for encrypted messaging services, the transformative impact of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, and the latest regulations designed to curb fraud in electronic payments.
Malicious actors have been using an open-source, data-stealing remote access Trojan called Babylon to spy on and steal data from three Malaysian government entities since July 2023, according to security firm Cyble in a report Wednesday. Cyble could not link the attackers to any state or group.
Planned Parenthood of Montana, which provides patients with reproductive healthcare services including birth control and abortion, is responding to a hack and a threat by cybercriminal group RansomHub to leak 93 gigabytes of data allegedly stolen from the organization.
The Digital Operational Resilience Act aims to reshape the financial services industry by introducing strict cybersecurity standards. Financial institutions must comply with the new rules by Jan. 17, 2025, or face severe penalties, said Richard Breavington, head of cyber and tech insurance at RPC.
The Department of Health and Human Services has dropped its appeal of a recent federal court decision saying that HHS exceeded its authority in warning HIPAA-regulated entities that it's unlawful to use online tracking tools to capture certain identifiers in user visits to health-related websites.
The United States National Security Agency is banking on recently developed partnerships with leading technology firms around the world and foreign partners to combat the growing cybersecurity risks from Chinese-based threat actors, a top official from the agency said Wednesday.
Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana told the Billington CyberSecurity Summit on Wednesday that the 24 CFO Act Agencies are on track to meet the Sept. 30 deadline given in the federal zero trust strategy released in 2022, which includes key milestones due at the end of the fiscal year.
Organizations face a surge in sophisticated DDoS attacks, and advanced techniques are making traditional defenses obsolete. Neal Quinn, head of cloud security services business, North America, at Radware, discusses how automated solutions and real-time threat intelligence can address these issues.
While the criminals may have an advantage in the AI race, banks and other financial services firms are responding with heightened awareness and vigilance, and a growing number of organizations are exploring AI tools to improve fraud detection and response to AI-driven scams.
Critical infrastructure encompasses the essential services and assets vital to the functioning of society and the economy. Specializing in security in this field requires a deep understanding of the challenges and threats facing sectors such as energy, transportation, healthcare and water systems.
Harry Coker, director of the Office of the National Cyber Director, described new guidance published Tuesday that aims to bolster internet routing security as a critical "first step" in addressing long-standing security issues that threaten the backbone of global communications.
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