Get on Cybersecurity Certification Track With These Courses
The Complete 2024 Cyber Security Expert Certification Training Bundle offers courses on various cybersecurity certifications to help individuals develop crucial skills and prepare for exams. [ more ]
Fairway is the latest mortgage company to report cyber incident
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. suffered a cyber attack due to vulnerabilities in a vendor system.
The company engaged a third-party security firm to assist in identifying impacted customers and promptly implemented a patch to rectify the vulnerability. [ more ]
Freddie Mac: Seller/servicers must keep up with cybersecurity threats
Freddie Mac is urging seller/servicers to prioritize cybersecurity and maintain robust information security programs to prevent and mitigate the impact of cyber incidents.
Record numbers of cybersecurity incidents against seller/servicers occurred in 2023, including social engineering attacks and the installation of malware and ransomware. [ more ]
Agencies' FISMA implementation is still 'mostly ineffective,' watchdog says
Only 8 out of 23 surveyed civilian agencies were found to have effective information security programs in place.
Various causes for the ineffective programs were identified, including management accountability issues and gaps in standards and quality control. [ more ]
Get on Cybersecurity Certification Track With These Courses
The Complete 2024 Cyber Security Expert Certification Training Bundle offers courses on various cybersecurity certifications to help individuals develop crucial skills and prepare for exams. [ more ]
Fairway is the latest mortgage company to report cyber incident
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. suffered a cyber attack due to vulnerabilities in a vendor system.
The company engaged a third-party security firm to assist in identifying impacted customers and promptly implemented a patch to rectify the vulnerability. [ more ]
Freddie Mac: Seller/servicers must keep up with cybersecurity threats
Freddie Mac is urging seller/servicers to prioritize cybersecurity and maintain robust information security programs to prevent and mitigate the impact of cyber incidents.
Record numbers of cybersecurity incidents against seller/servicers occurred in 2023, including social engineering attacks and the installation of malware and ransomware. [ more ]
Agencies' FISMA implementation is still 'mostly ineffective,' watchdog says
Only 8 out of 23 surveyed civilian agencies were found to have effective information security programs in place.
Various causes for the ineffective programs were identified, including management accountability issues and gaps in standards and quality control. [ more ]
Antivirus software is crucial for organizational security. Establishing an antivirus policy ensures prompt threat detection and effective incident response. [ more ]
Space assets are in foreign adversaries' cyber crosshairs, DOD official says
Adversaries like China and Russia are increasingly interested in disrupting American space assets through cyberattacks, focusing on ground stations transmitting data to satellites. [ more ]
Te years since the first corp ransomware and no end in sight
Ransomware attacks on corporations have increased over the past decade, with no sign of slowing down, posing a significant threat to information security. [ more ]
United HealthCare CEO says 'maybe a third' of U.S. citizens were affected by recent hack | TechCrunch
The cyberattack on Change Healthcare systems impacted a substantial number of Americans, with uncertainty about the exact extent of the breach. [ more ]
United HealthCare CEO says 'maybe a third' of U.S. citizens were affected by recent hack | TechCrunch
The cyberattack on Change Healthcare systems impacted a substantial number of Americans, with uncertainty about the exact extent of the breach. [ more ]
Kaiser Permanente notifies 13.4 million members of data breach. City of Hope also reported breach
Kaiser Permanente apologized for inadvertently transmitting members' search information to Google and other platforms, affecting 13.4 million individuals. [ more ]
UK: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reprimanded for "serious, harmful" data breach
The Information Commissioner's Office has reprimanded South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a data breach involving the disclosure of sensitive information to an unauthorized individual.
The breach was caused by human error and the Trust failed to adequately prepare staff for handling sensitive correspondence. [ more ]
UK, Canada join forces to investigate 23andMe's mega-breach
Data protection watchdogs from the UK and Canada are jointly investigating the 23andMe data breach to determine customer harm and security safeguards. [ more ]
UK: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reprimanded for "serious, harmful" data breach
The Information Commissioner's Office has reprimanded South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a data breach involving the disclosure of sensitive information to an unauthorized individual.
The breach was caused by human error and the Trust failed to adequately prepare staff for handling sensitive correspondence. [ more ]
UK, Canada join forces to investigate 23andMe's mega-breach
Data protection watchdogs from the UK and Canada are jointly investigating the 23andMe data breach to determine customer harm and security safeguards. [ more ]
Why you should think twice about handing over your email, number for discounts
Many popular shopping apps share personal data with third parties, including names, addresses, email IDs, and phone numbers.
Store loyalty programs and shopping apps collect and store a significant amount of personal information, including purchase history and payment details. [ more ]
Ex-Twitter exec claims X fired him for raising security concerns after Musk-led takeover
Twitter's former global head of information security is accusing the company of wrongly firing him for raising concerns about budget cuts following the Elon Musk-led takeover.
The lawsuit alleges that Musk hired an advisor who cut Twitter's products and services that supported an FTC consent decree, and both Musk and the advisor were dismissive of the decree. [ more ]
ICO alerted after technical 'issue' exposed college files to student barristers | Computer Weekly
The Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA), a leading college for barristers, experienced a data breach that allowed students to access sensitive files on hundreds of other students.
The breach exposed personal information such as email addresses, phone numbers, exam marks, previous institutions attended, ID photos, and sensitive data like health records, visa status, and parental status.
The college is investigating the breach and has notified the Information Commissioner's Office. They have also sought written undertakings from the students who accessed the files to not share the data further. [ more ]
Ex-Twitter exec claims X fired him for raising security concerns after Musk-led takeover
Twitter's former global head of information security is accusing the company of wrongly firing him for raising concerns about budget cuts following the Elon Musk-led takeover.
The lawsuit alleges that Musk hired an advisor who cut Twitter's products and services that supported an FTC consent decree, and both Musk and the advisor were dismissive of the decree. [ more ]
ICO alerted after technical 'issue' exposed college files to student barristers | Computer Weekly
The Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA), a leading college for barristers, experienced a data breach that allowed students to access sensitive files on hundreds of other students.
The breach exposed personal information such as email addresses, phone numbers, exam marks, previous institutions attended, ID photos, and sensitive data like health records, visa status, and parental status.
The college is investigating the breach and has notified the Information Commissioner's Office. They have also sought written undertakings from the students who accessed the files to not share the data further. [ more ]