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 cases and other reproductive health care cases.
Absolute Security has strengthened its platform with the acquisition of Syxsense, adding powerful automated vulnerability management tools to its existing endpoint security capabilities. The move aims to improve security compliance and simplify complex remediation tasks for organizations.
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.
Cybercriminals are using a critical remote code execution vulnerability in an open-source geospatial data platform to spread malware globally across several industries. GeoServer Project maintainers released a patch on July 1. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.
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.
ISMG's Cybersecurity Pulse Report Black Hat 2024 Edition delivers a deep dive into the most critical security challenges discussed at this year's conference. This report, created through advanced AI-driven analysis, compiles expert insights on topics ranging from AI tech to critical infrastructure.
The underground market for illicit large language models is a lucrative one, said academic researchers who called for better safeguards against artificial intelligence misuse. "This laissez-faire approach essentially provides a fertile ground for miscreants to misuse the LLMs."
Competition has been increasing in the cyber insurance market, leading to a "moderate" decrease in insurance premiums after several years of rate increases. So reports Moody's Ratings, which said that the changes were driven by an influx of new players that is likely to continue.
The global disruption caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software triggering a kernel panic and computer meltdowns has led government agencies, experts and vendors to call for rethinking Windows operating system resiliency, including the deep-level OS access security tools now require.
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.
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.
Kaspersky is transferring 1 million U.S. antivirus customers to Pango Group's UltraAV product following the Department of Commerce's ban on Kaspersky software sales or updates. The transition ensures users will continue to receive critical cybersecurity updates and services.
Charles Armstrong, chief information officer of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told the Billington Cybersecurity Summit his agency has begun deploying cyber advisors to disaster recovery zones to "rapidly and securely" build information technology and operational technology infrastructure.
A three-month-old startup promising safe artificial intelligence raised $1 billion in an all-cash deal in a seed funding round. Co-founded by former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, Safe Superintelligence will reportedly use the funds to acquire computing power.
The United States announced a superseding indictment Thursday that adds five Russian military intelligence officers as defendants while warning that Kremlin cyberthreat actors continue to target U.S. and global critical infrastructure.
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