Proposed Commission Would Seek to Modernize HIPAA

As part of new legislation, a new commission would assess the current state of health data privacy and lay the groundwork for modernizing HIPAA.

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Cybercrime Cost U.S. $6.9 Billion in 2021

The FBI's annual look at phishing, scam, and personal data breach statistics is out.

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AvosLocker Ransomware Targeting Critical Infrastructure

The ransomware-as-a-service group continues to target critical infrastructure in the U.S.

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RagnarLocker Ransomware Connected to Hacks at 52 Organizations

New guidance from the FBI contains IOCs and technical details on how the ransomware spreads.

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OCR Urges Organizations to Secure Health Information in 2022

The Director of HHS OCR called on healthcare organizations this week to strengthen their cyber posture in 2022.

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Fraud Cost Americans $5.8 Billion in 2021

Americans lost more than 70% more to fraud last year than the year before, proof that tactics used by scammers from the early days of the pandemic are still working.

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Federal Advisory Highlights Increased Globalized Ransomware Threat

A joint advisory on ransomware issued by the FBI, CISA, and the NSA recapped ransomware activity in 2021 and showed why the threat continues to loom large for enterprises.

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Engineering Data Protection by Design

Appropriate safeguards, both technical and organizational, must be integrated into data processing operations from the very early steps.

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Friday Five 1/28

The Linux PolicyKit bug, $770 million lost in social media scams, and more - catch up on the infosec news of the week with the Friday Five!

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Ransomware Groups Turning to Insiders to Help with Attacks

A new survey suggests there's been an uptick in ransomware groups reaching out to employees in hopes they can help them carry out attacks against their company.

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