While successful ransomware attacks have been lower this year compared to past years, it doesn’t mean that all patients and data are safe from them. Data sold on the dark web and hacking incidents have still proven to be extremely harmful to both patients and...
As healthcare data breaches are on the rise this year, a CynergisTek report revealed that just 44% of healthcare institutions follow NIST cybersecurity standards. The report comes as a letdown since only one security category out of hundreds improved. Covid-19 has led...
Companies are now implementing more digital transformations after they experienced how quickly their efforts could be enacted due to covid-19. After a sudden shift to working from home, businesses around the world now see how efficiently they can update and improve...
Over the weekend Universal Health Services, a large hospital chain in the U.S., experienced a widespread cyberattack that affected over 400 of their locations. While the type of attack hasn’t been confirmed, all signs point to it being a ransomware attack. Staff...
Shopify, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the world, reportedly caught two support staff members accessing customer information. The information included personal data such as physical address and email address but financial data was not compromised. Shopify...
Telehealth has recently grown in popularity due to the mass restrictions of covid-19. Even before the pandemic, it was taking off as a new method to easily receive healthcare from anywhere most convenient for the patient with internet access. Both private insurers and...
According to a recent report from McKinsey, “There was a 16.5% decline in US retail sales in April alone.” This is the biggest decline in sales seen in a month. With large changes occurring in retail, consumers were also making changes of their own. It’s reported that...
The recent BEC Report for Q2 2020 released by Abnormal Security Quarterly shows a peak in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks related to covid-19. Throughout the quarter there was a huge spike in financial fraud, which was driven by the uncertainty of working from...
Last week, the Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) fell victim to Calix ransomware, which is known to encrypt files and lock employees out of important information. Fortunately, client information wasn’t compromised during the attack but, it took several days for the...
With the rise of covid-19 e-commerce has become a vital to consumers who are unable to go to brick and mortar stores. While the holiday season is typically a busy time of year for e-commerce, it is even more important this year as more people begin to shop online. But...