Election security experts told Information Security Media Group the United States continues to lack adequate federal funding and resources to support state and local election information technology security efforts amid heightened global tensions and an ever-expanding threat landscape.
Geopolitical tensions have heightened cross-border fraud, with criminals exploiting technological advances and regulatory gaps between countries. Shilpa Arora, head of anti-financial crime products at ACAMS, discusses ways banks can tackle cross-border fraud schemes.
George Chacko, executive director of information security and compliance at New York Blood Center, shares his journey in cybersecurity, the challenges for nonprofit organizations with limited budgets and resources, and collaborative initiatives to improve security programs.
An AI-powered virtual care provider's unsecured database allegedly exposed thousands of sensitive mental health and substance abuse treatment records between patients and their counselors on the internet - where they were available to anyone, said the security researcher who discovered the trove.
Security researchers say China-based cyberespionage group Mustang Panda is stepping up attacks on government agencies in Asia, using new malware tools to breach networks and a reverse shell feature in Visual Studio Code software to gain a persistent foothold in networks.
Healthcare organizations often face obstacles in sharing cybersecurity information. Phil Englert and Errol Weiss from Health-ISAC advocate for shifting the focus from legal risks to business risks, improving incident response and building resilience through collaboration and transparency.
The U.S. federal government is preparing to collect reports from foundational artificial intelligence model developers, including details about their cybersecurity defenses and red-teaming efforts. The Department of Commerce said it wants thoughts on how data should be safety collected and stored.
Countries throughout APAC are rapidly expanding digital payment ecosystems and embracing digital change for greater convenience and financial inclusion. But the region has become a hotbed for fraudsters who are exploiting these same technologies. SIM swap fraud and QR code scams are up 15%.
A Louisiana-based ambulance company that provides emergency medical care services in four states is notifying nearly 3 million people that their sensitive health information was potentially stolen in a June hack. Ransomware gang Daixin claims to have published the data on its dark web leak site.
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.
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.
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