Security News

MOSQUITO Attack Allows Air-Gapped Computers to Covertly Exchange Data
2018-03-12 19:48

The team of security researchers—who last month demonstrated how attackers could steal data from air-gapped computers protected inside a Faraday cage—are back with its new research showing how two...

ONC Considering Tweaks to Trusted Exchange Framework
2018-03-07 20:03

Based on the feedback it received, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will consider making tweaks to its proposed Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, including...

Trusted Exchange Framework: What's Lacking?
2018-02-26 20:33

HIMSS, CHIME, AMIA Make Recommendations on Security, Privacy ProvisionsSome healthcare industry stakeholders say the Trusted Exchange Framework that HHS proposes to promote secure, interoperable...

Japan Raids Hacked Crypto Exchange, Bitcoin Plunges Further
2018-02-02 17:51

Japanese authorities on Friday raided virtual currency exchange Coincheck, a week after the Tokyo-based firm lost $530 million in cryptocurrency to hackers. read more

Kaspersky Launches New Security Product for Exchange Online
2018-02-02 04:21

Kaspersky Lab has expanded its small and medium-sized business (SMB) offering with a new cloud-based product designed to provide an extra layer of security for the Exchange Online email service in...

Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Suffers $530 Million Theft
2018-01-29 19:18

Coincheck Says It Was Hacked; Stolen XEM Transactions to be BlockedCoincheck, a Tokyo-based exchange, says it suffered a hack attack that led to the theft of $530 million worth of XEM...

Japan's Crypto Exchange to Refund to Customers After Theft
2018-01-28 12:49

Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Sunday it will refund about $400 million to customers after hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of digital assets.  read more

Someone Stole Almost Half a BILLION Dollars from Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange
2018-01-26 19:18

Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies, losing $532 million in digital assets (nearly $420 million in...

Yikes! Three armed men tried to rob a Bitcoin Exchange in Canada
2018-01-25 09:33

As many non-tech savvy people think that Bitcoin looks like a Gold coin as illustrated in many stock images, perhaps these robbers also planned to rob a cryptocurrency exchange thinking that way....

What Makes ONC's 'Trusted Exchange Framework' So Complex?
2018-01-16 20:47

Federal regulator's recently issued draft for a "trusted exchange framework" aimed at propelling nationwide, secure, interoperable, query-based health data exchange is a complex proposal that...