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US hospital paid $55,000 ransom to hackers despite having backups
2018-01-17 20:06

A US hospital has decided to pay a ransom of 4 bitcoin to regain access to some 1,400 files locked by attackers. Hancock Health, a regional hospital based in Greenfield, Indiana, said they’d...

Fancy Bear Targets US Senate, Security Researchers Warn
2018-01-15 14:03

DNC Hackers Target Lawmakers With Decoy Sites; Some Senators Demand ActionThe cyber espionage group that executed a campaign against the Democratic Party has been gearing up to attack the U.S....

US House Passes Crucial Spying Law
2018-01-12 15:49

The US House of Representatives passed a crucial surveillance law Thursday that reinforced the ability of the country's spy agencies to intercept and make use of Americans' private communications....

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GDPR: What US Healthcare Entities Need to Know
2018-01-10 14:22

Under what circumstances must a U.S. healthcare provider comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which will be enforced beginning in May? In an in-depth interview,...

More than half of US-based employees have never heard of GDPR
2018-01-10 13:30

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline approaching, new research from MediaPro shows more than half of US-based employees have never heard of the forthcoming regulation. With...

Cybersecurity and the 2017 US National Security Strategy
2018-01-10 13:27

Commentaries on the 2017 US national security strategy by Michael Sulmeyer and Ben Buchanan....

CBP releases new guidelines on phone, laptop searches at US borders
2018-01-08 17:18

Late last week, the US Customs and Border Protection agency released an update to its Directive governing Border Searches of Electronic Devices. According to the new directive, which supersedes...

US National Security Agency Chief to Retire
2018-01-07 15:41

National Security Agency Director Admiral Mike Rogers, the US signals intelligence czar, plans to retire within months after a four-year term scarred by damaging leaks, US intelligence sources...

Two Romanians Charged With Hacking US Capital Police Cameras
2017-12-28 21:16

Two Romanian nationals have been arrested and charged with hacking into computer systems which controlled surveillance cameras for the Metropolitan Police Department in the US capital earlier this...

Former US CISO on Why Awareness Training Is Priority Number 1
2017-12-22 19:33

In an information technology environment where personnel are taking on increasingly complex responsibilities, the key to ensuring security is still awareness training, says former U.S. CISO...