Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Syracuse ASC, LLC doing business as Specialty Surgery Center of Central New York, for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security and Breach Notification Rules. Syracuse ASC is a…
Alexander Castro reports: A cybercriminal group breached the state’s public benefits portal last July, lingered inside the network’s backend for five months, and triggered hundreds of firewall alerts when it transferred gigabytes of Rhode Islanders’ data to its own servers in November. But RIBridges system vendor and manager Deloitte, a multinational firm valued at $67.2 billion last…
Introduction Managed service providers (MSPs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) are under increasing pressure to deliver strong cybersecurity outcomes in a landscape marked by rising threats and evolving compliance requirements. At the same time, clients want better protection without managing cybersecurity themselves. Service providers must balance these growing demands with the
Connor Jones reports: Hotel and casino operator Boyd Gaming has disclosed a cyberattack to US regulators, warning that hackers may have stolen personal information belonging to employees and other individuals. The Las Vegas-headquartered revealed Tuesday that attackers breached its tech systems and “removed certain data,” though it has not confirmed when the attack occurred or……
The Russian threat actor known as Star Blizzard has been linked to a new spear-phishing campaign that targets victims’ WhatsApp accounts, signaling a departure from its longstanding tradecraft in a likely attempt to evade detection. “Star Blizzard’s targets are most commonly related to government or diplomacy (both incumbent and former position holders), defense policy or…
A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been observed targeting web infrastructure entities in Taiwan using customized versions of open-sourced tools with an aim to establish long-term access within high-value victim environments. The activity has been attributed by Cisco Talos to an activity cluster it tracks as UAT-7237, which is believed to be active…
Siddharth Prabhakar reports: CHENNAI: The case of breach of data of 3.1 crore customers of the Chennai-headquartered Star Health Insurance has taken a fresh turn with its MD Anand Roy, his wife Akhila Shetty Roy and CFO Nilesh Kambli allegedly getting threat messages delivered via courier from Hyderabad. A probe by the TN cyber crime…
