Telecommunications company Avaya files for bankruptcy
“Telecommunications company Avaya Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday to reduce its debt load of about $6.3 billion but said it would not sell its call center business, which it had tried to do last year. The bankruptcy underscores the challenges telecommunications companies face as they transition to software and services from hardware. […]
Number Of Data Breach Disclosures Jumped 40% in 2016
“Though there were no mega breaches, 2016 had more breaches on record than any previous year, according to a new report. Last year witnessed few data breaches of the kind that rocked 2015 when organizations like Anthem, the Office of Personnel Management and Ashley Madison reported security incidents involving tens of millions of personal records. […]
Foot-Dragging on HIPAA Breach Notice Costs Illinois Health System
“An Illinois health system has reached a $475,000 settlement over allegations it waited too long to report a data breach, the first time the government has settled over untimely breach notifications. Presence Health uncovered a data breach on Oct. 22, 2013 affecting 836 individuals, but didn’t report the breach to affected individuals until Feb. 3, […]
One emoji message can crash your iPhone, if you’re not careful
“Every once in a while, people find strange contraptions that can be used inside the iPhone’s messaging app to crash the recipient’s device. Some of them are serious bugs, while others will only freeze your iPhone for a few minutes. In either case, they’re seriously annoying. And guess what? There’s a new iPhone-crashing text message […]
New strain of credential-stealing malware “Fareit” targeting businesses
“Wanted to share a head’s up re: a new attack we just stopped on multiple customer devices. Turns out it was a new variant of the credential stealing malware “Fareit”. Multiple users at this customer were sent phishing emails with a malicious executable disguised as a PDF labeled “Request for Quotation” (good reminder to configure […]
5 data breach predictions for 2017
“In 2017, most companies have data breach preparedness on their radar. But the threat landscape is ever-evolving. Staying ahead of emerging threats and the increasing sophistication of cybercriminals requires “constant vigilance,” as Mad-Eye Moody from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series was fond of saying. “Preparing for a data breach has become much more complex over […]
2016 averaged 1 healthcare data breach per day
“There was an average of one health data breach per day in 2016, according to the Protenus Breach Barometer, which utilizes information from DataBreaches.net. Protenus recently collaborated with DataBreaches.net to publish the “Breach Barometer Report: Year in Review.” Here are eight additional findings from the analysis.” Read more details here. Author: Erin Dietsche
About 19K Del. Residents Affected By Insurance Data Breach
“About 19,000 residents of Delaware may have been affected by a security data breach involving Summit Reinsurance Services, Inc. and BCS Financial Corporation, both subcontractors of Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of Delaware, the Delaware Department of Insurance has announced on Friday. According to Karen Kane, Director of Privacy and Information Management for Highmark Blue Cross Blue […]
Presence Health agrees to $475,000 settlement over data breach report
Presence Health agreed to pay $475,000 to settle allegations it failed to promptly report a 2013 breach of patient health information. Paper operating room schedules containing information on 836 people went missing from the Surgery Center at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet on Oct. 22, 2013, according to information from the U.S. Department […]
Thousands of University of Alberta students, faculty, staff put at risk in malware security breach
“Malware put more than 3,000 University of Alberta faculty, staff and students at risk late last year, but because of a police probe resulting in charges against a student, the breach wasn’t shared campus-wide until Thursday. The case involved the installation of malware on 300 computers in 20 classrooms and labs in the Library Knowledge […]