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California Hospitals Fail to Report Ransomware

SecureWorld News

Reporting data breaches can be a lot like walking on broken egg shells for organizations. On the other hand, publicly admitting to a data breach can create serious blowback on the organization and perhaps damage both reputation and earnings. California healthcare not reporting data breaches.

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How can small businesses ensure Cybersecurity?

CyberSecurity Insiders

A report reveals various cyber-attacks that often target small businesses, such as malware, phishing, data breaches, and ransomware attacks. Also, the average data breach cost to small businesses increased to $2.98 A cyber-attack resulting in valuable data loss ultimately triggers regulatory penalties.

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Halloween: The curse of data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The classic mistake – With GDPR now firmly in effect for over a year and other regulations taking shape, those that think even if a breach happens, they won’t have to tell anyone are badly mistaken. Under new data privacy laws, any breach must be publicly acknowledged and reported to the authorities.

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Cybersecurity CEO: 5 Cybercrime Trends to Watch for in 2021

Herjavec Group

New, sophisticated ransomware attacks have already begun to surge, including variants that not only steal data, but threaten to publicly expose it, in addition to self-destructing backups and keys. More than half of data breaches over the past year involved insider threats. Insider Threat .

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Do cyber regulations actually make K–12 schools safer? Navigating compliance while securing school and student data

Malwarebytes

Behind the majority of these attacks: the ransomware gang known as Vice Society , a Russian-based group linked to multiple K–12 data breaches, including LA Unified, the second-largest school district in the nation. Secure data storage is also a requirement of FERPA.

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5 ways to strengthen healthcare cybersecurity

Webroot

Why healthcare needs better cybersecurity Healthcare organizations are especially vulnerable to data breaches because of how much data they hold. And when a breach happens, it creates financial burdens and affects regulatory compliance. On average, the cost of a healthcare data breach globally is $10.93

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Hacking et Cybersécurité Mégapoche pour les Nuls: New French Book on Hacking and CyberSecurity Now Available

Joseph Steinberg

In the Cybersecurity for Dummies section of the book, readers learn in simple, straightforward language about various cyber-threats that they face, and how to protect themselves against such threats – as well how to recover if they have already suffered a malware infection or data breach, or otherwise have had their cybersecurity undermined.

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