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Healthcare Cyberattacks Lead to Increased Mortality, Lower Patient Care: Ponemon Study

eSecurity Planet

Nearly a quarter of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware attacks experienced an increase in patient mortality, according to a study from Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint released today. Also read: After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits. Healthcare Cyberattacks Common – And Costly.

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NEW TECH: Exabeam retools SIEMs; applies credit card fraud detection tactics to network logs

The Last Watchdog

Related: How NSA cyber weapon could be used for a $200 billion ransomware caper. He explained how Exabeam has taken some of the same data analytics techniques that banks have long used to staunch credit card fraud and applied them to filtering network data logs. Here are a few takeaways: Very Big Data.

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. It’s clear that when technology develops, people find creative ways to cause mass disruption, increasing the need for antivirus protection and firewalls.

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School Cyberattack Aftermath: What Happens to Kids' Data?

SecureWorld News

I figured they [the school district] had firewalls and things of that nature. With the rise in ransomware attacks on government and healthcare organizations, as well as schools, this will continue to be a significant challenge. Other children had been successfully signed up for an electric company account.

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NEW TECH: Human operatives maintain personas, prowl the Dark Net for intel to help companies

The Last Watchdog

Our growing fixation with leveraging artificial intelligence to extract profits from Big Data – for both constructive and criminal ends—is the order of the day. It can help companies get in a much better position to defend against, or recover from, targeted exploits, such as APT probes , DDoS attacks or ransomware , he says.

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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

Examples of managed security services include: Threat hunting Detection and response Data loss prevention Firewalls 10. The more aware your team is of popular attack methods and strains of ransomware , the more you can prepare. A few key defenses and preparation could save your organization from big data breach disasters.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

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Insiders with privileged access expose companies to the most dangerous cyber threats , and damage the most valuable and sensitive corporate data. One example is our phenomenal Ransomware Protection and G Suite security feature.