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New York Takes Bold Stance Against Hospital Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

In a groundbreaking move, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that aims to safeguard the state's critical infrastructure, specifically its healthcare sector. This proactive approach will undoubtedly strengthen patient trust and confidence in New York's healthcare system.

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Artificial Intelligence blocks RYUK Ransomware invasion

CyberSecurity Insiders

And in the year 2021, Dordongne GHT, a healthcare service provider from France, chose DarkTrace Antigena to protect its entire corporate network of medical devices and computers from cyber risks. RYUK steals data from its victim’s database and locks down access to it with encryption until a ransom is paid.

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GUEST ESSAY: Atrium Health data breach highlights lingering third-party exposures

The Last Watchdog

The healthcare industry has poured vast resources into cybersecurity since 2015, when a surge of major breaches began. While the nature of these breaches has evolved over the last four years, the growth in total healthcare incidents has unfortunately continued unabated. Related: How to get of HIPAA hit list. Sticky problem.

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Over 106m health records exposed in Cybersecurity Incidents

CyberSecurity Insiders

In a recent survey conducted by Cybersecurity Firm Tenable, over 106 million healthcare records were exposed to hackers during the time of past 14 months. And analysis says that most of the records were leaked from the databases of organizations operating in the healthcare sector. percent of attacks.

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The Evolving Role of Cyber Insurance in Mitigating Ransomware Attacks

SecureWorld News

Ransomware attacks have become a significant threat to organizations of all kinds worldwide, with attackers encrypting data and demanding payment for its release. In this regard, many have touted cyber insurance as the knight in shining armor, the end all-be all in terms of mitigating criminals' assaults on your network.

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MY TAKE: Why ‘basic research’ is so vital to bringing digital transformation to full fruition

The Last Watchdog

Ongoing basic research in advanced cryptography concepts is pivotal to putting the brakes on widening cyber risks and ultimately arriving at a level of privacy and security that makes sense. The public key is held by the individual user and the private key is held by the certified server storing the encrypted data.

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MIT Report Spotlights Triple Threat Fueling Data Breach Tsunami

SecureWorld News

Proliferation of dangerous ransomware variants While ransomware itself is not new, Madnick highlights the emergence of more virulent and destructive strains that go beyond just encrypting data for extortion. But, we're not going to be able to prevent all future breaches," said Kip Boyle , vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC.