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Study: Ransomware, Data Breaches at Hospitals tied to Uptick in Fatal Heart Attacks

Krebs on Security

Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts, a new study posits.

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What Do You Do if You Have a Third-Party Data Breach

Centraleyes

Data breaches have become an unfortunate reality in today’s digital landscape, affecting organizations of all sizes. In the aftermath of a third-party data breach, organizations, especially small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), often encounter challenges that can exacerbate the impact.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches. 1 in 4 Americans reported that they would stop doing business with a company following a data breach, and 67% of consumers reported a loss of trust in an organization following a breach. Your reward?

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Challenges to Healthcare Cybersecurity

Security Boulevard

Executive Overview The average cost of a data breach in healthcare in Canada is about 5.5 Since delivering patient care depends on cybersecurity, securing healthcare systems and patient data is absolutely crucial. Various factors influence risks to healthcare cybersecurity, including current geopolitical events.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Historically, October has always been an important month for the cybersecurity community and a month of major cybersecurity events. The survey results showed there is a lack of consumer trust across industries to protect their data, as 4 out of 5 people have experienced a negative impact on their lives after a data breach.

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Are Data Breaches the New Reality for Retail?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

retail organizations will use sensitive data in an advanced technology (cloud, big data and IoT) environment this year, a clear target for a potential cyber threat. It also suggests that while retailers are increasing IT security spending this year, they admit having been breached in the last year.

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The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2020: Top 5 Breach Types and Attacker Motivations

SecureWorld News

How do most data breaches occur? Who are the threat actors behind these cyber attacks? The 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has the answers. The things that follow are based on that data set. What are the top 5 causes of data breaches?