CyberSecurity Blog

ICYMI: Every business owner knows that forming a strong relationship with customers is essential to succeed. And two important elements of this relationship are positive customer experience and customer trust. Having these will …http://dlvr.it/Slkym9

ICYMI: All Social Media Apps Collect Information on a Scale That Facilitates Surveillance There’s much national security ado about how much user data gets collected by the Chinese-owned, wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok. But as France’s ban of “recreational apps” from government-issued devices highlights, a bigger-picture approach for combating surveillance is required.http://dlvr.it/SlkgFf

ICYMI: Insurer Notifying Thousands Affected by Breach of Behavioral Health Provider’s Data Blue Shield of California is notifying more than 63,000 customers that their data was potentially exfiltrated in a compromise involving Fortra’s GoAnywhere secure file transfer software and one of the health plan’s covered mental health providers for minors.http://dlvr.it/SlhQqF

Lightspin Deal Will Help Prioritize and Remediate Issues for Cloud-Native Resources Cisco plans to purchase its second cloud security startup in two months to deliver context, prioritization and remediation recommendations for cloud native resources. The networking giant said its proposed buy of Lightspin will allow clients to identify and address key cloud security risks.http://dlvr.it/SlhF9K

Guidance Says Device Makers Must Now Give Cyber Details for New Product Submissions The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said that starting immediately, medical device makers must include cybersecurity plans with new product applications. Beginning on Oct. 1, the FDA intends to issue “refuse to accept” determinations for submissions lacking the cyber requirements.http://dlvr.it/SlhF7D

Essendant, a Staples-owned wholesale distributor of office supplies and stationery, paused its operations recently because of a multi-day, network-wide outage. The system disruption has prevented customers from placing orders online or contacting …http://dlvr.it/Slgypy

All Social Media Apps Collect Information on a Scale That Facilitates Surveillance There’s much national security ado about how much user data gets collected by the Chinese-owned, wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok. But as France’s ban of “recreational apps” from government-issued devices highlights, a bigger-picture approach for combating surveillance is required.http://dlvr.it/Slgh28

Insurer Notifying Thousands Affected by Breach of Behavioral Health Provider’s Data Blue Shield of California is notifying more than 63,000 customers that their data was potentially exfiltrated in a compromise involving Fortra’s GoAnywhere secure file transfer software and one of the health plan’s covered mental health providers for minors.http://dlvr.it/SldQws

ICYMI: LockBit Attack Exploited Microsoft Exchange Flaw; Firm Also Paid a Ransom A New York medical malpractice law firm will pay $200,000 and implement data security improvements to settle a HIPAA enforcement action by the state attorney general’s office following a 2021 ransomware attack by LockBit. Law firm Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach paid the…
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ICYMI: Twitter’s Search Is on for GitHub User ‘FreeSpeechEnthusiast’ Twitter says its source code was leaked by an unknown user on the popular open-source code collaboration platform GitHub. The social media giant requested a subpoena from a federal court Monday to force GitHub to provide details about the person behind the partial code leak.http://dlvr.it/Sld3NJ