“The FBI has reported an increase in ransomware attacks and media have reported a number of ransomware attacks on hospitals” and as a result the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a Fact Sheet and report on July 11, 2016…
Continue Reading HIPAA News Update: Ransomware reporting requirements have been issued!
One might conclude that there had been a cyberattack after Southwest Airlines cancelled more than 700 flights on July 21, 2016, but Southwest claimed that the IT system failed and then “…the backup failed and then the restoration process also failed. It took about 12 hours to finally get all…
Continue Reading Southwest Airlines – Cyberattack or failed disaster recovery?
In 1986 Congress passed the Stored Communications Act (SCA) to control telephone records long before the Internet we know today, but the SCA is the main law that Internet companies rely to protect users’ content and in 1986 in passing the SCA “Congress focused on providing basic safeguards for the…
Continue Reading Microsoft contempt ruling overturned for failing to produce emails in Ireland!
There is little surprise to learn that cybercriminals are now focused at “healthcare IT infrastructure,…also connected medical devices, mobile computing devices used by medal staff and, most profitably, electronic health records (EHR) systems.” The July 12, 2016 DarkReading report entitled “Healthcare Hacks Face Critical Condition” referenced InfoArmor’s report…
People should be thoughtful of using My Activity because destroying your Google history in litigation may lead to a claim of spoliation (destruction of evidence) when using Google’s recently launched My Activity which “is a central place to view and manage activity like searches you’ve done, websites you’ve visited, and…
An appellate court agreed that “Travelers is duty bound under the Policies to defend Portal [Portal Healthcare Solutions, L.L.C.] against the class-action complaint”…that “alleges that Portal and others engaged in conduct that resulted in the plaintiffs’ private medical records being on the internet for more than four months.” In the…
Webroot recommends that you “need to set up a regular backup regimen that at a minimum backs up data to an external drive, or backup service, that is completely disconnected when it is not performing the backup.” On May 18, 2016 Webroot issued “A Guide to Avoid Being a…
Continue Reading Good idea -Ransomware may be avoided if you backup your data to 3 locations!
BDO’s annual RiskFactor Report for the first time cites that manufacturers’ top 10 concerns about “operational infrastructure risk, including information systems and implementation of new systems and maintenance.” The “2016 BDO Manufacturing RiskFactor Report” issued in June 21, 2016 introduced the subject with this headline “Manufacturers Scamper to…
Continue Reading Cybersecurity jumps to the 9th top concern of 91% of manufacturers!
The New York Times’ article about the morality of AI auto driving decisions may be based on “government requirements for autonomous car morality might be one way to go, though the people surveyed in the Science article say they are not keen on that. Manufacturers could also tailor morality to…
Reuters reported that “Grandpoint said the coverage includes losses from wire-transfer scams including business email compromise [BEC]. In business email compromise schemes, fraudsters pose as executives or vendors from a business, sending requests for money transfers to accounts controlled by criminals.” Grandpoint operates in Southern California, Arizona and Southern Washington…
