of 81% of cyber security incidents in healthcare. Healthcare is a sector that faces more internal threats than external attacks. Unfortunately, internal cyber attacks are more difficult than external ones. Ransomware attacks are estimated to have cost the healthcare industry about 25 billion in ...
In the past two years alone, more than three-quarters (77%) of companies experienced at least one cybersecurity breach, with many enduring up to six in that period. What companies attribute these incidents to differ, however – and so does their response. For some, investing in new automati...
4. Preparing for the Inevitable and Incident Response 2018 brought several high-profile security breaches affecting the auto industry. An effective incident response program helps organizations quickly respond to these types of incidents, thereby mitigating (or hopefully avoiding!) harm to the organization...
However, this also opens up the potential for significant security incidents. Dr Ghafur points out that everyone is more vulnerable to making mistakes when adopting new working practices: 'people are not used to delivering care in this way'. Part of the problem, she says, is that working ...
As the technology we use advances and progresses, the enormous potential for cybercrime also grows. Not only is the number of cyberattacks growing, but incidents are becoming more sophisticated and dangerous. Cybercrime costs are on the rise, and it is expected to cost the world more than $24...
While data security incidents have decreased overall in the last couple of years (potentially due to the coronavirus pandemic), when we look solely at cybersecurity incidents, we can see that these have actually increased. Since the first quarter of 2019/20 (that’s April to June), the numbe...
On the attack front, AI is empowering adversaries with more complex methods such as advanced phishing schemes and deepfakes. Noteworthy incidents include aRussian deepfake of the U.S. Ambassadorand a deceptivedeepfake impersonating a CFOto prompt an HSBC employee to transfer $25 million. A report...
Employees need to understand data security and the risks they face, as well as how to report cyber incidents for critical infrastructure. This includes the importance of using secure passwords, avoiding clicking links or opening unusual attachments in emails, and backing up their data. In addition...
That attack followed other recent incidents involving Trans-Northern Pipelines, Toronto Zoo, Toronto Public Library, the Memorial University of Newfoundland and the RCMP, which was targeted last month. The RCMP stated that their intelligence or classified systems were not accessed and it had launched ...
It’s important to realize that these terms are regularly misused – where people will refer to security incidents as hacks. As a best practice, review the details you'll communicate to others, and always get your information from a reliable publication. ...