Tag: Cybersecurity

UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months

Change Healthcare, the UnitedHealth-owned healthtech company that lost more than 100 million people’s sensitive health data in a ransomware attack last year, said...

Hackers are exploiting a new Fortinet firewall bug to breach company networks

Security researchers say malicious hackers have been exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in Fortinet firewalls to break into corporate and enterprise networks. In an...

UK plans to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware hackers

U.K. public sector and critical infrastructure organizations could be banned from making ransom payments under new proposals from the U.K. government.  The U.K.’s Home...

How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups

Toward the end of 2023, an Israeli security researcher from Tel Aviv said that he was approached on LinkedIn with an opportunity to...

A breach of a data broker’s trove of location data threatens the privacy of millions

A hack and data breach at location data broker Gravy Analytics is threatening the privacy of millions of people around the world, whose...

The US has a new cybersecurity safety label for smart devices

The White House this week announced a new label for internet-connected devices, the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, intended to help consumers make more-informed...