FBI Report Offers Bleak Outlook on Cybercriminal Activity
In 2022, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Centers received 800,944 complaints about cyber incidents.
In 2022, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Centers received 800,944 complaints about cyber incidents.
Ransomware attacks are on the upswing due to the advent of novel technology platforms.
In a recent bulletin, the federal Office for Civil Rights suggests steps that practices can take to protect patient data.
How the retail giant will use the sensitive medical data it collects is among the concerns.
The FBI and other federal agencies have issued warnings about a ransomware and data extortion group called the Daixin Team.
Criminals are compromising user login credentials of health care payment processors to divert payments from medical practices to themselves, the FBI warns.
Human error is cited as a frequent reason for violations of patients’ privacy rights that bring about investigations by the federal Office for Civil Rights.
States are enacting legislation that would require health care providers to violate patients’ privacy rights under HIPAA.
Breaches involving user names and passwords soared 450% in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with 2019, according to the ForgeRock 2021 Consumer Identity Breach Report.
Hackers target vulnerabilities using legitimate software packages, a cybersecurity specialist says.