A global law firm that provides data breach legal services has agreed to an $8 million settlement to resolve a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the firm in the aftermath of its cyberattack last year, which affected some health sector clients and nearly 638,000 individuals.
As the Sam Bankman-Fried courtroom saga continues, crypto policy expert Ari Redbord discusses the sentencing's impact of the FTX founder on the ecosystem and regulations, what lies ahead for the industry and approaches to curbing illicit finance threats in the space.
In response to rising stress levels in cybersecurity, industry leaders, including CTO Sarb Sembhi of Virtually Informed, have launched the Mental Health in CyberSecurity Charter and Foundation to focus on mental health, high-pressure jobs and burnout in the field.
Enterprises have deliberated on implementing zero trust for years, but vendors are overpromising and under-delivering on zero trust solutions. Gartner Vice President Analyst John Watts discusses the current adoption status and misunderstandings surrounding the framework.
Israel Defense Forces reported the launch of rockets by Iran from Lebanon into Israel on Saturday. Hezbollah militants claim responsibility, citing retaliation for recent Israeli actions and solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, according to reports.
A California private equity firm sued Synopsys and accused the systems design behemoth of breaching an exclusivity agreement by shopping its $525 million software integrity business. Sunstone Partners Management said it signed a letter of intent to acquire Synopsys' security testing services unit.
The proposed bipartisan, bicameral American Privacy Rights Act poses a variety of potential implications to the healthcare sector and other groups that handle health-related data - if the legislation gains traction in Congress and actually gets signed into law, legal experts say.
In the latest weekly update, four ISMG editors discussed the unending twists and turns in the Change Healthcare cyberattack, positive signs of economic recovery in the cybersecurity tech market, and how artificial intelligence is shaking up supply chain security.
Zscaler purchased an agentless segmentation startup founded by longtime Juniper Networks executives to dynamically control access to critical infrastructure based on identity and context. Acquiring Airgap Networks will prevent sophisticated threats from moving laterally within IoT or OT devices.
A Wisconsin nonprofit managed care organization is notifying nearly 534,000 individuals that their protected health information was copied and stolen in a recent attack by a "foreign ransomware gang" that also attempted - but failed - to encrypt the group's IT systems.
Cyera completed a $300 million funding round led by Coatue to fortify data security and facilitate safer AI adoption across enterprises. By consolidating data protection measures, Cyera hopes to address the critical need for a unified data security platform in the era of generative AI.
A cyberattack on a Boston-based consulting firm that provides litigation support services to the U.S. Department of Justice in its investigations has potentially compromised Medicare numbers and other health insurance and medical information of nearly 342,000 individuals.
A bipartisan privacy proposal in the U.S. Congress backed by a key Senate Democrat and her House counterpart contains provisions that would place vast swaths of the American economy under new cybersecurity mandates. Support from Sen. Maria Cantwell distinguishes the bill from other recent attempts.
Robotic medical devices, such as surgical gear, offer great potential to improve patient care, but the cyber risks associated with these products must be carefully addressed, said Kevin Fu, director of the Archimedes Center for Health Care and Medical Device Cybersecurity at Northeastern University.
Following Rubrik's announcement that it plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange, another company is considering trying its luck in the public market. Claroty is meeting with underwriters ahead of a possible 2025 IPO that could value the cyber-physical systems security titan at $3.5 billion.
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