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Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights provided a report to Congress on health information breaches from September 2009 through 2010, as required under the HITECH Act. Nearly 7.9 million Americans were affected by almost 30,800 health...
Experts Urge Congress to Task NIST With REAL ID Standards
'TSA Is Not the Right Agency to Lead' REAL ID Implementation, Security Experts SaySecurity experts testified to Congress that the National Institute of Standards and Technology is better placed than the Transportation Security Administration to lead national...
NASA wants to see gas stations in space, but so far its tanks are empty
SpaceX appears on track for at least a preliminary propellant transfer test next year.
FFIEC Final Authentication Guidance
The Final FFIEC Guidance has been issued and its main intent is to reinforce the 2005 Guidance's risk management framework and update the Agencies' expectations regarding customer authentication, layered security, or other controls in the increasingly hostile online...
Russian GRU Hackers Exploit Critical Patched Vulnerabilities
TA422 Is Targeting Organizations in Europe and North America, Proofpoint SaysA Russian military hacking intelligence group is winning the race to exploit known vulnerabilities before system administrators can apply patches, warns Proofpoint. The firm has seen a spike...
North Korean Hackers Steal South Korean Anti-Aircraft Data
Andariel Group Rented Server to Steal 1.2TB of Data, Extort $357,000 in RansomsSeoul police have accused the North Korean hacker group Andariel of stealing sensitive defense secrets from South Korean defense companies and laundering ransomware proceeds back to North...
Feds, AHA Urge Hospitals to Mitigate Citrix Bleed Threats
Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Ransomware Attacks Involving Vulnerability ExploitA recent spike in ransomware attacks has prompted federal regulators and the American Hospital Association to issue urgent warnings to hospitals and other healthcare firms to prevent...
Man dies on way home from Panera after having three “charged” lemonades
A large lemonade contains up to 390 mg of caffeine, nearly the FDA’s daily safe limit.
The Fallout TV series trailer is here, and it’s loaded with homages to the games
The show looks faithful—maybe to a fault. Let’s look at what the trailer reveals.