The boring parts caused most of the trouble. A router shipped ready to listen. A fake check turned the user into the installer. Trusted systems collected traffic and passwords, then cleaned the logs. Old bugs formed new attack chains. Even an AI agent decided its assigned task w…
Berlin's city administration has confirmed that cybercriminals are attempting to extort the city after the Rhysida ransomware gang listed it on their data leak site. [...]
The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been observed distributing the ValleyRAT backdoor disguised as a signed Chinese adware application, running the malware under a trusted process to slip past users who add such software to their antivirus exclusions. Russian cybersecurity …
By Ubaid Pisuwala - SMART on FHIR pilots often pass sandbox testing, then fail in production. Here's what token refresh, per-site approval, and scope handling actually require. The post SMART on FHIR Beyond the Demo Environment appeared first on Health IT Answers.
Threat actors associated with Aurora (aka Aur0ra) ransomware have been observed using SpaceX's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cursor to break into target networks, according to findings from CloudSEK and Gambit Security. The two independent analyses are ba…
Claude Code reads files, runs shell commands, invokes MCP tools, and acts through the credentials available on a developer’s machine. Anthropic’s new Compliance API endpoints give security teams their clearest view yet into that activity. They also expose a larger problem: activi…
ShinyHunters Claims Theft of 284M Records from Healthcare Giant McKesson The HIPAA Journal
The healthcare giant McKesson recently disclosed a cyberattack in a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission […] The post ShinyHunters Claims Theft of 284M Records from Healthcare Giant McKesson appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.
Microsoft has confirmed that mouse settings are being reverted on Windows 11 systems after installing the KB5120998 August 2026 non-security preview update. [...]
California mother talks to her son’s doctor and learns a crazy fact about his health care records once he turns 11: ‘Minors cannot give consent’ We Got This Covered
Two Nigerian men extradited to the U.S. on Thursday have been charged with involvement in sextortion schemes that resulted in the deaths of two minor victims in Mississippi and North Carolina. [...]
A China-nexus cyber espionage actor tracked as Fire Ant has expanded a long-running campaign beyond VMware hypervisors to compromise Cisco IOS XR routers, Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System (TACACS) servers, and Linux management hosts used to route, authenticate, an…
The company received FDA approval for its pulsed field ablation system last year and closed a $250 million funding round.
Microsoft asked customers this week to ignore incorrect alerts that Defender Antivirus has been turned off after installing the latest Defender updates. [...]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday corrected a previously issued press statement that several of its agencies were victims of attacks carried out by Chinese threat actors, instead now pointing out that they were among those targeted. Last week, the DoJ said the Natio…
HIPAA Risk Assessments 2026: Continuum GRC Healthcare Audits Security Boulevard
NOW on-demand, Value-Based Care Insights host Daniel J. Marino speaks with Dr. Suzanne Brixey, Executive Director of Fortify Children's Health, to discuss how Virginia's statewide pediatric clinically integrated network is advancing a new approach to value-based care. The post T…
FulcrumSec claims it stole 86 GB of data from Manchester Airports Group. BleepingComputer validated one traveller's record, while samples revealed detailed customer, booking, and travel information beyond what MAG initially disclosed. [...]
Anthropic is warning some Claude users that infostealer malware on their PCs has stolen active Claude login sessions, allowing attackers to access accounts and consume their usage. [...]
Multiple extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge delivered a malware framework that deployed modules to steal cryptocurrency, sensitive data, and browser history, as well as inject ClickFix lures. [...]
