efani.net News | The biggest healthcare data breaches of 2021
The biggest healthcare data breaches of 2021. More than 40 million patient records have been compromised this past year by incidents reported to the federal government in 2021. Amidst warnings from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation about hacking groups and news from the Department of Justice about ransomware-related arrests, an adage has begun to […]
Everyone Talking Robinhood NASDAQ: HOOD AMC GME
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) recently became a hot topic again after a series of negative developments caused the online brokerage’s stock to tumble below its IPO price of $38. Let’s review those headlines, if investors overreacted, and if its stock is still worth buying. An ugly earnings miss Robinhood’s latest decline started after it released […]
Creating A World In Which Data Breaches Are Improbable, Not Inevitable
Creating A World In Which Data Breaches Are Improbable, Not Inevitable Recently, one of the folks on my team shared the news about the latest Microsoft breach, in which power apps had caused some data leaks. On the same day, we heard that T-Mobile suffered a data breach. So, my first reaction was, “Ah, it’s […]
FBI Hacker is Selling Robinhood Data on Forum | efani SAFE?
The threat actor is looking for a minimum offer of “five figures” for the data, which includes seven million email addresses The hacker behind last week’s Robinhood data breach is now selling the company’s customer data on a hacking forum. Known as ‘pompompurin’, the threat actor – who also claimed responsibility for the recent hack […]
Northwestern faces cheer team, retirement, tuition & Data Breach Lawsuits
Northwestern has faced numerous lawsuits in the past few years, ranging from the cheer team to its retirement plan — the latter of which will be heard in front of the Supreme Court next month. The University was also recently involved in a suit alleging unfair tuition during the pandemic, a lawsuit dealing with a […]
Data the Cat-and-Mouse Game of Security | efani Partner TheNFG.com
Security has always been a cat-and-mouse game. Hackers find a way to breach security. Security teams fix the holes and implement new controls. Then bad actors find a way to circumvent those new measures. Rinse and repeat. The odds, unfortunately, are in the attackers’ favor. It’s not a matter of if but when the next […]
efani If Cybercriminals can’t see Encrypted Data Nothing to Steal
If cybercriminals can’t see data because it’s encrypted, they have nothing to steal Here’s the irony of ransomware data breach stories that gets surprisingly little attention: cybercriminals enthusiastically encrypt and steal sensitive data to extort money and yet their victims rarely bother to defend themselves using the same obviously highly effective concept. It should be […]
efani Cavoukian Newfoundland cyber attack: It’s appalling
One of Canada’s leading privacy experts is outraged that hackers were able to access the data of thousands of patients and hospital employees in the Newfoundland and Labrador healthcare system. “It’s appalling,” former Ontario privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian, now executive director of the Global Privacy and Security by Design Centre, said in an interview. “What […]
Ministry Defense not aware harm following data breaches TheNFG.com
Afghanistan: Ministry of Defence not aware of any harm following data breaches The Ministry of Defence has said it is “not aware anyone has come to harm” as a result of data breaches involving the email addresses of Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces. The MoD launched an inquiry after more than 300 people […]
efani Executive Interview: Tom Rosamilia Sr VP IBM Software
Tom Rosamilia has had a remarkable career by most any measure, but it is particularly notable in the tech industry, where employment tends to be highly peripatetic. After graduating from Cornell University in 1983 with degrees in computer science and economics, Rosamilia joined IBM where he worked in programming, software and product development, and management […]
