Hospitals are vulnerable to the same cyber threats as businesses and must take action to protect themselves. By David Trossell According to BBC News, “WannaCry was the biggest cyber-attack that…
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NHS Digital adds £10m to prospective cyber security contract
By Owen Hughes NHS Digital has raised the value of a contract through which it hopes to procure the services of an external cyber security partner for its security operations…
Physician, protect thyself: healthcare cybersecurity circling the drain
by Jovi Umawing No one knows you better than you do. But thanks to technology advances and the continued digitization of healthcare data accumulation and sharing processes, we can also…
UK blames Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack
The Russian military was directly behind a “malicious” cyber-attack on Ukraine last summer that spread across Europe, British ministers have said. The UK government has taken the unusual step of…
NHS Digital welcomes new guidance as UK firms told to shore up cybersecurity
Owen Hughes NHS Digital has welcomed new guidance that will see suppliers of critical services fined if they fail to enforce adequate protection against cyber-attacks. Under new government guidelines targeting Britain’s…
Lazarus Group, Fancy Bear Most Active Threat Groups in 2017
Kelly Sheridan Lazarus, believed to operate out of North Korea, and Fancy Bear, believed to operate out of Russia, were most referenced threat actor groups in last year’s cyberattacks. The…