The operators of subscription service MoviePass have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations of fraud and data security failures.  It is alleged that MoviePass used an elaborate three-prong approach to prevent and discourage subscribers from using its $9.95 “one movie a day” monthly subscription service as advertised. First, according to the FTC complaint, the company blocked as many as 75,000 subscribers from accessing content by purposefully invalidating their passwords.  The FTC said: “MoviePass’s operators invalidated subscriber passwords…

An intrusion into the IT system of the New York City Law Department is being co-investigated by the New York Police Department and the FBI’s Cyber Task Force. The hack was first reported by The Daily News, which learned that sensitive information belonging to more than a thousand department employees may have been exposed in the security incident. After discovering the intrusion, the city restricted admission to the system, preventing government lawyers from accessing documents.  On…

Medical data is a valuable commodity—one that needs to be protected from cybersecurity threats. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about medical data security. Seth Rosenblatt’s “The Parallax View” recently posted about medical vulnerabilities found by CybelAngel’s senior cybersecurity analyst, David Sygula. TechCrunch had a similar writeup about warnings for medical imaging from Greenbone Networks’ lead researcher, Dirk Schrader. Last December, Kaspersky project manager Maria Namestnikova warned that software used by medical organizations is…

Medical data security: Top 5 things to know Length: 2:09 | Jun 8, 2021 Medical data is a valuable commodity—one that needs to be protected from cybersecurity threats. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about medical data security. Source link

  Carey Ferro credits much of her success to having a healthy sense of curiosity. Asking questions and understanding how things work at an early age can help one shape and grow technology as a lifelong passion. But even more important, Carey says learning to practice reflection is an essential part of continued personal growth and finding balance in one’s life. In this edition of our podcast, Carey discusses the importance of curiosity, courage, and…

A new organized cybercrime group claims to have stolen sensitive data belonging to a county in Illinois.  St. Clair County disabled its website on June 2 out of “an abundance of caution” after suffering a cyber-attack. Ransomware gang Grief has claimed responsibility for the digital assault.   Because of the incident, several county services were rendered unavailable from May 28, including access to court records and payment for ticket fees.  The county jail’s network was also impacted, with…