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WannaCry: What’s in a name? Confusion.

The WannaCrypt ransomware was nothing special. Companies were done in by nasty software exploits and endemic insecurity in the form of unpatched and unpatchable legacy systems.
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Kelihos and the Ransomware Ecosystem

Botnets have been a serious problem on the web for more than 15 years, and as the network has changed, botnet operators have had to adapt in order to continue making money. While launching DDoS attacks on demand once was the main revenue stream for these cybercriminals, things have changed in recent years to include the paid installation of ransomware, banking trojans, and other types of malware.
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High Drama in HIPAA Land: the CoPilot Breach

The leak late last year of information on more than 200,000 patients of CoPilot Provider Support Services was just the first act in what is proving to be a bizarre and mysterious HIPAA ‘whodunnit.’
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HIPAA Hits the Cloud

New guidance from the Office of Civil Rights makes clear: HIPAA’s privacy protections extend to cloud providers, too.