Security

Inviting hackers to attack your network and then paying them for discovering weaknesses seems dangerous. But the U.S. Department of Defense is succeeding with the practice and some infosec firms are specializing in it.

Researchers have blocked mass email campaigns from hackers that mask malicious links as legitimate communications and trick users into paying for unnecessary support services.

A new alliance of IT and security professionals wants to promote best practices and spread awareness of a standard definition.

Next wave of attacks will likely target Internet of Things and medical devices, which remain tempting targets for their lack of sufficient protections, experts say.

ICS-CERT researchers found four vulnerabilities in Siemens’ molecular imaging products that can be publicly exploited and allow a hacker to remotely access and compromise the devices.

The healthcare pros needed to battle today’s criminal arch-villains possess speed, smarts and a desire to be perfect.

The model is proving that it can be safer than traditional flat networks when it comes to protecting precious health data.

The healthcare sector has reported 233 breach incidents this year so far and is on pace to exceed last year’s rate of one healthcare breach a day, Protenus says.

Policies pick up support as cyber threats increase in frequency and hospitals face stiff fines tied to data breaches.

Three months after the global attack that infected over 300,000 computers and crippled the UK National Health Services, the cybercriminals behind the outbreak collected their 52.2 bitcoins Wednesday night.