Oct. 4 — Defense contractors and subcontractors have a new definition of “covered defense information” to contend with as they follow mandatory reporting requirements for cybersecurity incidents, under a final rulepublished Oct. 4 (81 Fed. Reg 68,312, 10/4/2016). The new definition, announced in a final rule for the Defense Department’s Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS)…
DetailsOct. 4 — Johnson & Johnson is warning users of its OneTouch Ping insulin pump that hackers could exploit a cybersecurity flaw to infuse additional doses of the diabetes drug without their knowledge, which could be life-threatening. “The probability of unauthorized access to the OneTouch Ping System is extremely low,” the company said in a…
DetailsOct. 4 — Risky and reckless computing behavior happens when computer users grow weary of dealing with computer security, according to an Oct. 4 study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. When users have to make more computer security decisions than they can manage, “they experience decision fatigue, which leads to security fatigue”—weariness or reluctance…
DetailsHong Kong (CNN)- It’s the nagging glitch in the US-China relationship that was inevitably mentioned during the first US presidential debate this week between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton — cyber warfare. During the debate, Trump questioned whether Russia was indeed behind a series of cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee — a conclusion that US…
DetailsIt’s not surprising that some Yahoo users have decided to sue the company for negligence over a 2014 breach that was only recently discovered and announced. But before we blame Yahoo for this, we need to understand how hackers accomplish such breaches — and what all of us should be doing better to prevent such breaches.…
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