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This article is part of the series "Malware Coding Lessons for IT People". Check out the rest: Part I: Learning to Write Custom FUD (Fully Undetected) Malware Part II: Fun With FUD Ransomware!

As a reader of this blog, you know all about Health and Human Services’ (HHS) wall of shame. That’s where breaches involving protected health information (PHI) affecting 500 or more records are posted for the world to see. It’s actually a requirement of HIPAA – technically the HITECH Act. But now there’s been a slight change in breach policy.

One of the lessons learned from the uptick in ransomware attacks is that it pays to keep your security patches up to date. A few months ago the SamSam/Samas malware was (and is still) having great success primarily against healthcare companies and hospitals.

Our recent ebook shows what’s wrong with current password-based authentication technology.

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, there are now online marketplaces to buy health insurance. These are essentially websites that allow consumers to shop around for an insurance policy by comparing plans from different private providers.

This article is part of the series "SQL Server Best Practices". Check out the rest: Part I: Configuration Part II: Virtualized Environments

Remember Canada’s profusion of data privacy laws?

Knowing the right tool to the right job is something that can save you hours of extra work and tedium. We’ve compiled a list of of some of the best general purpose sysadmin tools for troubleshooting, testing, communicating and fixing the systems that you need to keep running.

“You’re almost certainly not going to hear about successful ransomware attacks on banks,” says Fraud Prevention Expert, Ross Hogan in an interview with Banking Exchange. “It is probably one of the most catastrophic events that a bank could suffer.”

Sadly, ransomware infections are routine enough that IT departments have started to develop standardized procedures for rapidly quarantining infected machines, determining the extent of damage and then attempting recovery operations..

Every day another company is caught off guard by a data breach. While avoiding an attack is ideal, it’s not always possible. There’s no such thing as perfect security. Even if you’ve outsourced your IT or your data lives in the cloud, ultimately the responsibility for keeping your customer data safe falls on your shoulders.

A recently filed federal class-action suit claims that several healthcare providers are violating HIPAA’s rules on protected health information (PHI). If the suit succeeds, privacy advocates say it has the potential to disrupt the way the ad targeting industry deals with the healthcare sector.