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US healthcare org pays $11M settlement over alleged cybersecurity lapses Health Net Federal Services (HNFS) and its parent company, Centene Corporation, have agreed to pay $11,253,400 to settle allegations that HNFS falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity requirements under its Defense Health Agency (DHA) TRICARE contract.

US healthcare org pays $11M settlement over alleged cybersecurity lapses

Digital Security In Uncertain Times For the past few weeks, I've been getting frantic texts, calls, and emails from people who are concerned about their own digital security and are seeking guidance—some for the first time. The guidanc...

Lately people have been asking me for digital security tips, so I wrote a little post with some basics, some resources, and some dreams of a better world.

Sudan Ebolavirus disease

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On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of Health of #Uganda declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease following confirmation from 3 national reference laboratories.

As of 30 January 2025, 45 contacts have been identified, incl. 34 healthcare workers & 11 family members bit.ly/40J3N9g

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Ex-worker arrested after 'shutdown' of British Museum computer systems London's world-famous British Museum was forced to partially close its doors at the end of last week, following a serious security breach involving a former IT contractor.

The British Museum was forced to partially close its doors, following a serious security breach.

Police were called on Friday after a recently-dismissed worker allegedly broke in and was able to shut down systems, including the museum's ticketing platform.

https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h…

Ohio county IT director resigns after $1.5 million ransomware payment | StateScoop Wood County, Ohio, has hired a consulting firm that provides chief information officer services, to replace its outgoing IT director.

Ohio county IT director resigns after $1.5 million ransomware payment | StateScoop https://buff.ly/4jAEnmM

Seriously I think is more. They managed a lot of Health Care processes. It’s no only the health plan. It’s insurance approvals and prescriptions authorizations

Change Healthcare data breach exposed the private data of over half the U.S. The Change Healthcare data breach is worse than initially estimated: approximately 190 million people have been affected.

Change Healthcare data breach exposed the private data of over half the U.S. securityaffairs.com/173467/data-...

Again??? Wow.

Hackers use Windows RID hijacking to create hidden admin account A North Korean threat group has been using a technique called RID hijacking that tricks Windows into treating a low-privileged account as one with administrator permissions.

#NorthKorean threat group has been using a technique called RID hijacking that tricks Windows into treating a low-privileged account as one with administrator permissions. #CyberAlerts #CyberAttacks www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Me?
@DarknetDiaries

@JackRhysider

Listen to my story!
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Security tip for iPhone users: holding the side button and one of the volume buttons for two seconds will lock your phone and disables Face ID until you enter your password. Useful for situations where someone may try to unlock your phone without your consent.

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social

Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

The 2025 journalist’s digital security checklist Our digital security training team's checklist to help journalists secure their digital life.

Not a bad moment for a little check-up on your digital security esp if you rely on these tools to connect with people in harm’s way

It’s beautiful. From Puerto Rico.

Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in it...

“This is extremely suspicious behavior that normal towers do not exhibit,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @wired.com. “This is not 100 percent incontrovertible truth, but it’s strong evidence suggesting a cell-site simulator was deployed.”

Kidde’s new smoke detectors have Ring technology built in Amazon announced a partnership with Kidde at CES 2025 on Monday that brings its Ring technology to the home safety stalwart’s smoke alarms. There will be multiple versions of the hybrid smoke and CO2 detectors, ranging in price from $55 to $75. As a…

Kidde’s new smoke detectors have Ring technology built in

An email from Steve Jobs to Bruce Chizen with the subject line 'Recruitment,' dated Thursday, May 26, 2005, at 9:36 AM. The message reads: 'Bruce, Adobe is recruiting from Apple. They have already hired one person and are calling many more. I have a standing policy with our recruiters that we do not recruit from Adobe. It sounds like you have a different policy. One of us must change our policy. Please let me know who. Steve'

I just read old this email from Steve Jobs to Adobe ex CEO Bruce Chizen. The wording on this was an interesting way to get his point across! What do you think?

Amigos en #PuertoRico - si piensan usar un generador o planta eléctrica esta noche, recuerden hacerlo de forma segura. A por lo menos 20 pies o 6 metros de distancia de cualquier casa, ventana o respiradero.

Sabotage: Protecting European Transportation Networks from Russia Ukraine has been sabotaging Russia’s railways with success — vulnerable NATO nations should take note and prepare.

“Ukraine has been sabotaging Russia’s railways with success – vulnerable NATO nations should take note.” Doug Livermore

I apologize if this is a silly question.

Anyone have tips on journalling, regular or digitally like on an iPad?

Any books or YouTubers you learned from.

Realized the years go by so fast and I can never remember what I did. So I thought it might be a good experiment for next yr to jot things down.

Has Russia’s Shadow Fleet Added Sabotage to Its List? Russia has assembled a fleet of hundreds of vessels to covertly ship its oil. With so many ships at sea, the idea of using some to cause havoc may be proving irresistible to the Kremlin.

The Finns, having seized a suspect vessel, may discover details of Russia’s suspected use of the “ghost fleet” for sabotage & espionage.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/w...

Tired of festive films? Here's 5 privacy documentaries to twist your mind instead Must-watch documentaries for any privacy purist

Good to see The Great Hack (on which I was senior researcher in 2019) is still Number 1 of the Must-watch #privacy documentaries! www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

Suspicious Georgia protest-related Facebook ads lure users into financial scam Many ads impersonated local media outlets to direct users to financial scam websites.

🚨🇬🇪 Suspicious Facebook ads exploiting #GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪 🚨

DFRLab uncovered deceptive ads posing as protest-related content, luring users into financial scams during Georgia’s #foreignagentslaw protests. Uncover the story from @sopogelava.bsky.social & @ggigitashvili.bsky.social bit.ly/3DrKSYx

The United States Needs to Step Up Its Response to Bird Flu The United States continues to fall short in managing the threat of bird flu. Although the risk of widespread H5N1 human-to-human transmission currently appears low, enhanced response measures are…

The United States continues to fall short in managing the threat of bird flu. While the risk of widespread H5N1 human-to-human transmission currently appears low, enhanced response measures are needed.

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Have you received an email from an alleged hacker with an attached PDF that includes your name, a picture of your house, and a threat to leak embarrassing info or photos to your friends and family? Don’t panic. 🧵 (1/7)

First member of Congress I’ve seen acknowledge people’s anger at United

This is happening to me also.

Because of this…