The first part of the security update, which arrives on devices as the 2023-01-01 security patch level, addresses 19 security defects in the Framework and System components.

Large corporations (41%) will be the top targeted sector for cyberattacks in 2023, favored over financial institutions (36%), government (14%), healthcare (9%), and education (8%), according to Titaniam.

The compromised information included Deezer users’ dates of birth, email addresses, genders, geographic locations, IP addresses, names, spoken languages, and/or usernames.

A new effort is attempting to improve cybersecurity awareness — and preparedness — in a sector that is only beginning to understand the threat it faces from malicious hackers.

A nursing and assisted living care firm that delayed reporting a data breach to authorities paid a $200,000 fine to two state attorneys general and pledged to implement a security incident response plan.

The company, which has not been named in reports, was targeted by skilled cybercriminals who were able to breach the firm’s security systems and gain access to its digital wallets.

The experts believe attackers initially compromised targeted devices through a dictionary attack on poorly protected Linux SSH servers, then they installed multiple malware on the target system.

The White House’s National Security Council (NSC) is working on an ambitious project to improve consumer Internet of Things (IoT) security through industry-standard labeling.

The five vulnerabilities — tracked from CVE-2022-40516 through CVE-2022-40520 — also impact Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptops, prompting the Chinese PC maker to issue BIOS updates to plug the security holes.

A report by Jama Network stumbled across the medical information of approximately 42 million Americans being offered on underground marketplaces, since 2016. The study analyzed trends in ransomware attacks on U.S. healthcare institutions between 2016 and 2021. The number of attacks in that period has also doubled, noted experts.