Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital fell victim to a cyberattack, compromising its email systems and electronic medical records. This spotlighted the growing cybersecurity threat facing the healthcare industry. Despite the attack, the hospital continued operating via contingency plans. The incident underscores the urgent need for strengthening cybersecurity in healthcare, including revising the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for better digital protections.
New Unauthenticated DoS Vulnerability Crashes Next.js Servers with a Single Request
A newly discovered critical vulnerability in the Next.js framework allows attackers to crash self-hosted servers using a single HTTP request, requiring negligible resources to execute.
