South Africa’s National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is facing a significant cybersecurity challenge as it seeks to centralise electronic health records (EHRs). Calin Cloete, Enterprise Security Solutions Lead at ESET Southern Africa, said the NHI had to implement robust safeguards to protect the personal and medical data of millions. Cloete stressed that cybersecurity needed to be built into the EHR system from the outset and should involve a zero-trust approach, emphasising verification, multifactor authentication and role-based access control.
Fog ransomware notes troll with DOGE references, bait insider attacks
Fog ransomware attacks over the past month used a note referencing the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to trick users into spreading the malware.
