Proposed changes to the 2013 HIPAA Security Rule published in the U.S. Federal Register require stricter cybersecurity from healthcare providers and their partners. The changes include mandatory security risk analysis, comprehensive asset inventories and network maps, encryption of data, multi-factor authentication, and regular screening for software vulnerabilities. Businesses are required to prove the application of these measures, and non-compliance within certain timeframes will result in penalties.

Man who stole 2 gold bars from Colorado woman in malware scam sentenced to 6 years in prison
Sagar Patel, 27, has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Colorado judge for stealing two gold bars from a 79-year-old woman. She