The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council has launched a Public Health Cybersecurity Readiness Survey to assess the cybersecurity preparedness of state, local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies. The survey, expected to take 15 minutes, will help identify potential enhancements and inform recommendations for federal grant funding. The launch comes amid increasing cyber threats to the healthcare sector, with the UN warning of increasing ransomware attacks impacting global healthcare infrastructure.
The first UEFI bootkit malware for Linux has been detected, so users beware
ESET researchers have revealed a first-of-its-kind Linux UEFI bootkit, named ‘Bootkitty’, which could pose a significant risk despite being in early stages of development. The
