Mike Fell, executive director of national cyber security operations at NHS England, discusses the threat of cyber crime to the NHS. Fell stresses the importance of preventing cyber attacks for patient safety and details the lessons learned from the Synnovis attack such as the importance of foundational controls and managing risks through the supply chain. He also discusses the role of new regulations and better awareness in mitigating supplier risk.
Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door
GruesomeLarch, an advanced persistent threat group, compromised several account passwords on a web service platform using credential-stuffing attacks. However, two-factor authentication prevented actual account breaches.
