UnitedHealth Group has appointed Tim McKnight as its new chief information security officer (CISO), taking over from Steven Martin. The appointment follows criticism of UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity measures after a ransomware attack on subsidiary Change Healthcare. McKnight, who has previously worked at companies including IBM and Google, spent eight years with the FBI. Last week, UnitedHealth revealed the February attack impacted over 100 million people in the US.
Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT targeted 100+ organizations with a spear-phishing campaign using RDP files
Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT), Midnight Blizzard, has launched a large-scale spear-phishing campaign, targeting over 1,000 users across more than 100 organizations. Noted for its