This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guest Gerald Auger Ph.D., Chief Content Creator, Simply Cyber

Here are the stories we plan to cover TODAY, time permitting. Please join us live at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET by registering for the open discussion on YouTube Live.

Cyber Health Report: Hacker entry point shifts from email to network

We have been covering a growing number of stories on breaches and attacks on hospitals and healthcare systems on Cyber Security Headlines, and yesterday, Critical Insight released its H1 2023 Healthcare Data Cyber Breach Report. Chief among its findings is that “the first six months of the year saw an encouraging decrease in the overall number of data breaches impacting healthcare organizations, it was overshadowed by large-scale breaches resulting in a significant increase in the number of individuals affected, which reached record levels.” The report predicts that 2023 is “on pace to break the record for individuals affected by breaches.” Hacking/IT incidents were the primary cause of breaches, with network server breaches accounting for 97% of records affected, with only 2% due to email breaches. The full report is available at Critical Insight, and a link is available in the show notes to this episode.

(Critical Insight)

Deep Instinct study finds significant increase in Generative AI fueled cyber attacks

Cybersecurity company Deep Instinct today releases its fourth edition of its Voice of SecOps Report, based on research conducted by Sapio Research which surveyed over 650 senior security operations professionals in the US, including CISOs and CIOs. Chief among its findings: “70% of security professionals say generative AI is positively impacting employee productivity and collaboration, with 63% stating the technology has also improved employee morale. However, 75% of security professionals witnessed an increase in attacks over the past 12 months, with 85% attributing this rise to bad actors using generative AI. Nearly half (46%) agree that ransomware is the greatest threat to their organization’s data security and 62% admit that ransomware…