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Mainline Health Systems data breach impacted over 100,000 individuals Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2025 Mainline Health Systems disclosed a data breach that impacted over 100,000 individuals. Mainline Health Systems is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center founded in 1978 in Portland, Arkansas, serving Southeast Arkansas . With over 30 locations across multiple counties—including in-school clinics and community centers—it provides comprehensive primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services. The healthcare organization disclosed a data breach that impacted 101104 individuals. The security incident occurred on or about April 10, 2024, and impacted the company network. “Upon learning of the issue, we commenced…

Users who want to stick with Windows 10 beyond its planned end-of-support date but still receive security updates, can enroll into the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, Microsoft has confirmed on Tuesday. Microsoft’s (self-evident) long-term goal is to push all users to upgrade to Windows 11, but the company understands that not everybody can do it immediately or even in the next couple of years. ESU for home users “Windows 10 launched in July 2015, and after nearly a decade, support will end on Oct. 14, 2025,” Yusuf Mehdi, Executive VP, Consumer Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft, noted.…

Lawrence Hoffman // ADVISORY: The techniques and tools referenced within this blog post may be outdated and do not apply to current situations. However, there is still potential for this blog entry to be used as an opportunity to learn and to possibly update or integrate into modern tools and techniques. Certain Intel chips come with what’s called a “Management Engine” or ME. This is an actual physical subsystem which implements Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT.) Why is it on a security blog? Because it has full control over everything your machine does, uses security by obscurity, and if infected…

Canada’s payments landscape is being recast at high speed, and the once-predictable routines of corporate treasurers are being pushed into the digital fast lane. The change is as much cultural as technological for the practitioners who sit at the center of cash management. “I have been on the ground here in Canada … for over 25 years,” Lyndsay Langford, Bank of America’s head of Global Payment Solutions for Canada, told PYMNTS. “In the past, we had wires, EFT and checks. Today, clients demand faster payments, less friction and richer remittance data.” Those demands have forced treasury teams to abandon manual processes and build real-time visibility…

HB 2324 heads to the governor’s desk after House vote, establishing a U.S. first: a state-run Bitcoin reserve funded entirely by forfeited digital assetsThe Arizona House of Representatives passed House Bill 2324 on Tuesday, approving legislation to create the first Bitcoin reserve in the United States funded solely through seized digital assets. The 34–22 vote, with four members not voting, sends the bill to Governor Katie Hobbs, who now has five business days to sign or veto it.If enacted, the measure would position Arizona as a national pioneer, distinct from New Hampshire and Texas, which recently approved their own state-level…

Every chart, conversion rate, and revenue projection you share with leadership rests on the quiet assumption that the underlying data is real. When logins are sloppy — shared passwords, stale user roles, or token leaks — bad actors and well-meaning teammates alike can pollute records in seconds. Suddenly the ad set that looked profitable last week is overstated, and the nurturing funnel that seemed sluggish is actually healthy. A secure login strategy acts as the bouncer at the door, filtering who can touch what and leaving you with numbers you can defend—just as the OWASP Top 10 reminds us that…

, you know they are stateless. If you haven’t, think of them as having no short-term memory. An example of this is the movie Memento, where the protagonist constantly needs to be reminded of what has happened, using post-it notes with facts to piece together what he should do next. To converse with LLMs, we need to constantly remind them of the conversation each time we interact. Implementing what we call “short-term memory” or state is easy. We just grab a few previous question-answer pairs and include them in each call. Long-term memory, on the other hand, is an entirely…

When Marks & Spencer paused online orders after it was hit by ransomware, it was bad news for them… but GOOD news for other big online retailers. Fashion rivals like Next, John Lewis, and Zara saw a nice little bump while M&S sales floundered. Cyberattacks don’t just cause technical headaches, they can send customers straight into the arms of your competitors. Sign up to our free newsletter.Security news, advice, and tips. Make sure you have an incident response plan in place, and are prepared if you get hit by a…

U.S. warns of incoming cyber threats following Iran airstrikes Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025 U.S. warns of cyberattacks by pro-Iranian groups after launching airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites amid the Iran –Israel war starting June 13, 2025. The Iran conflict raises cyber threat levels in the U.S., with likely low-level attacks by pro-Iranian hacktivists and possible state-linked cyber activity. Following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, President Trump called the attacks a success and warned of more if Iran resists peace. “The ongoing Iran conflict is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States.” reads the advisory published by…