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Feds Seize LockBit Ransomware Websites, Offer Decryption Tools, Troll Affiliates

Krebs on Security

First surfacing in September 2019, the gang is estimated to have made hundreds of millions of U.S. The government says Russian national Artur Sungatov used LockBit ransomware against victims in manufacturing, logistics, insurance and other companies throughout the United States. Department of Justice (DOJ).

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

million people was compromised, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and billing and claims information. KG Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing Germany Yes 1.1 Information relating to nearly 4.5

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Part one covers January to June, and will be followed by part in the coming days.

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Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten sells access to hacked networks

Security Affairs

“The adversary is particularly interested in exploits related to VPNs and network appliances , including CVE-2019-11510, CVE-2019-19781, and most recently CVE-2020-5902; reliance on exploits such as these lends to an opportunistic operational model.” ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

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SEC Continues Focus on Cybersecurity Disclosure Failures, Announces Settled Charges Against Pearson plc

Data Matters

2 The SEC’s Pearson Order follows its June 2021 announcement that it had settled charges against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for cybersecurity disclosure control failures. The Order alleges that Pearson continued to use the server until July 2019 — the time the server was previously scheduled to be retired.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in March 2021 – 21 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

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Think Ransomware Can’t Put You Out of Business?

Adam Levin

Manufacturing giant Honda had its networks brought to a standstill by just such an attack. The numbers point to a nascent blame game, which in turn points to the need for companies large and small to make sure they have cyber insurance–often the only thing between your company and an extinction-level cyber event.