Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. Still other unbidden communications from Rezvesz were friendly, even helpful with timely news tips.

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Marketing Passwords Systems administration Access 211

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Cyber security group vx-underground published an image of the message and its translated version in English which states: “Due to certain unsolvable circumstances associated with pressure from the authorities (part of the team is no longer available, after the latest news) – the project is closed.

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Ransomware Encryption Communications IT 121

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In other news…. Zenith American Solutions breaches data after mailing error (31,146) Dorset hospital accidentally deletes patient images (5,000) Western Australia Health sorry over monkeypox data breach (47) St. You can find the full list of incidents below, broken into their respective categories. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 116

IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

And the bad news is that unsettled employees, many of whom are being asked to work from home, and depleted workforces mean there is an increased chance of an incident occurring. Victoria, Australia, school says former student gained unauthorised access to sensitive data (90,000). In other news….

Data breaches 143

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 143

IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Breached organisation: A Limerick-based IT services firm (in the Republic of Ireland), retained by 11 towing companies, which are used by state bodies including the Irish national police and security service, An Garda Síochána.

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Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Security 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2019

“A hacker has been able to send messages via text, email, and landline to tens of thousands of people across Australia after an emergency warning alert service, used by councils, was hacked.” ” reported the ABC news. Investigations are continuing with police involvement.” Your personal data is not safe.

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Personal data Access Security IT 79

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2020

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. MageCart attack hit Australia bushfire Donors. New Bill prohibits intelligence sharing with countries using Huawei 5G equipment. Chinese police arrested the operator of unauthorized VPN service that made $1.6

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Security Data breaches Ransomware Sales 57

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Ten hospitals in Alabama and Australia have been hit with ransomware attacks. Dutch police shut down bulletproof service hosting tens of DDoS botnets. Ukrainian police dismantled a bot farm involved in multiple spam campaigns.

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Security IoT Ransomware Cybersecurity 56

IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Meanwhile, if you enjoy this sort of cyber security news, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest stories straight to your inbox. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, along with our rundown of the biggest incidents of the month. Biggest data breaches of April 2023 1.

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Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Access 105

KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Law enforcement authorities across Europe, Australia, the United States, Ukraine and Canada have taken down a popular website used by cybercriminals to impersonate major corporations in voice phishing (vishing) attacks. policing and internationally, we are reinventing the way fraud is investigated. Security News. Save My Spot!

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2021

When the Ashley Madison data breach occurred in 2015, it made headline news around the world. But there's also a lot of consistency, for example, here's a piece on whether it's legal to access an employee's email account in Australia : The short answer is yes. Have an affair."

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Data breaches Military Access Communications 145

IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Meanwhile, you can stay up to date with the latest news by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or visiting our blog. In other news…. In other news…. You can find our full list of incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. Cyber attacks.

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Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 130

IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2023

You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, including our new feature in which we delve into the month’s biggest incidents in a little more detail. Meanwhile, if you enjoy this sort of cyber security news, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest stories straight to your inbox.

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Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 119

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

402,437,094 known records breached in 240 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Daniel Meli, 27, was arrested by Maltese police and Prince Onyeoziri Odinakachi, 31, was arrested in Nigeria at the request of the US law enforcement agencies.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. KrebsOnSecurity reports that hackers who specialize in filing fake police requests for subscriber data gained access to a U.S. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

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Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 220

The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 25, 2019

Police seeking legal advice about two cases that resulted in information that ‘may have been used in a prosecution’ ACT Policing has admitted it unlawfully accessed citizens’ metadata a total of 3,365 times, not 116 as previously disclosed in an explosive commonwealth ombudsman’s report on Monday.

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Metadata Access Encryption IT 109

The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Related: Australian government secretly releasing sensitive medical records to police Continue reading. When the Coalition government passed mandatory data retention laws in 2015, the legislation explicitly ruled out forcing telecommunications companies to hold web-browsing histories of its users as part of the regime.

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Metadata Government IT Privacy 99

The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 27, 2021

Only nine out of 1,713 times ACT police accessed location was fully compliant with laws, putting prosecutions at risk, Ombudsman says The Australian federal police’s ACT unit has been blasted for a “cavalier” attitude to access of location information to arrest criminal suspects which could put prosecutions at risk.

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Access Metadata Risk Privacy 72

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Source (New) Public Germany Unknown Unknown Bayerische Landesbank Source (New) Finance Germany Unknown Unknown Münchner Verkehrs-gesellschaft Source (New) Transport Germany Unknown Unknown Berlin.de

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

The Guardian Data Protection

JANUARY 26, 2020

Lawyers and health privacy advocates condemn laxness of privacy provisions in guidelines The Australian government is releasing highly sensitive medical records to police through a secret regime that experts say contains fundamentally flawed privacy protections.

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Government Healthcare Sales Privacy 99

IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

University of Western Australia alerts former students about potential data theft after laptop theft (100,000). Canadian police sent an account of someone’s suicide attempt to the wrong people (1). Commission investigating Australian police informant accidentally shares her handlers’ personal details with underworld clients (unknown).

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Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Government 111

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome to a new year! Following our Christmas break, we’re rounding up two weeks’ worth of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing Australia Yes 95.19

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Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

67,273,297 known records breached in 130 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Global CAPE members include Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei and the US. We hope you found it useful.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 8, 2019

MPs are examining impact of national security laws on freedom of the press The Australian federal police has revealed it accessed the metadata of journalists 58 times in the 2017-18 financial year.

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Metadata Access Security IT 76

The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 14, 2019

Suprema is the security company responsible for the web-based Biostar 2 biometrics lock system that allows centralised control for access to secure facilities like warehouses or office buildings.

Passwords 112

Passwords Access Security IT 112

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2021

It’s not the news we were expecting having recently reported that organisations had turned the tide on ransomware attackers – but clearly fraudsters are doubling down on their efforts. In other news…. Dozens of organisations that used the software reported incidents in one of the worst months we’ve ever recorded. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Blockchain 130

The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 31, 2019

News publishers find it less risky, and maybe more profitable, if stories about abuse of power are shunted in favour of trivia News organisations have been slow to respond to the tide of legislation that progressively and surely threatens their ability to report the affairs of state.

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Government Metadata Security IT 77

The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 24, 2018

Advice from independent researcher contradicts health minister and raises more privacy concerns The health minister, Greg Hunt, was wrong to claim that patients’ My Health Record could only be accessed by police with a court order, according to advice from the parliamentary library.

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Libraries Access Privacy Government 76

The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 13, 2018

The minister for law enforcement and cyber security, Angus Taylor, released an exposure draft of the bill on Tuesday that would extend obligations to tech giants including Facebook, Apple and Google to assist police and other agencies. Related: Australian bill to create back door into encrypted apps in 'advanced stages' Continue reading.

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Access Communications Encryption Security 68

The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 2, 2018

Four police officers were charged with computer hacking offences last year under what was considered a crackdown on improper access of the Queensland Police Records and Information Management Exchange (QPrime) database, which stores personal information.

Data breaches 74

Data breaches Personal data Privacy Cybersecurity 74

The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 15, 2018

The people demanding these new powers have proven that they cannot be trusted with the powers they already have The good news is, the war on maths is postponed, because maths won. The government appears to have given up on its ambition of undermining the global encryption standards that underpin secure communications on the internet.

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Government IT Encryption Communications 74

The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Related: Coalition's surveillance laws give police power to access electronic devices Related: Australian bill to create back door into encrypted apps in 'advanced stages' Continue reading.

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Encryption Risk Access 54

The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 25, 2018

Page removed after complaint from health department about ‘potential inaccuracies’ A complaint from the federal health department has prompted the parliamentary library to pull its advice that patients’ My Health Record could be accessed by police without a court order.

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Libraries Access Privacy IT 68

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Source (New) Cyber security India Yes 54 GB Arden Claims Service Source (New) Finance USA Yes 50,032 Ashford Inc. We’ll be back next week with the biggest and most interesting news stories, all rounded up in one place.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Troy Hunt

MARCH 21, 2018

In gathering these references over the last 6 months or so, there was one particular source which popped up over and over again that really surprised me - the police. For example, via the Police Service of Northern Ireland: Looking to see if your email address has ever been compromised? Why not pay a visit to [link].

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Data breaches Passwords Government IT 72

IT Governance

AUGUST 29, 2019

French police ‘neutralize’ Monero mining virus as it spreads worldwide (850,000). New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services notifies patients of data breach (183,000). Australia-based Neoclinical breaches patients’ medical histories and other private info (37,000). In other news…. Ransomware.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Personal data 111

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. Police confiscated 11 mobile phones, 7 flash drives, 5 laptops, 4 SD cards, 3 Wi-Fi routers, 2 hard drives, a desktop and a modem, as well as several financial documents containing personal and bank account information belonging to other people.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52