IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. Here is our complete list of November’s cyber attacks and data breaches.

Data breaches 137

Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Personal data 137

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world. billion in 2020. “On October 22, 2020, Steelcase Inc.

Ransomware 101

Ransomware Computer and Electronics Manufacturing Mining 101

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Egregor has been actively distributed since September 2020 and has so far hit at least 69 big companies in 16 countries. Egregor’s favorite sectors are Manufacturing (28.9% of victims) and Retail (14.5%). The biggest ransom demand detected by Group-IB team has been at $4 million worth of BTC. ProLock = Egregor. Inside Egregor.

Ransomware 117

Ransomware Retail Encryption Manufacturing 117

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Iranian hacker group has been attacking corporate VPNs over the past months, they have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world targeting Pulse Secure , Fortinet , Palo Alto Networks , and Citrix VPNs. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike.

Access 91

Access Financial Services Retail Insurance 91

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

FireEye’s Mandiant unit observed two distinct waves of attacks carried out by the cybercrime group in December 2020. “For example, UNC2529 used a unique username, masquerading as an account executive for a small California-based electronics manufacturing company, which Mandiant identified through a simple Internet search.”

Manufacturing 101

Manufacturing Phishing Military Retail 101

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. What do the statistics say? million (about £4.70

Risk 99

Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 99

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The majority of companies that did include the button/link were in the retail sector. There are a few outliers; however, with some companies requesting notarized signatures, social security numbers, VIN numbers, and others refusing to accept requests unless the user has an account with the company. Ballot Initiative.

Privacy 49

Privacy B2B Sales Compliance 49

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. Luxottica Group S.p.A. Its best known brands are Ray-Ban, Persol, and Oakley.

Data breaches 76

Data breaches Insurance Retail Ransomware 76

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

Group-IB , a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks , has detected successful attacks in Western Europe carried out in late January 2020 traced to Russian-speaking threat actors. At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have been affected.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Manufacturing Cybersecurity Retail 98

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The majority of companies that did include the button/link were in the retail sector. There are a few outliers; however, with some companies requesting notarized signatures, social security numbers, VIN numbers, and others refusing to accept requests unless the user has an account with the company. Ballot Initiative.

Privacy 40

Privacy B2B Sales Compliance 40

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

The Prometei botnet appears to be active at least since March 2020, but it was first observed by Cisco Talos experts in July 2020. Prometei has been observed to be active in systems across a variety of industries, including: Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Utilities, Travel, and Construction.”

Mining 66

Mining Retail Insurance Manufacturing 66

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 25, 2020

The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced on June 23, 2020, that restrictions relating to COVID-19 would be eased as of July 4. Going forward, this type of additional data collection is likely to be applied not only in the hospitality sector but also in the education, retail and manufacturing sectors, as they reopen.

Data collection 98

Data collection Personal data Compliance Retail 98

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Archer was named a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management and IT vendor risk management tools. Additionally, Forrester named it a Contender in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Archer was named a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management and IT vendor risk management tools. Additionally, Forrester named it a Contender in its Q1 2020 GRC Wave.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. TB Four Hands Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.5 TB Four Hands Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.5

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Kid Security breached again: children’s live GPS locations exposed on the Internet Last November , the parental control app Kid Security, which allows parents to monitor and control their children’s online safety, was found to have exposed more than 300 million records via misconfigured Elasticsearch and Logstash instances.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

According to a pair of recent reports from cloud security vendor Zscaler, cybercriminals picked up on this, with the result being a significant surge in malware attacks against these devices. IoT device security has also been the target of a broad federal effort in recent months. ” Most Devices Communicate in Plaintext.

IoT 145

IoT Risk Manufacturing Authentication 145

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

IT 52

IT Manufacturing Government Paper 52

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Especially in the world of security standards.

IT 52

IT Manufacturing Government Paper 52

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Current attack trends add urgency, and catching up on doing basic security best practices isn’t enough. Eventually, governments will address the risk by beefing up security and purchasing cyber insurance, which go hand in glove. There are some big, unanswered questions about supply chain security surrounding voting machines.

Ransomware 153

Ransomware Government Retail Security 153

ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

A lot of SMBs do not have security operations centers or SOCs. They have IT contractors who can provision laptops and maintain a certain level of compliance and security. They can provide that additional security, remotely. They have those security capabilities. In a way and then you consume the outcomes.

Insurance 40

Insurance Privacy Ransomware GDPR 40

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

As a result, the way in which they connect and authorize communication makes them a primary security risk for organizations. The report, titled The Economic Impact of Machine Identity Breaches , was commissioned by Salt Lake City, UT-based security vendor Venafi. Machines control the flow of all types of sensitive data.

Digital transformation 138

Digital transformation Passwords Retail IoT 138

Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, organisations in the Legal and Retail sector may see impressive ROIs. In the State and Local Government sector that was further behind in their digital transformation, the pandemic caused the acceleration of digitisation efforts in 2020, but most of them can be described as emergency measures.

Marketing 40

Marketing Customer Experience Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 40

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets.

Phishing 105

Phishing Ransomware Passwords Access 105

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses accelerated their cloud adoption to provide remote access to data, storage and operations so they could maintain business continuity during lockdown. A private cloud offers greater control over security and resource customization than a public cloud.

Cloud 100

Cloud Digital transformation e-Delivery Compliance 100

Reltio

OCTOBER 9, 2022

This hasn’t gone unnoticed: A 2020 report by MicroStrategy found that around 94% of companies believe that digital transformation centered around data analytics applications will be essential to their business growth. By processing big data, retailers can get insights into their entire supply chain. Privacy and Security.

Big data 52

Big data MDM Unstructured data Analytics 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year.

Ransomware 131

Ransomware Phishing Sales Manufacturing 131

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Attackers can compromise credentials because of extensive user password problems throughout most organizations; however, a number of security solutions provide credentials protection for both basic and advanced needs. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. 20% increase accesses of specific organizations advertised.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 121