The Education Sector Experienced the Highest Number of Data Breaches in 2023
KnowBe4
MAY 7, 2024
New data from Verizon makes it clear that the Education sector is under attack, but also breaks down which threat actions and patterns are used most.
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KnowBe4
MAY 7, 2024
New data from Verizon makes it clear that the Education sector is under attack, but also breaks down which threat actions and patterns are used most.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 6, 2023
The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.
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IT Governance
JANUARY 13, 2023
This week, we discuss a series of ransomware attacks on 30 schools and colleges in the UK, legal action against both Meta and the Irish Data Protection Commission following last year’s massive Facebook GDPR fine, and the third stage of a cyber-defence-in-depth strategy: management.
IT Governance
OCTOBER 24, 2023
At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months Date of breach: 24 May 2023 ( notice issued 20 October 2023).
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data. Educate your workforce. Encourage them to share information.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
IT Governance’s research has discovered the following for October 2023: 114 publicly disclosed security incidents. Introducing our Data Breach Dashboard We’re excited to introduce our new monthly Data Breach Dashboard – a one-page overview of this month’s key findings that you can download for free. Where ‘up to’, etc.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 11, 2023
Boston, July 7, 2023 — CybSafe, the human risk management platform, has today announced CEO Oz Alashe MBE has been named as a SecurityInfoWatch.com , Security Business and Security Technology Executive magazines’ 2023 Security Industry Innovator Award winner.
Security Affairs
MAY 12, 2023
CISA and FBI warned of attacks conducted by the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang against the education sector in the country. The FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory warning that the Bl00dy Ransomware group is actively targeting the education sector by exploiting the PaperCut remote-code execution vulnerability CVE-2023-27350.
eSecurity Planet
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Other major flaws appeared in the NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, and Apache ActiveMQ — and the latter two have already been targeted in ransomware attacks. CVE-2023-5043 (Annotation Injection, CVSS score 7.6): Ingress-nginx annotation injection allows the execution of arbitrary commands.
IT Governance
JULY 4, 2023
IT Governance found 79 publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2023, accounting for 14,353,113 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.
IT Governance
JULY 10, 2023
Welcome to our second quarterly review of cyber attacks and data breaches for 2023. Overview IT Governance discovered 297 security incidents between April and June 2023, which accounted for 116,933,247 breached records. There were 82 such instances in Q2 2023, which represents a 16% decrease compared to last quarter.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 12, 2023
World Youth Skills Day 2023: Engaging Youth with Cybersecurity madhav Thu, 07/13/2023 - 04:56 In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship.
IT Governance
APRIL 5, 2023
IT Governance Podcast 2023-7: Capita, ChatGPT and TikTok (yet again) 5th April 2023 How to Prevent Malware Attacks: 8 Tips for 2023 5th April 2023 List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in March 2023 – 41.9 Million Records Breached 3rd April 2023 GDPR Article 17: What Is the Right to Erasure?
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. “On May 31, 2023, the Clearinghouse was informed by our third-party software provider, Progress Software, of a cybersecurity issue involving the provider’s MOVEit Transfer solution.
IT Governance
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Welcome to our September 2023 catches of the month feature, which examines recent phishing scams and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. AgentTesla is a keylogger that can “log keystrokes, access the host’s clipboard, and conduct disk scans to uncover credentials and other valuable data”.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Fraud education expert Andi McNeal shares insights on what anti-fraud practitioners are expecting over the next year, the types of fraud to watch out for and how to mitigate fraud risks.
IT Governance
MAY 2, 2023
Welcome to our April 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. 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. million people.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
The State of Maine disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 The Government organization disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 The Government organization disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 The security breach took place in the State between May 28, 2023, and May 29, 2023.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
American retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories AutoZone discloses a data breach after a MOVEit attack. AutoZone disclosed a data breach resulting from the hack of their MOVEit Transfer installation. The most heavily impacted sectors are finance and professional services and education, which account for 24.3
Collibra
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Reducing data security and privacy risks Deeper privacy insights with streamlined access to assessment data In this release, Collibra introduces a new API for Assessments that lets you quickly connect and access assessment data for deeper reporting and analytics. Privacy assessments are an integral part of any privacy program.
IT Governance
APRIL 12, 2023
Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2023, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Overview IT Governance discovered 310 security incidents between January and March 2023, which accounted for 349,171,305 breached records.
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 19, 2023
Data privacy regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the state of California, are inescapable. The key to differentiation comes in getting data protection right, as part of an overall data strategy.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format.
Data Matters
JUNE 22, 2022
Connecticut has passed a new state data privacy law slated to go into effect on July 1, 2023. Consistent with all of the state data privacy laws we have seen to date, the Connecticut law does not provide for a private right of action to broadly enforce the privacy rights provisions of the law.
IT Governance
APRIL 11, 2023
Welcome to our April 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. According to the Securonix researchers, the malware was observed capturing clipboard data and recording keystrokes.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Welcome to our November 2023 catches of the month feature, which examines recent phishing scams and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. Once the victims had been infected, the attackers exfiltrated customer data.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Healthcare services provider Welltok disclosed a data breach that impacted nearly 8.5 It provides a platform that leverages data-driven insights to engage individuals in their health and well-being. The company disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S.
IT Governance
JANUARY 11, 2023
Welcome to our January 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Malware campaign uses stolen bank data for phishing. This means that the attacker has gotten access to customers’ data,” Qualys said.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
On November 8, 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) intended to reinforce their “common mission to uphold individuals’ data protection and privacy rights, and cooperate internationally to achieve this goal”.
IT Governance
OCTOBER 13, 2023
So, as ever, this blog series examines recent phishing campaigns and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. Following the link in the message took them to a phishing page mimicking a USPS page, where they were asked to enter their personal data and financial information. Can you spot a phishing scam?
IT Governance
AUGUST 7, 2023
Welcome to our August 2023 catches of the month feature, in which we explore the latest phishing scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.
eDiscovery Daily
JANUARY 2, 2024
By Rick Clark It’s evident that the legal eDiscovery industry is undergoing significant transformation, driven by the ever-expanding data varieties, volumes, and the velocity in growth for varieties and volume, especially in the last year.) For instance, there are 20 million text/chat messages sent every minute. *
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The company refused to pay the ransom and the ransomware gang threatened to leak the alleged stolen documents, including project data, clients’ and partners’ info, and NDAs. “We’ve obtained 100 GB of data of Nissan Australia. ” reads the message published by the group on its data leak site.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 17, 2023
With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security?
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 26, 2023
On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that on July 28th of this year, the Company suffered a possible data breach.
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Welcome to our February 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.
Adapture
AUGUST 15, 2023
15, 2023 – Inc. revealed today that Adapture ranks 2691 on the 2023 Inc. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. “To 5000 Methodology Companies on the 2023 Inc. 5000 List ATLANTA, Aug.
IT Governance
JULY 6, 2023
Welcome to our July 2023 catches of the month feature, in which we explore the latest phishing scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. Fortra’s PhishLabs team found that 23.6%
IT Governance
MAY 10, 2023
Welcome to our May 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. According to Check Point’s data group manager, Omer Dembinsky, these scams present “two main potential problems here for enterprises”.
Security Affairs
MAY 12, 2023
Recently, VIPRE Security Group published their Email Security in 2023 report , where they shared insights on the development of email-based threats and how they can impact organizations. What follows is an overview of some of the key findings from the report and some of the thing’s businesses can do to protect their employees and data.
Hunton Privacy
OCTOBER 12, 2023
On October 5, 2023, Blackbaud Inc., a software provider for the philanthropy, healthcare, and education sectors, has resolved claims that the District of Columbia and 49 U.S. states raised. The claims stem from a ransomware attack that impacted Blackbaud in 2020.
IT Governance
MARCH 7, 2023
Welcome to our March 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. AI is widely used in many business processes, helping organisations analyse data and automate tasks. Cyber security is no exception.
Krebs on Security
MAY 23, 2024
. “But, in this situation, unfortunately, no one contacted us to report that there was an attack from our addresses; if someone had contacted us, we would have definitely blocked the network data.” DON CHICHO & DFYZ The data breach tracking service Constella Intelligence reports that an Ivan V.
IT Governance
JUNE 6, 2023
Welcome to our June 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme. File Archive in the Browser scam exploiting ‘.zip’
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