The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A look back at the cybersecurity landscape in 2023 rings all-too familiar: cyber threats rapidly evolved and scaled up , just as they have, year-to-year, for the past 20 years. Eyal Benishti , CEO, IRONSCALES Benishti Generative AI (GenAI) reshaped cybersecurity in 2023. What should I be most concerned about – and focus on – in 2024?

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. In November 2023, Northwell Health – the largest health system in New York – confirmed that it was affected by the incident.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Further victims of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care ransomware attack identified Harvard Pilgrim Health Care suffered a ransomware attack in April 2023, which it has been investigating since then. Welfare Benefits Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 13,079 Insurance ACE/Humana Inc. Date breached: 384,658,212 records.

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Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 19, 2023

According to GitLab’s 2023 Global DevSecOps Report Series , 74% of security professionals said they have either shifted security left or plan to in the next three years. For example, let's say a team is using a popular open-source library in their application.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. VAMOSI: Something has changed in the last five years, and demonstrably so. And why is that?

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IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

We’ll also soon publish our 2023 review of publicly disclosed incidents and records known to be breached across the year, as well as our quarterly report, so keep an eye on our blog. 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.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

21, 2023 — Qualys , a cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions leader, unveiled its forward-looking vision of the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform on Nov. It also provides external executive stakeholders, from the board to cyber risk insurers, with the necessary data they need to make the right decisions.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

Cloud, FL Source (Update) Public USA Yes 719,597 Regulator Marine Inc Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 630 GB Risas Dental and Braces Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 618,189 HUB International Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 514,477 Lee University Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Education USA Yes 387.49 Data breached: unknown.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 | June 20th, 2023 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. Find out with the BRAND-NEW 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report, which analyzed a data set of 12.5 It also highlights the difficult obstacles confronted by international organizations in preventing state-sponsored cybercrime.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

When the Russian Cl0p gang exploited a zero-day SQL injection vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer in May 2023, Delta Dental was one of hundreds of organisations whose data was compromised. According to its breach notification , Mr. Cooper detected suspicious activity on its network on 31 October. GB Goa Natural Gas Pvt.Ltd.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Kinsing threat actors probed the Looney Tunables flaws in recent attacks ZDI discloses four zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange Okta customer support system breach impacted 134 customers Multiple WhatsApp mods spotted containing the CanesSpy Spyware Russian FSB arrested Russian hackers who supported Ukrainian cyber operations MuddyWater has been spotted (..)

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