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

IT Governance

They accessed 41.5 million customers’ data having gained access via a vulnerability in Hathaway’s Laravel web application framework. million individuals affected HealthEC LLC, a health technology company, has announced that it suffered a data breach in July 2023, in which systems were accessed and files were copied.

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Anonymous and its affiliates continue to cause damage to Russia

Security Affairs

In the last few hours, in addition to government sites, the sites of the country’s main banks have been brought to their knees. The group also hacked the Russian tool manufacturer NPKTAIR, which works with designing TVs and broadcasting radios in Russia, and flyrf[.]ru, NPKTAIR, a Russian tool manufacturer, has been breached.

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The City of Durham shut down its network after Ryuk Ransomware attack

Security Affairs

To mitigate the threat and prevent it from spreading inside the city network the City of Durham has disabled all access into the DCI Network for the Durham Police Department with the result that 911 call center was shut down. 911 calls, though, are being answered.”

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., of cyber attacks IBM handled.

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Top 10 Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files.

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

The DCMS (Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) department of the United Kingdom government published the “ Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security ” and the “ Secure by Design: Improving the cyber security of consumer Internet of Things Report ”, setting guidelines and recommendations for secure IoT devices.

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Malvertising Campaign Targets IoT Devices: GeoEdge

eSecurity Planet

IoT device security has also attracted the attention of federal government officials (see The IoT Cybersecurity Act of 2020: Implications for Devices ). In addition, organizations can adopt Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) access methods. billion in 2018. Spending on Digital Display Ads Increasing.

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