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UK Nuclear Cleanup Site Faces Criminal Cybersecurity Charges

Data Breach Today

Probe Finds 'Largest and Most Hazardous Nuclear Site' Violated Security Laws Britain's nuclear power watchdog said it plans to prosecute the country's "largest and most hazardous nuclear site," Sellafield, for violating nuclear industry cybersecurity regulations from 2019 to 2023.

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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet

The Last Watchdog

Claire McCaskill by Russian intelligency agency hackers, as she runs for re-election, underscores the need for each individual and organization to take online privacy and security as a core part of our everyday lives. Related: Using ‘gamification’ for security training. A large retailer may spend millions on cyber security.

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A ransomware attack took 100 Romanian hospitals down

Security Affairs

Romanian Ministry of Health added that cybersecurity specialists, including cybersecurity experts from the National Cyber Security Directorate, are monitoring the situation. The initial number of impacted hospitals was 21, but later the authorities confirmed that the number had increased to 25.

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How Cybersecurity Insurance Can Work To Help An Organization

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

How Cybersecurity Insurance Can Work To Help An Organization. In the last 20+ years, cybersecurity insurance has added risk transference to the available palette of palliative choices. I recently spoke with Neira Jones and Danna Bethlehem about how cybersecurity insurance can work to help an organization. regulations.

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At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software

Krebs on Security

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two cybersecurity experts who’ve briefed U.S.

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GUEST ESSAY: Too many SMBs continue to pay ransomware crooks — exacerbating the problem

The Last Watchdog

They paid $400,000 to regain access to accounts and protect prior and current students and teachers, whose Social Security numbers were in the data. So wWhy would a business pay out money instead of cleaning up the mess and securing its systems? Lean toward spending money on cleanup and restoration rather than a payoff.

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CISA warns about SUBMARINE Backdoor employed in Barracuda ESG attacks

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of threat actors deploying the SUBMARINE Backdoor in Barracuda ESG attacks. The vulnerability CVE-2023-2868 resides in the module for email attachment screening, threat actors exploited the flaw to obtain unauthorized access to a subset of ESG appliances.

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