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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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4 Ways to Determine ROI around Data Cleanup

Everteam

You need to show them not only why you need to perform a data cleanup, but prove the ROI behind it. But your management team doesn’t see the point. They think storage is cheap and it’s better to have too much information than not enough. Your archiving solution should provide tiered storage.

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IBM Cloud inactive identities: Ideas for automated processing

IBM Big Data Hub

Regular cleanup is part of all account administration and security best practices, not just for cloud environments. Inactive identities pose a security risk because they might be no longer maintained and be easier to attack. Some readers provided feedback and asked on how to proceed and act on identified inactive identities.

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Atlanta's Reported Ransomware Bill: Up to $17 Million

Data Breach Today

City Didn't Pay Ransom, But Spends for Cleanup, New Devices, Better Security The cost of the city of Atlanta's mitigation and subsequent IT overhaul following a massive SamSam ransomware infection in March could reach $17 million, of which $6 million has already been budgeted for new devices, security enhancements as well as upgrades, according to (..)

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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 attack took place on February 11 and encrypted data in the production servers. As a result of the attack, the system is down, files and databases are encrypted.”

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Hackers exploited WordPress Popup Builder plugin flaw to compromise 3,300 sites

Security Affairs

Following the cleanup, immediately update the Popup Builder plugin to the latest version to secure your site from this malware. Admins of already infected WordPress websites must delete malicious injection from the “Custom JS or CSS” section of the Popup Builder in the WordPress admin interface. ” concludes the report.

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Hackers hijacked the eScan Antivirus update mechanism in malware campaign

Security Affairs

” reads the analysis published by Avast. “The main objective of GuptiMiner is to distribute backdoors within big corporate networks.” Avast already reported the issue to eScan and the India CERT. eScan acknowledged the flaw and addressed it on July 31, 2023. The issue in the update mechanism was present for at least five years.

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