The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

But the challenges are accumulating on multiple fronts: •Cloud computing. One-half of corporate data is now stored in the cloud. Organizations are equipping workers with cloud-based applications like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, and running enterprise workloads on cloud platforms like AWS. Educate employees.

Encryption 214

Encryption Cloud Privacy GDPR 214

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

Dori Media Group allegedly had more than 100 TB of data exfiltrated The MalekTeam Group claims to have destroyed more than 100 TB of data from Dori Media Group, an international group of media companies in Israel, Switzerland, Argentina, Spain and Singapore. The group is threatening to leak the exfiltrated data.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This was confirmed about a fortnight later, in early November, when the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group took responsibility for the attack , claiming to have encrypted Henry Schein’s files and exfiltrated 35 TB of data. Source (New) Education USA Yes 1,493 Kimber Mfg., Data breached: over 300 million records.

Data Privacy 106

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 106

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Retail Italy Yes 436,932 Toner-dumping.de Source (New) Retail Germany Yes 334,000 Yakima Valley Radiology, PC Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 235,249 Consorzio Innovation Source (New) Professional services Italy Yes 225 GB Northeast Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 177,276 Strike.me

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source (New) Retail USA Yes 2,588,849 Keenan & Associates Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Insurance USA Yes 1,509,616 AGC Group Source (New) Manufacturing Japan Yes 1.5 TB Four Hands Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.5 TB UK forex customers Source (New) Finance UK Yes 1,001,214 A.N.S.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Criminal hackers threaten to leak World-Check screening database A criminal group known as GhostR claims to have stolen 5.3 million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

million patients’ data via unsecured database According to DataBreaches.net, EyeCare Services Partners – a group of eye care providers based in Dallas, Texas – left 50 TB of data exposed via an unsecured blob. Data breached: at least 456,000 records. EyeCare Services Partners exposes more 3.5 The biggest database in the blob contained 3.1

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

As threats mount from ransomware gangs , Russian-backed hacker groups , and other nation-sponsored attackers and as the growth in remote work makes security management increasingly complicated, many companies are finding it makes sense to turn to a managed security service provider (MSSP) for help with handling an extremely complex threat landscape.

Security 102

Security Cloud Compliance Analytics 102

IT Governance

AUGUST 29, 2019

Australian education provider TAFE NSW hit by phishing scam (30). Online clothing retailer Poshmark confirms data breach (unknown). Group dating app 3fun exposes sensitive data amid app vulnerability (1.5 Hacker’s site incriminating database published online by rival group (749,161). Financial information.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Personal data 111

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Keyboard app vulnerabilities reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers Security researchers have identified critical security vulnerabilities in Cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from Baidu, Inc., The company has fixed the issue, blaming it on a vulnerability in the app’s groups feature. Data breached: 4,186,879,104 messages.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

This picture comes from an analysis of specific statistics and by reading between the lines in reports from 1Password, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Flashpoint, Google Threat Analysis Group/Mandiant, NetScout, Pentera, and Sophos. This article details two major findings from the report: five major cybersecurity threats and prioritization problems.

Cybersecurity 94

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 94

IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

8 TB of data exfiltrated from Advantage Group International Following an outage affecting its leak site (see the ‘Enforcement’ section below), the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group is listing only a single incident: a data breach affecting the business management consultant Advantage Group International.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. The stand-off between various pro-government hacker groups saw new players come onto the scene, while some previously known groups resumed their operations.

Ransomware 132

Ransomware Phishing Sales Manufacturing 132