Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. The Kremlin breaks with all tradition and announces that — at the request of the United States — it has arrested 14 people suspected of working for REvil , one of the more ruthless and profitable Russian ransomware groups.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Table of Contents Toggle Recent Healthcare Attacks & Breaches 5 Key Cybersecurity Management Lessons to Learn Bottom Line: Learn Healthcare’s Lessons Before Suffering Pain Recent Healthcare Attacks & Breaches Large breaches affected over 88 million individuals in the USA in 2023, a 60% increase from 2022. Ascension lost $2.66

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 | May 9th, 2023 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully compromised to support social engineering) are serving visitors fake Google Chrome update error messages. The message displayed reads, "UPDATE EXCEPTION.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 | June 20th, 2023 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. The majority of these heists were committed by groups associated with North Korea. Find out with the BRAND-NEW 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report, which analyzed a data set of 12.5

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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.

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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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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In one case, an executive cut and pasted the firm's 2023 strategy document into ChatGPT and asked it to create a PowerPoint deck.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 | June 6th, 2023 [Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing Fighting spear phishing attacks is the single best thing you can do to prevent breaches. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 | May 16th, 2023 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC KnowBe4's latest reports on top-clicked phishing email subjects have been released for Q1 2023. The malware was traced back to a unit within Center 16 of the FSB, which is the infamous Russian Turla hacking group.

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