IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

Ransomware. Ransomware. We’ll have a separate post looking at the year’s data breaches and cyber attacks in more detail, but in the meantime, you can find the full list of December’s incidents below. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold. Cyber attacks. Data breaches. Financial information. In other news….

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The site’s security team suspected that users were being targeted in a credential-stuffing attack; this is where cyber criminals use a list of stolen usernames and passwords en masse to break into an account. Worse, they changed the email address associated with the account, preventing them from resetting their password.

Data breaches 69

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2020

Discord client hit by Trojan that grabs passwords and user tokens (unknown). Arbonne MLM data breach exposes users’ passwords (3,527). Ransomware. Accounting firm MJ Payne reportedly infected with ransomware (unknown). Ransomware crooks leak ExecuPharm files after negotiation fails (unknown). Data breaches.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics e-Delivery 145

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

Robert Leale, the driving force behind the Car Hacking village at DEF CON, joins The Hacker Mind to talk about CANBus basics, and whether we’ll see cars subjected to ransomware attacks. So you don't have one computer, you actually have many throughout the vehicle.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Computer and Electronics Communications Access 52

IT Governance

MAY 9, 2019

Malware is designed to disrupt and gain unauthorised access to a computer system. There are the main forms: Ransomware. Ransomware one of the fastest-growing forms of cyber attacks and has been behind a number of high-profile breaches, including the massive NHS data breach in 2017. Spyware/adware. Attack vectors.

Computer and Electronics 75

Computer and Electronics Communications Ransomware Encryption 75

ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

And now it was like how can I contribute back to Tibet and put material out and help other people maybe join in the same way I did by not traditional means like, it wasn't really college or anything that got me into electronics. And I remember asking questions, who were the manufacturers? Turns out they weren't.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics IT Communications 52