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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC

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link] [Finger on the Trigger] How the FBI Nuked Russian FSB's Snake Data Theft Malware The Five Eyes member nations' cybersecurity and intelligence agencies dismantled the infrastructure of the Snake cyber-espionage malware that was operated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #17 [Head Start] Effective Methods How To Teach Social Engineering to an AI

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link] [Head Scratcher] More Companies With Cyber Insurance Are Hit by Ransomware Than Those Without? In an interesting twist, new data hints that organizations with cyber insurance may be relying on it too much, instead of shoring up security to ensure attacks never succeed. Things could get much worse. Users beware.

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How to Decrypt Ransomware Files – And What to Do When That Fails

eSecurity Planet

First, call the cyber insurance company that issued the organization’s cybersecurity policy. Most insurance companies require specific incident response vendors, procedures, and reporting that must be met to meet the standards to be insured. Insured companies often will not have options. Eliminate attacker access.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in November 2023 – 519,111,354 Records Breached

IT Governance

In these cases, a service provider suffered a cyber attack, which had a knock-on effect on numerous other organisations. For example, UK service provider CTS suffered a cyber incident this month, which affected around 80 of its clients too (UK law firms). This is part of the reason this category is lower than last month (24% vs 32%).

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 11 – 18 December 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. We’re also introducing two new categories this week: ‘AI’ and ‘Key dates’. According to its breach notification , Mr. Cooper detected suspicious activity on its network on 31 October.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format.

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Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

Krebs on Security

Earlier this year, FICO began touting its Cyber Risk Score (PDF), which seeks to measure an organization’s chances of experiencing a data breach in the next 12 months, based on a variety of measurements tied to the company’s public-facing online assets. Data accidentally released by FICO about the Cyber Risk Score for ExxonMobil.

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