IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

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. Ransomware. Data breaches. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. Cyber attacks. Financial information. In other news….

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Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2020

You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from July in this blog. Bitcoin scam leaks personal data of users from across the globe (248,926). Australian MyGov accounts for sale on dark web (3,600). Canadian insurer Heartland Farm Mutual says an employee’s email account breached (unknown).

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Insurance Ransomware Personal data 141

IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Ordinance Survey discovers breach of employee data (1,000). South Carolina-based United Health notifies patients of 2019 data breach (36). Ashley Madison data breach victims still being hounded by sextortion scammers (unknown). Altice USA employees’ data stolen in phishing attack (12,000). Ransomware.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Personal data 145

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

The only saving grace for the organisation – which didn’t do itself any favours by initially denying the story and threatening to sue people who reported on it – is that the leaked database comprised a list of records from past data breaches. Amtrak resets user passwords after Guest Rewards data breach (unknown).

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Retail Personal data 140

IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

With organisations across the globe turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has never been a worse time to suffer a data breach or cyber attack. Ransomware. London-based clinical pharmacology testing firm recovers swiftly from Maze ransomware (unknown). Spartanburg School District 1 hit with ransomware (5,082).

Data breaches 143

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 143

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

•Social security number •Passport number •Driver’s license •Credit card information •Biometric data (fingerprint, eye scan, facial recognition data) •Health records Bruggeman When demographic information and sensitive information are combined and then inappropriately disclosed, you end up with a data disclosure incident or a data breach.

Information Security 202

Information Security Privacy Security Data breaches 202

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Data breaches 83

Data breaches Security Military Ransomware 83

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The shortest month of the year is over in a flash, but not before a significant number of data breaches and cyber attacks could take place. I always suggest subscribing to our Daily Sentinel to receive daily updates on the latest data breaches and cyber attacks. Cyber attack and ransomware. Data breach.

Data breaches 109

Data breaches Sales Phishing Ransomware 109

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Credentials stolen by info-stealers often end up for sale on cybercrime shops that peddle purloined passwords and authentication cookies (these logs also often show up in the malware scanning service VirusTotal ). government inboxes. USDoD’s InfraGard sales thread on Breached. Microsoft Corp.

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Passwords Authentication Sales Data breaches 294

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Cyber attack and ransomware. Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools recovering from ransomware attack. Tullamore hospital hit by ransomware attack. Family Tree Relief Nursery notifies families of ransomware attack. Media Prima Locked Out By Ransomware – 1,000 Bitcoins In Ransom Demanded. Data Breach.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing GDPR 111

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2023

PlugX malware delivered by exploiting flaws in Chinese programs Prometei botnet evolves and infected +10,000 systems since November 2022 CISA adds VMware’s Cloud Foundation bug to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Law enforcement seized the website selling the NetWire RAT and arrested a Croatian man Latest version of Xenomorph Android malware (..)

Security 88

Security Data breaches Ransomware Sales 88

IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We’ve talked a lot recently about the financial effects of data breaches and how you should respond to incidents , but that still leaves the question of how data breaches occur. This blog looks at some real-world examples of some of the most common causes of data breaches and explains how they occurred.

Data breaches 96

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 96

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Ukrainian national faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in Zeus, IcedID malware schemes CISA: Cisco ASA/FTD bug CVE-2020-3259 exploited in ransomware attacks CISA adds Microsoft Exchange and Cisco ASA and FTD bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog US gov offers a reward of up to $10M for info on ALPHV/Blackcat gang leaders U.S.

Security 99

Security Ransomware Data breaches Libraries 99

IT Governance

MARCH 28, 2018

If you’d like a more regular update of breaches and cyber attacks, you should subscribe to our Daily Sentinel. Atlanta city government systems down due to ransomware attack . Finger Lakes Health dealing with ransomware attack (Corrected). Atrium Hospitality Notifies Hotel Guests of Ransomware Incident. Data breach.

Data breaches 94

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Sales 94

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Government’s Antitrust Case Against Apple Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ramadan ) Players hacked during the matches of Apex Legends Global Series.

Security 102

Security Passwords Military Marketing 102

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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. When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised.

Data Privacy 97

Data Privacy Privacy Libraries Security 97

IT Governance

MAY 16, 2019

Verizon’s annual DBIR (Data Breach Investigations Report) is among the most valuable studies in the security industry, so the release of the 2019 edition this week is cause for celebration. Financially-motivated social engineering attacks are behind 12% of all breaches analysed. Other important statistics.

Data breaches 67

Data breaches Sales Phishing Education 67

Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S.

Security 92

Security Ransomware Data breaches Cloud 92

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Data from 5.4M Data from 5.4M Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ).

Security 114

Security Ransomware Analytics Sales 114

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

To fulfill these principles, data protection strategies generally focus on the following three areas: Data security —protecting digital information from unauthorized access, corruption or theft throughout its entire lifecycle. These data breaches can cost their victims in many ways.

Data breaches 82

Data breaches GDPR Compliance Encryption 82

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. Click to enlarge.

Cloud 273

Cloud Education Government Phishing 273

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Everest ransomware operators claimed to have hacked South Africa state-owned company ESKOM Hld SOC Ltd. In March 2022, the Everest ransomware operators published a notice announcing the sale of “South Africa Electricity company’s root access” for $125,000. Is having some server issues.

Energy and Utilities 95

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Access Sales 95

IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches. In total, we have so far reported more than 1,000 data breaches in 2022, with almost half a billion breached records. We are coordinating with law enforcement.”.

Security 132

Security Data breaches Ransomware Military 132

Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

hacked, data of 600k users available for sale Updated: Italian email provider Email.it supports the Secure Boot Fake Cisco ‘Critical Update used in phishing campaign to steal WebEx credentials Hackers accessed staff mailboxes at Italian bank Monte dei Paschi SFO discloses data breach following the hack of 2 of its websites.

Security 86

Security Sales Phishing IoT 86

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Welcome to our new-look list of data breaches and cyber attacks. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. A month later, a ransomware attack shut down the company’s operations in Italy and China.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

We’ve looked at sources such as IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report , Verizon’s 2023 DBIR (Data Breaches and Investigations Report) and Proofpoint’s The State of Phishing report , and found 50 essential stats to reveal the threat that phishing plays – plus we have an extra statistic to explain how you can prevent attacks.

Phishing 111

Phishing Data breaches Communications Government 111

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The government says Urban went by the aliases “ Sosa ” and “ King Bob ,” among others. Multiple trusted sources told KrebsOnSecurity that Sosa/King Bob was a core member of a hacking group behind the 2022 breach at Twilio , a company that provides services for making and receiving text messages and phone calls.

Passwords 326

Passwords Phishing Access Encryption 326

Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box.

Security 97

Security Military Ransomware Sales 97

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Most of us understand what cyber attacks and online scams are, and many people are familiar with ransomware, which is a type of cyber attack in which people are blackmailed into handing over money. Ransomware is a type of cyber extortion, but there are in fact many techniques that crooks can use. Then came the rise in ransomware.

IT 130

IT Ransomware Encryption Phishing 130

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2020

Maze Ransomware operators leak 14GB of files stolen from Southwire. Hacker offers for sale 49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads. P&N Bank data breach may have impacted 100,000 West Australians. 5ss5c Ransomware emerges after Satan went down in the hell. Cybercrime Statistics in 2019.

Security 55

Security Data breaches Ransomware Sales 55

Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2020

Million MobiFriends User details leaked online North Korea-linked Lazarus APT uses a Mac variant of the Dacls RAT SilverTerrier gang uses COVID-19 lures in BEC attacks against Healthcare, Government Organizations Sodinokibi gang hacked law firm of the celebrities and threatens to release the docs.

Security 61

Security Data breaches IoT Ransomware 61

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Thanks to a whopping data breach from an unknown server exposing 419 million data records, our monthly total comes to 531,596,111 breached records. This brings the total amount of breached records for the year so far to 10,331,579,614. xkcd forum taken offline after personal data leak (562,000). Ransomware.

Data breaches 22

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Military 22

IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Equifax agreed to pay up to $700 million (£561 million) as part of a settlement with the FTC over its 2017 data breach. The Chinese smart home vendor Orvibo leaked more than two billion user logs containing sensitive personal data such as names, email addresses, passwords and locations. million (£2.99 million), a 1.5%

Data breaches 78

Data breaches Personal data GDPR Ransomware 78

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Cyber attacks and data breaches are inevitable, and with 41% of executives saying they spend at least twice as much on investigations and relation interventions as is lost to cybercrime, it is in every organisation’s best interests to be fully prepared. Arran Brewery is another example, this time relating to a ransomware attack.

Data breaches 74

Data breaches Risk Sales Paper 74

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2022

The event brings together security leaders, vendors and advocates to empower organizations and consumers to reduce the risk of experiencing a data breach and potentially damaging data loss. The IBM 2021 Cost of Data Breach report also indicates that 61% of all breaches were a result of stolen credentials.

Security 71

Security Authentication Digital transformation Data breaches 71

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. Researcher released PoC exploit code for 3 iOS zero-day issues Cisco addresses 3 critical vulnerabilities in IOS XE Software 3.8

Security 58

Security Ransomware Phishing Sales 58

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 8 security breaches available for sale. Blue Cross of Idaho data breach, 5,600 customers affected. Ransomware attack knocks Weather Channel off the Air.

Security 62

Security Computer and Electronics Sales Data breaches 62