IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It has been another month of comparatively few reported cyber attacks and data breaches, with our August list containing 84 incidents accounting for 60,865,828 breached records. You can that incident, along with our full list of cyber attacks and data breaches, below – with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. Here is our complete list of November’s cyber attacks and data breaches. Data breaches. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Personal data 137

Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2018

And now she’s celebrating a small but symbolic victory after a small claims court awarded her $600 in damages stemming from the 2017 breach. Vermont librarian Jessamyn West sued Equifax over its 2017 data breach and won $600 in small claims court. Others are following suit.

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Data breaches Personal data Privacy Libraries 169

IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

NY-based Episcopal Health Service notifies patients of data breach (unknown). Stack Overflow says cyber attack compromised customers’ data (unknown). Oregon Construction Contractors Board confirms data breach (8,013). Sunderland City Council launches investigation after library users’ personal data hacked (45).

Data breaches 112

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 112

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

At the time of the breach, reports claimed that data on the stick also included the Queen’s travel itinerary. How did the data breach occur? The newspaper copied the data before returning the stick to Heathrow Airport. The post Heathrow Airport fined £120,000 for data breach appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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Data breaches Personal data Libraries Information Security 65

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

An investigation conducted by researchers at RiskIQ revealed that the responsible of the British Airways data breach is a crime gang tracked as MageCart. The responsible of the recently disclosed British Airways data breach is a crime gang tracked as MageCart. The JavaScript library was modified on August 21, 20:49 GMT.

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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. Library branches remain open, Wi-Fi is still available and materials can still be borrowed. Records breached: 815,000,000 Milford Management Corp.

Data Privacy 97

Data Privacy Privacy Libraries Security 97

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

Artificial Intelligence 101

Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Security Ransomware 101

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2021

But this month’s Patch Tuesday is overshadowed by the “ Log4Shell ” 0-day exploit in a popular Java library that web server administrators are now racing to find and patch amid widespread exploitation of the flaw. We’ve seen similar vulnerabilities exploited before in breaches like the 2017 Equifax data breach.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2023

The LastPass data breach was caused by the failure to update Plex on the home computer of one of the company updates. The security breach suffered by LastPass was caused by the failure to update Plex on the home computer of one of its engineers. ” reads the advisory published by Plex.

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Data breaches Passwords Libraries Authentication 98

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

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

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang hacked the hotel chain Motel One FBI warns of dual ransomware attacks Progress Software fixed two critical severity flaws in WS_FTP Server Child abuse site taken down, organized child exploitation crime suspected – exclusive A still unpatched zero-day RCE impacts more than 3.5M

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Artificial Intelligence Security Ransomware Data breaches 109

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

CISA: hackers breached a state government organization Russia-linked Turla APT uses new TinyTurla-NG backdoor to spy on Polish NGOs US Gov dismantled the Moobot botnet controlled by Russia-linked APT28 A cyberattack halted operations at Varta production plants North Korea-linked actors breached the emails of a Presidential Office member Nation-state (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Multiple supply chains potentially impacted Bulgaria hit by a cyber attack originating from Russia Interpol arrested 75 members of the cybercrime ring Black Axe 45,654 VMware ESXi servers reached End of Life on Oct.

Security 72

Security Data breaches Ransomware Retail 72

Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

On Friday, OpenAI revealed that the recent exposure of users’ personal information and chat titles in its chatbot service was caused by a bug in the Redis open-source library. we had a significant issue in ChatGPT due to a bug in an open source library, for which a fix has now been released and we have just finished validating.

Libraries 98

Libraries IT Security Data breaches 98

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 Data breached: 41,500,000 records. They accessed 41.5

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box.

Security 82

Security Ransomware Data breaches Libraries 82

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 31, 2023

The global average cost of a data breach in 2023 was USD 4.45 In this post, we’ll focus on how you can kick your business continuity plan into high gear with virtual tape library systems on your IBM Power Virtual Server. What are virtual tape libraries and how can you use them on IBM Power Virtual Server?

Cloud 67

Cloud Libraries Data breaches Archiving 67

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2022

No, the culprit is an employee Raspberry Robin operators are selling initial access to compromised enterprise networks to ransomware gangs Thomson Reuters collected and leaked at least 3TB of sensitive data SiriSpy flaw allows eavesdropping on users’ conversations with Siri British hacker arraigned for running The Real Deal dark web marketplace OpenSSL (..)

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Security Ransomware Libraries Data breaches 92

AIIM

JUNE 26, 2019

Protecting it All – Perhaps one of the biggest new challenges is data privacy and security. With stricter regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and more, what's the best way to make sure your business is clear of the data breach headlines? Click here to access our full library of episodes. How do we address these new challenges?

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Libraries Data Privacy Data breaches GDPR 112

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2020

TrueFire has over 1 million users, its customer could pay to receive guitar tutorial from a library of over 900 courses and 40,000 video lessons. The websites were informed by some affected TrueFire customers which shared details the data breach notification they received from the company. reads the Notice Of Data Breach.

Data breaches 102

Data breaches Access Libraries Passwords 102

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

This could be done by setting the server data directory to overlap with the content location for a library on which Camera Upload was enabled.” ” reads the advisory published by Plex. “This issue could not be exploited without first gaining access to the server’s Plex account.” in May 2020.

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Libraries Data breaches Cybersecurity Authentication 91

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 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. We’ve also included more details on the top 3 biggest breaches of the week. Breached records: about 9 million. Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Hive ransomware gang, which claimed the responsibility for the Tata Power data breach, started leaking data. The company confirmed that the security breach impacted “some of its IT systems.”. On October 14, Tata Power, India’s largest power generation company, announced that was hit by a cyber attack.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Blockchain Encryption Data breaches 97

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

While not highly sensitive, the data could still be used by threat actors to stage attacks against US business owners who the threat actors might see as being more affluent and potentially vulnerable to phishing and ransomware attacks. Our teams have investigated a set of alleged LinkedIn data that has been posted for sale.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Sales Data collection Libraries 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2022

Avast released a free decryptor for the HermeticRansom that hit Ukraine 75% of medical infusion pumps affected by known vulnerabilities Cisco fixed two critical flaws in Expressway, TelePresence VCS solutions The Difference Between Human and Machine Identities Ukrainian WordPress sites under massive complex attacks A cyberattack on Russian satellites (..)

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Security Data breaches Ransomware Libraries 79

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on the British Library that has caused a major IT outage. The Rhysida ransomware gang added the British Library to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. ” reads the announcement.

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Libraries Ransomware Manufacturing Education 123

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT. US-based childrens clothing maker Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach. Malware attack took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library. Citrix releases permanent fixes for CVE-2019-19781 flaw in ADC 11.1 NIST releases version 1.0

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Security Data breaches Military IoT 80

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. Data breached: >33,000,000 people’s data. Data breached: 19,718,687 records. Data breached: 13,300,750 people’s data.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

Y2k22 bug in Microsoft Exchange causes failure in email delivery Security Affairs most-read cyber stories of 2021 PulseTV discloses potential credit card breach The Have I Been Pwned service now includes 441K accounts stolen by RedLine malware Multiple flaws in Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 router are still unpatched How to implant a malware in hidden (..)

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve seen similar vulnerabilities exploited before in breaches like the 2017 Equifax data breach.”. Effectively, any scenario that allows a remote connection to supply arbitrary data that is written to log files by an application utilizing the Log4j library is susceptible to exploitation.

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Risk Libraries Cybersecurity Honeypots 133

The Texas Record

MAY 12, 2021

Data is everywhere—when we click, swipe, type, or Skype, data is created and stored into various databases. What happens when that data is breached, identities are stolen, privacy is lost, or loss of property occurs? For public agencies, data breaches can result in loss of confidential or valuable information.

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Privacy Data breaches Records Management Government 84

IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

The cyber security landscape offered similarly familiar topics: there were huge data breaches at Facebook and LinkedIn, while the threat of ransomware reached catastrophic levels. You can see more incidents from January in our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Spring brought with it a new wave of optimism.

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Security Data breaches Ransomware Phishing 115

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

Backdoor mechanism found in Ruby strong_password library. Maryland Department of Labor discloses a data breach. Prototype Pollution flaw discovered in all versions of Lodash Library. UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach. Cyberattack shuts down La Porte County government systems.

Security 52

Security Libraries Data breaches Ransomware 52

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Elasticsearch is a Java-based search engine based on the free and open-source information retrieval software library Lucene. Experts discovered 73 gigabytes of data during a regular security audit of publicly available servers. Experts discovered 73 gigabytes of data during a regular security audit of publicly available servers.

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Data breaches Libraries Analytics Archiving 104

Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2022

A zero-day exploit for Log4j Java library could have a tsunami impact on IT giants. Experts publicly disclose Proof-of-concept exploits for a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. Global consulting giant Accenture has allegedly been hit by a ransomware attack carried out by LockBit 2.0

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