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.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Data migration 140

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence 95

Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Security Ransomware 95

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. 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. Data breaches. Data breaches. Ransomware.

Data breaches 137

Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Personal data 137

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

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Data breaches 75

Data breaches Security Libraries Retail 75

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

MAY 6, 2023

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Security 95

Security Libraries Data breaches Ransomware 95

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

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Security 100

Security Ransomware Data breaches Libraries 100

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence 104

Artificial Intelligence Security Ransomware Data breaches 104

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.

Data breaches 173

Data breaches Personal data Privacy Libraries 173

IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. which breached sixteen years’ worth of insurance data. That incident accounted for more than 60% of all of May’s breached records. Data breaches.

Data breaches 112

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 112

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Twilio discloses another security incident that took place in June A massive cyberattack hit Slovak and Polish Parliaments How will Twitter change under Elon Musk? A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

Security 85

Security Ransomware Libraries Data breaches 85

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2022

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Security 68

Security Data breaches Ransomware Retail 68

IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

Plus, a further 3,029,461 known records newly breached Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. 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: 395 GB.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Education Manufacturing Retail 59

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

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Security 94

Security Ransomware Libraries Data breaches 94

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

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Security 83

Security Ransomware Data breaches Libraries 83

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2022

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Security 71

Security Data breaches Ransomware Libraries 71

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Microsoft , Adobe , and Google all issued security updates to their products today. The Microsoft patches include six previously disclosed security flaws, and one that is already being actively exploited. 9 in the popular logging library for Java called “ log4j ,” which is included in a huge number of Java applications.

Libraries 303

Libraries Cybersecurity Data breaches Cloud 303

IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has fined Heathrow Airport £120,000 for failing to secure sensitive personal data after a member of public found an unencrypted USB stick containing data about the airport’s staff. How did the data breach occur? However, the ICO hasn’t confirmed this.

Data breaches 65

Data breaches Personal data Libraries Information Security 65

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 read more about that attack, along with the year’s other biggest stories, in our 2021 cyber security review of the year.

Security 115

Security Data breaches Ransomware Phishing 115

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.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Passwords Libraries Authentication 98

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. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 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. NIST releases version 1.0

Security 81

Security Data breaches Military IoT 81

eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks.

Security 102

Security Cloud Compliance Risk 102

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.

Data breaches 57

Data breaches Libraries Access Security 57

Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2022

The development team behind the Linux Mint distro has fixed a security flaw that could have allowed users to bypass the OS screensaver. COMB breach: 3.2B A zero-day exploit for Log4j Java library could have a tsunami impact on IT giants. Two kids found a screensaver bypass in Linux Mint. email and password pairs leaked online.

Security 99

Security Libraries Ransomware Passwords 99

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

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Security 91

Security Ransomware Libraries Phishing 91

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Australian ACSC warns of Conti ransomware attacks against local orgs A zero-day exploit for Log4j Java library could have a tsunami impact on IT giants 1.6

Energy and Utilities 63

Energy and Utilities Security Ransomware Libraries 63

IT Governance

JANUARY 12, 2021

Cyber security risk assessments are essential for organisations to protect themselves from malicious attacks and data breaches. Risk appetites should be reviewed regularly and whenever there are changes to the organisation’s cyber security budget or resources. But what exactly does a risk assessment do?

Risk 113

Risk Security Libraries Data breaches 113

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

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 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. Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Date breached: 384,658,212 records. Data breached: 2.7

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 27, 2023

But in addition to vastly improved reasoning and visual capabilities, GPT-4 also retains many of ChatGPT’s security and privacy issues , in some cases even enhancing them. They presented this summary of those exploits — the thumbs up means those capabilities have been enhanced in GPT-4: ChatGPT security issues carried over to GPT-4.

Privacy 106

Privacy Security Risk Ransomware 106

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

Security 93

Security Cloud Risk Computer and Electronics 93

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Backdoor mechanism found in Ruby strong_password library. UK ICO fines British Airways £183 Million under GDPR over 2018 security breach. Maryland Department of Labor discloses a data breach. Microsoft released Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2019.

Security 52

Security Libraries Data breaches Ransomware 52

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

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Security 72

Security Ransomware Libraries Encryption 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

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Plex Media Server, tracked as CVE-2020-5741 (CVSS score: 7.2), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. ” reads the advisory published by Plex. in May 2020.

Libraries 83

Libraries Data breaches Cybersecurity Authentication 83