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Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach? Retailers started the century as the prime targets for cyber attackers looking for credit card data. Today, unfortunately, retailers are again coming back to the spotlight. Similar to many organizations, 36% of retail respondents cited human error as the leading threat.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q1 2023

IT Governance

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2023, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. However, as this technique became well-known, experts urged organisations to prepare for attacks by creating regular offline backups of valuable data.

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PYSA ransomware gang is the most active group in November

Security Affairs

In March, the FBI issued an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks against education institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. This new version used the.

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Ransomware: Now Is the Time to Address This Challenge

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Although the news headlines are flooded with incidents affecting areas from critical infrastructure and healthcare to retail and education, we have a great opportunity to address this challenge. Behind every attack that makes the news headlines, there are numerous successful blocks on the adversaries who try to hijack sensitive data.

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

“These operations have targeted various industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Education, Energy & Utilities, Governments, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Technology, and Transportation. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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How To Keep Cybersecure Over the Holidays

Adam Levin

None of this is to suggest that falling prey to holiday cybercrime is unavoidable or that the potential damage can’t be mitigated, but it is important to educate yourself, friends and family to safeguard the holiday season. Use end-to-end encryption. Protecting Against Malware and Scams While Shopping Online During the Holiday Season.

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Maastricht University finally paid a 30 bitcoin ransom to crooks

Security Affairs

Extra security measures have been taken to protect (scientific) data. UM is investigating if the cyber attackers have had access to this data.”. It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them. The attacker focused on encrypting data files in the Windows domain.