The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One report showed ransomware attacks increased by 80 percent in 2022, with manufacturing being one of the most targeted industries. The Ward Hadaway law firm lost sensitive client data to ransomware purveyors who demanded $6 million, or else they’d publish the data from the firm’s high profile clients online.

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Ransomware Cleanup Education Manufacturing 125

Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2021

In today’s world, information and data means money and the people that are stealing the information have now reached new levels of sophistication. Interestingly, close to a half of all affected victims by Prometheus – paid ransom payment or their data has been sold to other parties interested in it. prometheushelp@airmail.cc

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

As more information about IoT device vulnerabilities is published, the pressure on industry and government authorities to enhance security standards might be reaching a tipping point. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large.

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IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Government 145

IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months Date of breach: 24 May 2023 ( notice issued 20 October 2023).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. law enforcement). According to the French ANSSI cybersecurity agency, LockBit 3.0 Red, LockBit 3.0/Black,

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Ransomware Cybersecurity Agriculture Education 87

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. 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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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

Our figures for this month are comparatively low – with 83 data breaches and cyber attacks accounting for 5,127,241 breached records – but there is a sense that we are on the brink of something. First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange. Data breaches.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

government offers rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of LockBit ransomware gang members and affiliates. LockBit had a bespoke data exfiltration tool, known as Stealbit, which was used by affiliates to steal victim data. reads the NCA’s announcement. “The

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Manufacturing 91

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from August in this blog, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Data breaches. Cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2023

The malicious code was used in attacks targeting multiple sectors including the gaming industry, technology industry, and luxury car manufacturers. The bot targets private gaming servers, cloud hosting providers, and certain government and educational sites. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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IoT Mining Manufacturing Education 90

John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Of course, were such a hypothesis true, one might imagine that the over percentage of GDP represented by government workers would have gone *down* over the past few decades. For example, check out this chart of what’s growing in our government, and what’s not: Aha! Now, education is, in the main, a government enterprise.

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Government Education Military Financial Services 111

IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

So, as ever, this blog series examines recent phishing campaigns and the tactics criminals use to trick people into compromising their data. These phishing emails have reached the inboxes of users in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, financial services, energy, construction and healthcare.

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Phishing Financial Services Manufacturing Personal data 105

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Law enforcement also had access to data stolen from the victims of the ransomware operation, a circumstance that highlights the fact that even when a ransom is paid, the ransomware gang often fails to delete the stolen information. ” reads the NCA’s announcement. ” said National Crime Agency Director General, Graeme Biggar.

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 101

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Threats to your data are virtually everywhere these days, and too often, data compromises seem almost inevitable. But with a proactive approach to data security, organizations can fight back against the seemingly endless waves of threats. Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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Security Ransomware Data breaches Manufacturing 91

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that only 38% of businesses and 44% of charities have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The industries with the least awareness were construction (25%) and production and manufacturing (27%).

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GDPR Government Education Compliance 63

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

MILES/CBS NEWS TEXAS The Royal ransomware group is behind the attack and threatens to publish stolen data if the City will not meet its ransom demand. Between April 7, 2023, and May 4, 2023, Royal performed data exfiltration and ransomware delivery preparation activities.

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Ransomware Encryption Systems administration Cybersecurity 105

Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The City is investigating the scope of the incident with the help of law enforcement, at this time has yet to disclose details on the incident, including the ransomware family that hit its systems and if there is a data breach. However, CBS News Texas obtained an image the ransomware note dropped by the malware on the infected systems.

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Ransomware IT Encryption Education 93

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world. The company is not aware of data loss caused by the ransomware attack.

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Ransomware Computer and Electronics Manufacturing Mining 101

Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

The Royal ransomware is written in C++, it infected Windows systems and deletes all Volume Shadow Copies to prevent data recovery. According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education.

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Ransomware Encryption File names Cybersecurity 94

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. You need to rely on external storage to securely transport your data.

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Encryption Military Passwords Authentication 204

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

ICICI Bank leaked millions of records with sensitive data, including financial information and personal documents of the bank’s clients. A misconfiguration of the bank systems exposed millions of records with sensitive data. A misconfiguration of the bank systems exposed millions of records with sensitive data.

Personal data 97

Personal data Phishing Risk Financial Services 97

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. This week the ransomware gang Money Message announced to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International).

Ransomware 87

Ransomware Security Manufacturing Cybersecurity 87

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

The Royal ransomware is written in C++, it infected Windows systems and deletes all Volume Shadow Copies to prevent data recovery. According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education.

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Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Communications 90

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Across the UK, the education sector was the most frequently targeted, with 24 incidents. The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18). When you look at the data through this lens, you see why certain industries are more affected than others.”.

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Ransomware Manufacturing Data breaches Risk 136

Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The LSASS process memory space contains hashes for the current user’s operating system (OS) credentials.”

Communications 76

Communications Manufacturing Access Archiving 76

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Other major flaws appeared in the NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, and Apache ActiveMQ — and the latter two have already been targeted in ransomware attacks. severity flaw could allow unauthenticated attackers to delete data. vulnerability scoring system released last week.

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Authentication Cybersecurity Education 106

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 6, 2018

The Report is based on information the FTC obtained from eight mobile device manufacturers, and from information the Federal Communications Commission collected from six wireless carriers. Manufacturers provide little information to the public about support period, update frequency or end of update support.

Manufacturing 53

Manufacturing Security Education Communications 53

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Atlassian released security updates for Jira Service Desk and Jira Service Desk Data Center to address a critical flaw that can lead to information disclosure. Atlassian released security updates to address critical vulnerabilities in Jira Service Desk and Jira Service Desk Data Center. before 3.16.8, before 4.1.3, before 4.2.5,

Access 81

Access Manufacturing Education Security 81

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Implementing carbon accounting into a sustainability strategy proves to stakeholders that an organization is working on decarbonization due to environmental, social and governance (ESG) pressure to reach net zero. The company even reduces waste through recycling returns and other sustainable materials during the manufacturing phase.

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Manufacturing Education Communications Marketing 73

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The only way to tackle this challenge is to educate the users about these threats and their potential implications. Furthermore, consumers believe that companies and services have the responsibility of keeping their data secure. Users could leave all the responsibility to governments and other institutions. What does this mean?

IoT 134

IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Passwords 134

Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 5, 2023

Wireless telematics devices and “black box” technologies collect and transmit data on vehicle use, maintenance requirements, and automotive servicing. For the armed services, only a few statutes govern its claims process. PRIVACY AND TELEMATICS Yet who owns the data collected by vehicular telematics technology, and who can access it?

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Insurance Military Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing 52

Collibra

AUGUST 24, 2023

Hence, it’s obvious that the quality and integrity of the data used to train the AI model is a vital factor. As well as the policies and standards applied to this data. If the data fed to the AI model is bad, it can lead to catastrophic consequences. So eventually such a model will become useless.

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Government Risk Access Education 52

Reltio

JUNE 20, 2019

Henrik Liliendahl is an MDM and PIM expert; speaker and blogger ( www.liliendahl.com and [link] ) and the Co-Founder, Chairman and CTO of Product Data Lake a product information exchange service. I was educated in computer engineering but my first job was on the business side. Getting a more holistic view on data.

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MDM Manufacturing Computer and Electronics Digital transformation 49

IT Governance

MARCH 22, 2018

The education sector (87.1%) is the most affected, followed by telecommunications and technology (85.1%), manufacturing (81.5%) and finance (81.4%). An ISO 27001 qualification demonstrates that you have the knowledge and practical skills to manage data security. Find the right ISO 27001 course for you >>

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