IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2023

Welcome to our March 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, including our new feature in which we delve into the month’s biggest incidents in a little more detail. This suggests that it had a poor understanding of the attack and rushed to disclose the breach.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 119

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Ransomware 127

Ransomware Manufacturing Phishing Encryption 127

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2021

. “The FBI has identified, as of early November 2021 that Cuba ransomware actors have compromised at least 49 entities in five critical infrastructure sectors, including but not limited to the financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology sectors.”

Ransomware 138

Ransomware Encryption Communications Manufacturing 138

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

Ransomware 193

Ransomware IT Phishing Financial Services 193

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

Departments such as support, manufacturing, design, services, and delivery are enhanced by smart security measures, which allay distracting setbacks and increase the overall inertia. The complexity that has abounded in the past few years has left us more connected and data-driven than ever before. Complexity challenge.

Risk 214

Risk Cybersecurity Manufacturing Security 214

Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

Security 87

Security Data breaches Military Ransomware 87

Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. “The The ransomware can be deployed as a .dll

Ransomware 88

Ransomware Encryption Communications Manufacturing 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. ransomware and phishing scams).

Ransomware 99

Ransomware Passwords Encryption Financial Services 99

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Reflecting organizations’ persistent interest in IoT, International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that overall, the number of smart devices will reach 41.6 zettabytes (ZB) of data by 2025. Take manufacturing, for instance. billion in number and generate 79.4 Healthcare is in Need of a Check-Up.

IoT 122

IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Security 122

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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Security 91

Security Ransomware Data breaches Manufacturing 91

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Like other ransomware gangs, Cuba used ‘double extortion’ techniques which means that it exfiltrates data from the target systems before encrypting them and demanding a ransom payment, threatening to publicly release it if payment is not made. entities and the ransom amounts demanded by Cuba actors.”

Ransomware 85

Ransomware Financial Services Manufacturing Phishing 85

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Malware, phishing, and web. Phishing is also one of the prominent threats relating to scams and fraudulent offers that arrive in users’ inboxes. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Vicious insider.

IoT 133

IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Passwords 133

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 27, 2022

Next-generation cyberattacks are often summarized as ransomware, man-in-the-middle, brute-force, phishing, insider, or malware attacks. Advanced computers, quantum being one, have the potential to wreak havoc on the data, systems, devices, and networks we rely on daily. A quantum computer will be able to do it in 10 seconds!

Encryption 71

Encryption Cybersecurity Government Communications 71

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“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.

Energy and Utilities 97

Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 97

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Malware has been around for nearly 40 years, longer even than the World Wide Web, but ransomware is a different kind of threat, capable of crippling a company and damaging or destroying its critical data. Zero trust is an important new tool to add to all that, essentially walling off your most important data. Data backup.

Ransomware 139

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Insurance 139

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

DEV-0950 group used Clop ransomware to encrypt the network of organizations previously infected with the Raspberry Robin worm. Data collected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint shows that nearly 3,000 devices in almost 1,000 organizations have seen at least one RaspberryRobin payload-related alert in the last 30 days.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Access Encryption Manufacturing 97

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

According to open-source reporting, since August 2020, DarkSide actors have been targeting multiple large, high-revenue organizations, resulting in the encryption and theft of sensitive data. Enable strong spam filters to prevent phishing emails from reaching end users. Implement regular data backup procedures .

Ransomware 110

Ransomware Phishing Encryption Risk 110

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. The FBI provided the following mitigations to protect against ransomware attacks: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. ransomware and phishing scams).

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Ransomware Passwords Security awareness 98

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.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Since March, the attackers have been trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in Russia. The operators use a suite of custom tools with the ultimate goal of encrypting files in the infected system and holding it for a ransom of about $50,000.

Ransomware 101

Ransomware Phishing Encryption Authentication 101

IT Governance

MARCH 23, 2023

The supercar manufacturer said that its systems were compromised and that customer data has been stolen. He said that no bank account details or other sensitive payment data was affected, nor have any details about the cars that customers own.

IT 111

IT Manufacturing Personal data Phishing 111

Everteam

JULY 11, 2019

Data is changing the face of the world. It’s not just a buzzword we hear often and read about while browsing the internet, data today is the most valuable asset of any organization, business and industry. These viruses are manufactured with great care to target computers, systems and networks. Everteam Security .

Security 75

Security Encryption Archiving Phishing 75

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The experts gathered data related to the cyberthreats that were blocked on computers used to manage industrial control equipment and targeting software used in ICS engineering and integration industry, including human-machine interface (HMI), OPC gateway, engineering, control, and data acquisition software. In H2 2020, 39.3%

Phishing 131

Phishing Passwords Access Manufacturing 131

Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2019

It typically spreads through two different vectors: perimeter breach, for instance compromising company’s websites; spear-phishing emails and malicious attachments. The remote destination ends to the 217.12.204.100 IP address, owned by an Ukrainian contractor and manufacturer company. Figure 6 – The malicious IP. Figure 8 – POST body.

Phishing 62

Phishing Manufacturing Encryption IT 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

Gartner defines digital risk management as “the integrated management of risks associated with digital business components, such as cloud, mobile, social, big data, third-party technology providers, OT and the IoT.” Some smaller companies have even gone out of business as the result of a data breach. The Threat Level Is Rising.

Risk 48

Risk Security Digital transformation IoT 48

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. Meanwhile, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) enforcement continues apace.

Security 132

Security Data breaches Ransomware Military 132

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Moving into 2020, organizations with health data should be aware of: Shifting OCR enforcement priorities; Regulators’ continued attention to key HIPAA compliance activities; The changing threat landscape for health data; and. New guidance and frameworks for health data not regulated by HIPAA. Enforcement Trends and Priorities.

Risk 40

Risk Compliance Privacy Phishing 40

Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2019

Recently, our monitoring operations discovered an interesting attack wave leveraging this technique, especially due to the particular impersonification the attacker was trying: he/they was mimicking an important Italian Manufacturing company. Phishing email content. Encrypted payload, stored in Resource section.

File names 69

File names Encryption Archiving Phishing 69

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Anti- phishing , anti-fraud and anti-spam features. Email phishing filter. Encryption. Detection Using Machine Learning and Data Mining. A network firewall.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Marketing Mining Cybersecurity 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The experts exploited the vulnerability to reconstruct encryption keys and developed a decryptor that allows victims of the Rhysida ransomware to recover their encrypted data for free. Rhysida ransomware employed a secure random number generator to generate the encryption key and subsequently encrypt the data.

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Encryption Paper Manufacturing 115

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. Ransomware is the most feared cybersecurity threat and with good reason: Its ability to cripple organizations by locking their data is a threat like no other.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Encryption Cybersecurity Risk 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. reads the joint advisory.

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Sales Encryption Cybersecurity 106

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

The cybercrime group claims to have stolen 1 TB of data from the hospital and threatens to leak it. The message published by the gang on its leak site emphasizes that they didn’t encrypt data to avoid causing malfunctions to the hospital’s medical equipment. Come on guys, seriously?

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Phishing Encryption Financial Services 115

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Rather than stealing data, adware is more of an irritant forcing users to see unwanted ads. Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Phishing 105

Phishing Ransomware Passwords Access 105

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Its features include: Enterprise risk management. Audit management.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

These malicious encryption attacks that take your data hostage are the most financially harmful attacks for companies. The costs of ransomware attacks can be massive, including downtime, data loss, and significant psychological damages for the teams. It’s not uncommon for most data to remain encrypted or corrupted.

Ransomware 128

Ransomware Authentication Encryption Manufacturing 128

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

Phishing & Watering Holes. The primary attack vector for most attacks, not just APTs, is to use phishing. Some APTs cast a wide net with general phishing attacks, but others use spear phishing attacks to target specific people and specific companies. Manufactured BackDoor Vulnerabilities.

Access 109

Access Phishing Ransomware Encryption 109