Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

Cisco Talos researchers recently discovered a new ransomware operation called RA Group that has been active since at least April 22, 2023. A sample of the ransomware analyzed by Talos is written in C++ and was compiled on April 23, 2023. The RA Group is also attempting to sell the stolen data through its leak site.

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Ransomware Encryption Healthcare Insurance 83

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion.

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Insurance Government Cybersecurity Risk 91

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 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: 36 million records. Cybernews’s research team discovered the MongoDB server in December 2023 and contacted Glosbe. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data.

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Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 79

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 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. The data set is a collection of 1 billion credentials sourced from stealer logs and hosted on the illicit.services website. Data breached: 70,840,771 email addresses.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52