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. Meanwhile, you can find the full list of cyber attacks and data breaches for February 2022 below. Data breaches. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Pepsi Bottling Ventures confirmed this week that vast quantities of personal data were stolen in a cyber attack. However, not every data breach is as glaring as this one, with the cyber criminals having continual access to what appears to be complete records of affected individuals. What went wrong?

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Insurance Manufacturing Access 105

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But the password to the Gunnebo RDP account — “password01” — suggests the security of its IT systems may have been lacking in other areas as well. But prior to launching their ransomware, it has become common practice for these extortionists to offload as much sensitive and proprietary data as possible.

Ransomware 344

Ransomware Security Agriculture Cybersecurity 344

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A major focus of cybersecurity as an industry is its efforts to detect, root out, and respond to potential fraudsters attempting to trick companies and people out of their money, data, or both. According to data from the Federal Reserve , the 55-69 age group currently controls 41.2% So why do scammers go after older individuals more?

Energy and Utilities 118

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 118

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We’ll have a separate post looking at the year’s data breaches and cyber attacks in more detail, but in the meantime, you can find the full list of December’s incidents below. Data breaches. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

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

Data Matters

AUGUST 30, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission signaled its continued, high level scrutiny of companies’ public statements related to data security incidents. Securities and Exchange Commission signaled its continued, high level scrutiny of companies’ public statements related to data security incidents.

Cybersecurity 97

Cybersecurity Risk Data Privacy Passwords 97

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. Among other news: B&Q breached the personal data of 70,000 people who had been caught stealing products from its stores.

Data breaches 69

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 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: 183,754,481 records. EasyPark data breach: 21.1 million data records belonging to EasyPark have been listed for sale on a hacking forum.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

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. According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. Data breached: 36 million records.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

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.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 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 is no longer publicly available. Data breached: >223,000,000 records. GB database includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. New guidance and frameworks for health data not regulated by HIPAA.

Risk 40

Risk Compliance Privacy Phishing 40

IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2020

You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from September in this blog, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Notably, a patient at Dusseldorf University Hospital died during a ransomware infection after the facility was unable to provide urgent medical assistance.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Government IoT 140

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

Machines control the flow of all types of sensitive data. The humans use usernames and passwords to identify themselves to machines. The machine don’t use usernames and passwords; they use machine identities. And so how are you going to protect data when there’s no perimeter at which to protect anymore?

Digital transformation 138

Digital transformation Passwords Retail IoT 138

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco. The common demonitor: All of those organizations have now disclosed massive data breaches over a span of the past five years. Related: Uber hack shows DevOps risk.

Authentication 157

Authentication Military Access Insurance 157

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches.

Cybersecurity 94

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 94

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Welcome to our January 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below. The new year comes with the promise of fresh beginnings and the promise to revolve the bad habits of our past, but we’ve had no such luck in the cyber security sector.

Data breaches 136

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Government 136

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2020

The knee jerk response was that cyber breaches were new versions of corporate malfeasance – like Enron or Volkswagen — and the fault lay with those money-grubbing corporations who didn’t care about protecting consumer data. And they might look into getting insurance to transfer at least some of this risk.

Risk 199

Risk Insurance Cybersecurity Marketing 199

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

fewer of you to go around because at this moment in history everyone understands that a good CISO is critical to the ongoing success of an enterprise (the 2019 IBM Cost of Data Breach study found that the average cost to an organization was $3.92 With quicker speed, it will take much less time to transfer data.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity IoT Passwords Cloud 40

Reltio

MARCH 31, 2019

The third Modern Data Management annual summit (#DataDriven19) had great minds sharing their MDM success stories and assessing where MDM is headed. Modern enterprises put data at the heart of every decision to stay competitive. Understanding data to make it work is perhaps the biggest challenge enterprises face today.

MDM 40

MDM Digital transformation Analytics Cloud 40

KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

link] [Finger on the Trigger] How the FBI Nuked Russian FSB's Snake Data Theft Malware The Five Eyes member nations' cybersecurity and intelligence agencies dismantled the infrastructure of the Snake cyber-espionage malware that was operated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). Grimes , Data-Driven Defense Evangelist.

Phishing 80

Phishing Insurance Passwords Ransomware 80