IT Governance

JULY 11, 2022

Phishing and malware are among the most common types of cyber attacks, but in many cases the breached organisation doesn’t disclose how it fell victim. Throughout this year, we have seen cyber criminals move away from ransomware and back to more traditional attack methods, such as phishing. How many records have been compromised?

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 105

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Besides the traumatic experience for some retail employees and those injured in shop-floor brawls, Black Friday is also a time in which many of us are caught out by scams, with cyber criminals taking advantage of customers desperate for a bargain. You definitely shouldn’t buy the TV online there and then. Source: Bleeping Computer.

Phishing 98

Phishing Sales Retail Government 98

IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2022

Phishing and malware are among the most common types of cyber attacks, but in many cases the breached organisation doesn’t disclose how it fell victim. As we often note, it’s hard to know definitively how many records have been compromised, because few publicly disclosed breaches contain this information. Data breaches by sector.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Government Retail 115

IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

Phishing and malware are among the most common types of cyber attacks that we detected, but in many cases the breached organisation hasn’t disclosed how it fell victim. The education, technology and retail sectors were the other big contributors to Q2’s total with 44, 42, and 41 incidents, respectively.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Retail Ransomware Government 98

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

It encompasses any technique that criminal hackers use to bypass security controls, although the majority of incidents involve phishing and malware. It’s hard to know definitively how many personal records are compromised each year, because few publicly disclosed incidents contain this information. The biggest data breaches of 2022.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Government Passwords 126

IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Countless hotel chains, retailers and restaurants have been breached in recent years – particularly in the US, which by and large doesn’t use chip-and-PIN. The employee definitely shouldn’t have shared the information with someone outside the organisation.

Data breaches 96

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 96

IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Phishing and malware are among the most common types of cyber attacks, but in many cases the breached organisation doesn’t disclose how it fell victim. As we often note, it’s hard to know definitively how many records have been compromised, because few publicly disclosed breaches contain this information.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Ransomware Government Encryption 59

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

TARGETED PHISHING. But the more insidious threat with hacked databases comes not from password re-use but from targeted phishing activity in the early days of a breach, when relatively few ne’er-do-wells have got their hands on a hot new hacked database. The targeted phishing message that went out to classicfootballshirts.co.uk

Passwords 358

Passwords Phishing Mining Data breaches 358

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2023

An organization should definitely consider their long-term penetration pest needs. These contracts, often annual, can specify the specific penetration tests conducted or simply offer a number of tests to be performed per month. These contracts offer discounted rates in exchange for the committed spending.

Compliance 98

Compliance Risk Data breaches Cybersecurity 98

IT Governance

MAY 24, 2024

Oh, law enforcement doing its job is definitely a good thing. If you’re a retailer, you’re going to see way more web traffic than usual. Take your pick: DoS Phishing Ransomware DNS poisoning Backdoor attacks Ultimately, a lot of them involve malware, but threat actors can deliver it in many different ways. We do often see that.

Risk 118

Risk Security Ransomware Phishing 118

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Phishing and Social Engineering. More targeted efforts at specific users or organizations are known as spear phishing. How to Defend Against Phishing. Examples of Phishing Malware Attacks.

Phishing 104

Phishing Ransomware Passwords Access 104

IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

Only 5 definitely haven’t had data breached. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: full list This week, we found 16,482,365 records known to be compromised, and 240 organisations suffering a newly disclosed incident. 226 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Only 2 definitely haven’t had data breached. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: full list This week, we found 67,273,297 records known to be compromised, and 130 organisations suffering a newly disclosed incident. 114 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached. Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 105,387 Carter’s | Oshkosh Israel Source (New) Retail Israel Yes >100,000 SodaStream Source (New) Manufacturing Israel Yes >100,000 Amsellem & Weitz Source (New) Legal Israel Yes 100 GB Stanley Steemer International, Inc.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Definition, Threats & Protections 10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know Overall Network Security Best Practices Best practices for network security directly counter the major threats to the network with specific technologies and controls. For a more general overview consider reading: What is Network Security?

Security 107

Security Cloud Encryption Access 107

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Only 1 definitely hasn’t had data breached. INTERPOL operation targets global cyber crime Operation Synergia, an INTERPOL operation involving 60 law enforcement agencies from more than 50 countries, has identified 1,300 malicious command-and-control servers involved in phishing , malware and ransomware attacks.

Data Privacy 88

Data Privacy Privacy Insurance Security 88

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Definition, Threats & Protections Public Internet Threats If your enterprise network is connected to the public internet, every single threat on the internet can render your business vulnerable too. Imagine you’re a retailer with 50 store locations. Also read: What is Network Security?

Security 107

Security Honeypots Passwords IoT 107

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

That's quite a narrow definition. What can they do within the workforce, although this sort of job and sort of landscape we try and work out what they can do, which is the definition of authorization, essentially, this is Simon, what can he do today? Vamosi: And it’s not just in the work environment. I use a password manager.

Passwords 52

Passwords Authentication Access Data breaches 52

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Only 4 definitely haven’t had data breached. Source (New) Manufacturing Taiwan Yes 4,715,133 Mustafa Centre Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Retail Singapore Yes >3,5000,000 TRAXERO Source (New) Software USA Yes 2,634,753 Piping Rock Health Products Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 2,103,100 FBCS, Inc.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94