Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

The Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi (24), aka Rabotnik, has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison and must pay $16 million in restitution for conducting numerous ransomware attacks and extorting victims. in March 2022. Vasinskyi is a REvil ransomware affiliate since at least March 1st, 2019. million in U.S.

Ransomware 90

Ransomware Encryption Information Security IT 90

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

technology companies during the summer of 2022. stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. 2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

Passwords 324

Passwords Phishing Access Encryption 324

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is the 11th edition of the annual report and analyzes events that took place between July 2022 and July 2023. In the latter part of 2022 and the first half of 2023, the cybersecurity landscape witnessed a significant increase in both the variety and quantity of cyberattacks and their consequences.

Artificial Intelligence 114

Artificial Intelligence Ransomware Cybersecurity Manufacturing 114

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty ( i.e. , a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February 2022.

Data breaches 128

Data breaches Privacy Risk Information Security 128

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 16, 2022

On July 27, 2022, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta ( OIPC ) released its 2022 PIPA Breach Report. [1] malware, ransomware, hacking). Failure to Secure. 1] The report analyzes the nearly 2,000 breach reports [2] received by the OIPC during. . Cause of breach for RROSH breaches. 14-30 days.

Privacy 105

Privacy Risk Cybersecurity Phishing 105

IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Thousands of drivers have sensitive data exposed to hackers in major IT breach Date of breach: Unclear, but breached documents date back to 2017. Incident details: A security vulnerability in a third party left personal data exposed of thousands of motorists who had their vehicle towed on behalf of the An Garda Síochána.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Security 52

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

#Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet No later than March 11, all servers and domains must be transferred to the #Russian zone. pic.twitter.com/wOCdRqOJej — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 6, 2022. That’s a serious security breach of assets right there. Original post at [link].

Authentication 128

Authentication Access Systems administration Military 128

IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

A Digital Guardian report found that 90% of corporate security breaches are the result of phishing attacks. million unique phishing websites in Q4 2022, which is the most it has ever recorded. Other popular attack methods are script files (23%), Office documents (19%) and PDF documents (6%). million) in 2022.

Phishing 111

Phishing Data breaches Communications Government 111

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 14, 2022

On March 11, 2022, the U.S. The bill previously was passed by the House of Representatives on March 9, 2022. President Biden is expected to sign the bill and has until March 15, 2022, to do so before the current spending authorization expires.

Cybersecurity 118

Cybersecurity Ransomware Communications Government 118

ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Kyle Hanslovan CEO of Huntress Labs joins The Hacker Mind to discuss recent LoL attacks, specifically the Microsoft Follina attack and the Kaseya ransomware attack, and how important it is for small and medium sized businesses to start using enterprise grade security, given the evolving nature of these attacks. I'm Robert Vamosi.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Marketing IT Libraries 52

KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%

Phishing 85

Phishing Security Artificial Intelligence Security awareness 85

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

From her talk at SecTor 2022 , Paula Januszkiewicz, CEO of Cqure , returns to The Hacker Mind and explains how a lot of little configuration errors in common Windows tools and services can open the door to persistence on a system for bad actors and what sysadmins can do to mitigate these. And secure Academy. So how does this happen?

Access 40

Access IT Phishing Passwords 40

Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Conti is by far the most aggressive and profitable ransomware group in operation today. Part II explored what it’s like to be an employee of Conti’s sprawling organization.

Ransomware 210

Ransomware Insurance Security IT 210

KnowBe4

MARCH 21, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #12 | March 21st, 2023 [Heads Up] This Week's New SVB Meltdown Social Engineering Attacks On Saturday March 11, I warned about the coming wave of phishing attacks that would undoubtedly follow the SVB collapse. We were not disappointed. KYC' is a banking term that stands for 'Know Your Customer' or 'Know Your Client.'

Phishing 93

Phishing Security awareness Passwords Marketing 93

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors. billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. How Do VC Firms Work? a16z Investments.

Cybersecurity 128

Cybersecurity Cloud Marketing Security 128