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Google: China dominates government exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023. In 2023, Google (TAG) and Mandiant discovered 29 out of 97 vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. ” continues the report. ” concludes the report.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. 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.

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Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX?

Krebs on Security

11-12, 2022. ” Colorado resident Emily “Em” Hernandez allegedly helped the group gain access to victim devices in service of SIM-swapping attacks between March 2021 and April 2023. .” However, the document refers to the victim in this case only by the name “Victim 1.” Image: Elliptic.co.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

Date of breach: 26 October 2023 Breached organisation: Homeland, Inc., a property management company in Kentucky Incident details: The ransomware group Hunters International has added Homeland, Inc. For more information about the SEC cyber security disclosure rules, register for our free webinar on 30 November.)

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Ohio Lottery data breach impacted over 538,000 individuals

Security Affairs

Attackers gained access to names or other personal identifiers in combination with Social Security Numbers of the impacted individuals. “After an extensive forensic investigation and our manual document review, we learned on April 5, 2024 that certain files containing your personal information was subject to unauthorized access.”

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Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after a third-party vendor hack

Security Affairs

In our commitment to full transparency, we wish to inform you of a recent security incident involving a third-party vendor managing employee attendance data. pic.twitter.com/SXDeZ3I27B — Acer Philippines (@AcerPhils) March 12, 2024 Acer Inc. ‘ph1ns’ published a link to a database containing stolen data.

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51 Must-Know Phishing Statistics for 2023

IT Governance

We’ve looked at sources such as IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report , Verizon’s 2023 DBIR (Data Breaches and Investigations Report) and Proofpoint’s The State of Phishing report , and found 50 essential stats to reveal the threat that phishing plays – plus we have an extra statistic to explain how you can prevent attacks.

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