IT Governance

JANUARY 11, 2023

Welcome to our January 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. In this case, they have created phishing campaigns promoting a fake shop that pretends to sell Flipper Zero.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. YouTube has said its team are investigating the phishing campaign. “We’re

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Welcome to our December 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. FTX customers offered refund in deepfake phishing scam. FTX customers offered refund in deepfake phishing scam.

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IT Governance

JUNE 6, 2023

Welcome to our June 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. This month, we look at a new phishing tactic that exploits the newly released ‘.zip’ File Archive in the Browser scam exploiting ‘.zip’

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2023

Welcome to our May 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. The latest issue facing the AI landscape is a report detailing phishing campaigns masquerading as ChatGPT. to create ‘@paypaI.com’.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

Welcome to our March 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. In its place, he recommends Cloud-based machine learning engines to help employees spot phishing emails in real time.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

Welcome to our July 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. NFT marketplace warns users of phishing scams. NFT marketplace warns users of phishing scams.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Welcome to our September 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. A Bleeping Computer report found that the perpetrators compromised over 130 organisations in the phishing campaign.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) coordinate the collaboration between the government and industry, running a human-centric campaign themed “See Yourself in Cyber”. Recognize and report phishing. Raising awareness is essential for everyone.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2022

If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks. State Bar of Georgia investigating cyber attack (unknown) US Department of Defense tricked into paying $23.5

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

If you’re interested in detailed breakdowns of these incidents, why not subscribe to our Weekly Round-up or visit our blog , where we have a dedicated series on phishing scams ? Ordinance Survey discovers breach of employee data (1,000). South Carolina-based United Health notifies patients of 2019 data breach (36). Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. However, despite the critical status of bank infrastructure on the national level, the security of crucial data was not ensured. million files belonging to ICICI Bank.

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IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

Affiliate of NBA’s Indiana Pacers says it has fallen victim to a phishing scam (unknown). Oregon Health Authority sends speedy notification after phishing attack (unknown). Cancer Treatment Centers of America notifies patients of phishing attack (unknown). Stack Overflow says cyber attack compromised customers’ data (unknown).

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Records breached: Unknown, but sensitive personal data was probably breached. BHI Energy Announces Data Breach Affecting Confidential Information of 91k Individuals Date of breach: 29 June 2023 (filed notice with the Attorney General of Maine on 18 October 2023). It’s unclear whether personal data has been breached.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Phishing scams. Phishing scams are bogus emails that purport to be from a legitimate sender. As such, the only way to protect your organisation is to educate staff on phishing attacks and teach them what to look out for. You can find out how to get started with our Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Data breaches. Dropbox admits private GitHub repos were copied after phishing attack (unknown). Personal Paraguay telecom victim of cyber attack (unknown). Australian government contractor PNORS Technology Group says stolen data yet to be posted online (unknown). Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Cyber attacks.

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Adapture

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Phishing Phishing occurs when hackers attempt to fool employees into giving hackers personal data, such as usernames and passwords. The FBI reported that phishing attacks increased from 114,702 incidents in 2019, to 241,324 incidents in 2020 with over 74% of organizations experiencing attacks.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Scammers and attackers are using attention-grabbing headlines about Brexit to try to trick users into handing over personal data or downloading malware. See also: Government surveys further education providers before Brexit. UK data protection law and Brexit.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

These new attacks affect everything from private citizens and businesses to government systems; healthcare organizations; public services; and food, water, and fuel supply chains. Phishing attacks continue to dominate cyber threats. Also read: Complete Guide to Phishing Attacks: Different Types and Defenses. Ransomware.

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IT Governance

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re among the millions of people working from home while also trying to entertain and educate your kids during the coronavirus pandemic, we imagine things have been pretty chaotic. Watch out for phishing emails. For example, one of the biggest threats Internet users currently face is phishing.

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Security Phishing Personal data Risk 108

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

Here, you’ll find an overview of the cyber security landscape in 2022, including the total number of publicly disclosed security incidents, the number of compromised records and the sectors most susceptible to data breaches. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records.

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IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Shields Health Care Group The largest data breach of April 2023 was at the Shields Health Care Group, a Massachusetts-based medical services provider. Reports emerged near the end of the month that a cyber criminal had gained unauthorised access to the organisation’s systems and had stolen the personal data of 2.3

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2019

The organisation’s penetration testers were successful in every attempt, accessing personal data of students and staff, finance systems and research networks. Universities vulnerable to spear phishing. Jisc’s report on the tests revealed that the ethical hackers’ most effective method was spear phishing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Attackers are no longer focusing solely on credit data, but target rich amounts of sensitive personal data on retailer’s systems or introduce ransomware for a quick payout that doesn’t even require data exfiltration. Of course, the common attack method is phishing, and its related form, whaling.

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IT Governance

MAY 27, 2021

Meanwhile, depending on the nature of the data breach , you could suffer various forms of disruption. For example, should an employee falls for a phishing scam, their accounts could be compromised and the attacker may target other members of staff. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Consider how your employees work.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

The GDPR provision that may keep IT security teams busiest is Article 32, which requires “a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing” of personal data. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange. Data breaches. Criminals phish SEPA, with £42m unaccounted for (unknown) Isle of Man kettle-parts firm hit by cyber attack (unknown) Oiltanking Deutschland GmbH & Co. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. In other news….

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

That’s hardly a surprise, given how few resources organisations dedicate to educating their staff on how to handle sensitive information. Staff awareness training is one of the simplest and most effective ways of preventing a host of threats – whether phishing scams, negligence or malicious insiders.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

That’s hardly a surprise, given how few resources organisations dedicate to educating their staff on how to handle sensitive information. Staff awareness training is one of the simplest and most effective ways of preventing a host of threats – whether phishing scams, negligence or malicious insiders.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 7, 2019

HR plays a crucial role in an organisation’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance. The department is full of personal data, whether it’s of employees, their next of kin or candidates responding to job adverts. Let’s take a look at five issues that HR must address when handling personal data.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. In other news… Wawa customers win initial settlement approval in data breach lawsuit Waikato DHB wins injunction to stop Radio NZ using hacked data. Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me

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IT Governance

MARCH 28, 2019

How was it possible for someone to be so misguided about such a well-publicised regulation, the requirements of which have huge ramifications for the way organisations handle personal data? It continues to be effective for any organisation that processes the personal data of, or monitors the behaviour of, EU residents.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 26, 2018

IT Governance investigates. But his best isn’t good enough, because this year Ian singlehandedly caused a data breach that cost his company more than £20,000. Back in February, Ian fell foul of a phishing attack when a seemingly innocuous email from that well-loved search engine ‘Gloogle’ landed in his inbox.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 23, 2020

With COVID-19 under control, the UK government announced that lockdown measures would be eased from 4 July, with pubs, cafés, cinemas and museums allowed to reopen. Unfortunately, there was a hitch, with the government forced to scrap its original track and trace app, pushing the launch date back by months.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Looking at you, uni COVID-19 track-and-test app makers Marriott faces London lawsuit over vast data breach Russian arrested for trying to recruit an insider and hack a Nevada company. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The campaign is designed to boost data protection awareness and help people brush up on their information security practices. See also: Lack of education is the leading cause of successful ransomware attacks. 61% of organisations reported a data breach in 2019. Boost your cyber security skills with IT Governance.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Data protection and data privacy Data protection , defined as protecting important information from corruption, damage or loss, is critical because data breaches resulting from cyberattacks can include personally identifiable information (PII), health information, financial information, intellectual property and other personal data.

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