eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Fortunately, vendor surveys identify five key cybersecurity threats to watch for in 2024: compromised credentials, attacks on infrastructure, organized and advanced adversaries, ransomware, and uncontrolled devices. No specific tool exists to defend specifically against nation state attacks, ransomware gangs, or hacktivists.

Cybersecurity 119

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 119

IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2021

Ransomware. Ransomware. As always, you can find the full list of incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. And don’t forget to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest industry news and advice. Cyber attacks. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Personal data 105

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Ransomware will continue to increase. The complexity of ransomware is such that there have been decoders released by attackers that have bugs that prevent the decryption of the data. The growing fintech market will be targeted as new services and innovative solutions based on open banking are exploited by attackers.

Security 98

Security IoT Phishing Ransomware 98

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers. Data breached: 41,500,000 records.

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The incidence of ransomware attacks has continued to climb, over 700% by some estimates in 2020 in comparison to 2019, with phishing emails being the primary vector. Follow these tips to keep your online holiday shopping secure: Avoid clicking on links in marketing emails and social media posts.

Cybersecurity 76

Cybersecurity Retail Phishing Sales 76

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

As threats mount from ransomware gangs , Russian-backed hacker groups , and other nation-sponsored attackers and as the growth in remote work makes security management increasingly complicated, many companies are finding it makes sense to turn to a managed security service provider (MSSP) for help with handling an extremely complex threat landscape.

Security 107

Security Cloud Compliance Analytics 107

KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

The websites attempt to steal credentials before directing the users to legitimate retail websites, which generates referral rewards for the scammers. It has five core tenets: critical infrastructure defense, disruption of threat actors, shaping of market forces, investments in future resiliency, and international collaboration.

Phishing 77

Phishing Ransomware Cybersecurity Security awareness 77

KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The gift card market is estimated in the many hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars. The users were able to impersonate an infinite number of entities (such as banks, retail companies and government institutions) for financial gain and substantial losses to victims. Ransomware strikes organizations almost every two seconds.

Security awareness 86

Security awareness Phishing Risk Insurance 86

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Panelists were presented with two consumer harm and injury hypotheticals (one in a privacy context, based on retail tracking and marketing, and one in a security context, based on unauthorized access to company consumer data) and asked to assess at which stage of the hypothetical they believed consumer injury was taking place.

Privacy 42

Privacy Retail Risk Insurance 42

ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Small to Medium Business are, today, the target of APTs and ransomware. MUSIC} VAMOSI: In EP 49, I talked with Huntress, a managed service provider that discovered the ransomware affecting customers of Keysea. And because they were plugged into those clients, they were able to limit the spread of the ransomware.

Insurance 40

Insurance Privacy Ransomware GDPR 40