Remove Government Remove Insurance Remove Manufacturing Remove Phishing
article thumbnail

The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

Known records breached Up to 3,806 organisations with DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) servers Source (New) Healthcare Unknown Unknown >59 million Akumin Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 5 TB AMCO Proteins Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 4 TB Norton Healthcare Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 2.5 and Robert W.

article thumbnail

Catches of the month: Phishing scams for July 2021

IT Governance

Welcome to July’s review of phishing scams, in which we look at criminals’ latest tactics and provide examples of successful frauds. The number of officially reported HMRC-branded phishing scams increased from 572,029 in the 2019–2020 fiscal year to 1,069,522 in 2020–2021, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC

KnowBe4

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 | May 16th, 2023 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC KnowBe4's latest reports on top-clicked phishing email subjects have been released for Q1 2023. The Snake peer-to-peer botnet had infected computers of some NATO member governments.

article thumbnail

The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 April 2024

IT Governance

Other databases contained health insurance data, such as patents’ names, dates of birth, addresses and medical data. TB Allium UPI, UAB, Apotheka, Apotheka Beauty and PetCity Source (New) Manufacturing Estonia Yes 1,190,000 Aero Dynamic Machining, Inc. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.1 million patients and 1.6

article thumbnail

The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 April 2024

IT Governance

million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions. million accounts compromised in Le Slip Français data breach The French underwear manufacturer Le Slip Français has suffered a data breach. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

article thumbnail

Think you’re not susceptible to phishing? Think again

IT Governance

On average, one in ten emails is a phishing scam. Very few respondents said they were likely to be lured by the most common pitfalls of phishing scams: Urgency: 10.7%. To see whether respondents really weren’t tempted by such scams, PhishMe sent them a series of simulated phishing emails. How does phishing work? >>

article thumbnail

The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 29 January – 4 February 2024

IT Governance

Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Professional services USA Yes 11,556 Poder Judicial de Santa Cruz Source (New) Legal Argentina Yes 8,732 J.D.