Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors.

Agriculture 119

Agriculture IT Retail Manufacturing 119

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

Key Developments in IoT Security. The rush to market for consumers to enjoy the modern conveniences offered by these devices shocked the security community. Security experts were concerned that these devices were built with no security in mind. Has the security of these devices gotten better, or remained the same?

IoT 100

IoT Security Data Privacy Encryption 100

Collibra

APRIL 16, 2024

Global Technology Partner of the Year Our partnership with SAP is a true collaboration between both organizations — across product, engineering, sales and leadership — to deliver a governed and trusted business data fabric across our customers’ entire data landscape.

Cloud 52

Cloud Government Financial Services Retail 52

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. In the meantime, if you missed it, check out last week’s round-up. Please do also let us know what you think about our new table format.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2018

Chinese-owned telecommunications firm Huawei has been banned from Australia’s 5G network due to security concerns. The Australian government considers risky the involvement of Huawei for the rolling out of next-generation 5G communication networks. Huawei Australia defined the decision disappointing. Pierluigi Paganini.

Security 63

Security Military Manufacturing Retail 63

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Third-party governance.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software.

Ransomware 178

Ransomware IT Phishing Financial Services 178

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world. Steelcase has 13,000 employees and $3.7 billion in 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 92

Ransomware Computer and Electronics Manufacturing Mining 92

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

Security 105

Security Digital transformation Financial Services Risk 105

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. What do the statistics say? million (about £4.70

Risk 104

Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

The first half of 2020 ended on a familiarly bad note, with 92 security incidents accounting for at least 7,021,195,399 breached records. Duluth student alerted school district about security breach (unknown). Florence, AL, government hit by cyber attack (unknown). Australian government bombarded by cyber attacks (unknown).

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Retail Personal data 140

IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

Security 132

Security Data breaches Ransomware Military 132

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

“For example, UNC2529 used a unique username, masquerading as an account executive for a small California-based electronics manufacturing company, which Mandiant identified through a simple Internet search.” orgs with 3 malware appeared first on Security Affairs. .” states the analysis published by FireEye.

Manufacturing 91

Manufacturing Phishing Military Retail 91

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Iranian hacker group has been attacking corporate VPNs over the past months, they have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world targeting Pulse Secure , Fortinet , Palo Alto Networks , and Citrix VPNs. ” reads the report published by Crowdstrike. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

Access 82

Access Financial Services Retail Insurance 82

IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 130

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. What else would you expect from the final month of 2020 than the highest number of publicly disclosed incidents we’ve ever recorded? That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

Synoptek has more than 1,100 customers across multiple industries, including local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. . The post California IT service provider Synoptek pays ransom after Sodinokibi attack appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

IT 63

IT Ransomware Financial Services Retail 63

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

IT Governance’s research has found the following for November 2023: 470 publicly disclosed security incidents. It usually also involved temporarily taking down systems to limit the impact of the security breach. Note: This includes security incidents where we know no records were breached.

Data breaches 113

Data breaches Ransomware Access Security 113

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There is an alarming lack of awareness across all industries about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , according to a government survey. Construction (25%) and the production and manufacturing (27%) sectors are among the least aware of the GDPR. The survey split respondents into businesses and charities.

GDPR 63

GDPR Compliance Insurance Personal data 63

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2023

ERP solutions are built to meet the needs of organizations across multiple industries including retail, consumer products, industrial, energy and utilities and government (including defense). An example is manufacturing industry software which includes MRP, or material requirements planning.

Cloud 90

Cloud Energy and Utilities e-Delivery Risk 90

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. Here is our complete list of November’s cyber attacks and data breaches.

Data breaches 137

Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Personal data 137

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Third-party governance.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

RFID Global Solution, Inc.

JULY 15, 2017

The RFID ecosystem comprises chip and inlay providers, tag manufacturers, reader and software providers, and system integrators. Target audience of the report: Government bodies, venture capitalists, and private equity firms. Target audience of the report: Government bodies, venture capitalists, and private equity firms.

Marketing 40

Marketing Manufacturing Retail Agriculture 40

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 11, 2023

For example, a fleet truck outfitted with an EoT-secure identity and wallet is able to pay for its own fuel at a similarly EoT-enabled fuel pump without the driver having to open an app or provide a credit card. As more participants onboard onto the EoT ecosystem, the higher the potential value and collective outcome from use cases.

IoT 52

IoT Artificial Intelligence Agriculture Blockchain 52

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The breached data includes names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth, and financial account and Social Security numbers. The breached data may include names, Social Security numbers and health insurance information. For some victims, the stolen data also included Social Security numbers and health insurance information.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Data breaches 52

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Kid Security breached again: children’s live GPS locations exposed on the Internet Last November , the parental control app Kid Security, which allows parents to monitor and control their children’s online safety, was found to have exposed more than 300 million records via misconfigured Elasticsearch and Logstash instances.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. Compromised data includes victims’ names, addresses, phone numbers and Aadhaar numbers (a 12-digit government identification number).

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

Data Protection Report

MAY 17, 2019

The bill would have made three significant changes to the CCPA: It would have expanded the consumer’s private right of action from only certain security breaches to any violation of the CCPA. Clarifies non-discrimination provision to allow retail loyalty programs. Exempts sharing between motor vehicle dealers & manufacturers.

Retail 40

Retail Privacy Insurance Manufacturing 40

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Retail Italy Yes 436,932 Toner-dumping.de Source (New) Retail Germany Yes 334,000 Yakima Valley Radiology, PC Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 235,249 Consorzio Innovation Source (New) Professional services Italy Yes 225 GB Northeast Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 177,276 Strike.me

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight More than 70 million email addresses added to Have I Been Pwned The security researcher Troy Hunt has added more than 70 million email addresses from the Naz.API data set to his Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service. VF Corporation confirms 35.5

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The security researcher Bob Diachenko of SecurityDiscovery first identified the exposed information in mid-September. Data breached: over 300 million records. The company’s description of the incident suggested ransomware. We’ve also found 9 organisations providing a significant update on a previously disclosed incident.

Data Privacy 106

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 106

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

billion records The security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected database exposing more than 1.5 Fowler contacted the company, which secured the database. The security researcher Bob Diachenko identified the leak in September and contacted TuneFab, which fixed the misconfiguration within 24 hours.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 42 GB Auto-Motion Shade Inc. Drug Mart Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Healthcare USA Yes 36,749 Elliott Group Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 31.5 Source (New) Transport Canada Yes 38 GB U.S. Source (New) Transport Canada Yes 38 GB U.S.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2 million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2 Source (New) Manufacturing Canada Yes 1.2

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Source (New) Engineering Japan Yes >5 TB Array Networks Source (New) Cyber security USA Yes 2.5 TB LDLC Source (New) Retail France Yes 1,500,000 APROA Source (New) Professional services Argentina Yes 1,197,562 Petrus Resources Ltd.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

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Security 94

Security Ransomware Retail Artificial Intelligence 94