IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Ransomware. Hackers send offensive, sexual messages to Chicago suburban school districts (unknown) ‘Beyond troubling’ emails sent from hacked teacher’s account (1) South African firm Absa accuses employee of leaking customer data (unknown). In other news….

Data breaches 137

Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Personal data 137

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Our Cyber Incident Response service provides the help you need to deal with the threat, as our experts guide you through the recovery process. They’ll review the breach, mitigate the damage and ensure that you are up and running again as soon as possible.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 141

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Hundreds of vulnerabilities in common Wi-Fi routers affect millions of users German BSI agency warns of ransomware attacks over Christmas holidays Cuba ransomware gang hacked 49 US critical infrastructure organizations CISA warns of vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy products NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones of 9 US State Dept officials (..)

Security 83

Security Healthcare Ransomware Libraries 83

IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data breaches. The report takes the information collected in these lists and summarises our findings.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 115

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Of the 128 publicly disclosed incidents that we discovered in May, more than 40% of them were ransomware attacks. But, of course, the nature of ransomware attacks makes it hard for organisations to determine how many records were affected.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The researchers predict that soon it'll be hard to tell a human user at the keyboard, or at the mouse, from a bot or AI-driven entity. Vamosi: How do we know who’s on the other end of a connection, who it is that is logging into a computer or an account online? Once again you see how such a simple method can defeat biometrics. Think about it.

Authentication 52

Authentication Passwords Artificial Intelligence IT 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2020

You can find detailed breakdowns of some of the more notable incidents by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or by visiting our blog (where we have a dedicated series on phishing scams ). in phishing scam (unknown). Russian agents reportedly phished organisation at the centre of Trump impeachment scandal (unknown).

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 145