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Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128%

Security Affairs

According to the Ransomlooker tool, the number of ransomware attack victims increased by 128.17% compared to the previous year (2022), with 1837 additional incidents. This group primarily focused its attacks on the construction, manufacturing/industrial, and retail industries. Winter was the least active time (14.6%

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FBI, CISA, HHS warn of targeted ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware attacks against the healthcare sector

Security Affairs

The FBI developed a decryption tool that could allow over 500 victims to recover their systems for free. To date, the FBI has worked with dozens of victims in the United States and internationally to disseminate a decryption tool to restore victim systems and prevent ransom demand payments of approximately $99 million.”

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

IT Governance

Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 20,415 TECA Srl Source New Transport Italy Yes 16.7 Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 20,415 TECA Srl Source New Transport Italy Yes 16.7 Welfare Benefits Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 13,079 Insurance ACE/Humana Inc. GB AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc.

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Top GRC Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Contents: Top GRC tools comparison. Top GRC tools comparison.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

IT Governance

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. TB JP Original Corp Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 1.2 TB JP Original Corp Source New Manufacturing USA Yes 1.2

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Creative AI use cases Create with generative AI Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Bard and DeepAI rely on limited memory AI capabilities to predict the next word, phrase or visual element within the content it’s generating. Here are some of the industries that are benefiting now from the added power of AI.

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Spotlight: as Attacks Mount, how to secure the Industrial Internet

The Security Ledger

In this spotlight edition* of The Security Ledger Podcast, Steve Hanna of Infineon joins us to talk about the growing risk of cyber attacks on industrial systems and critical infrastructure. Industry 4.0" “Industry 4.0” ”Industrial IoT or Industry 4.0 We talk about how that might be.

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