Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Synoptek , a California business that provides cloud hosting and IT management services to more than a thousand customer nationwide, suffered a ransomware attack this week that has disrupted operations for many of its clients, according to sources. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Black Basta ransomware gang infected over 300 victims accumulating ransom payments exceeding $100 million since early 2022. The Black Basta ransomware group has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. ” reads the Elliptic’s report.

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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

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2021

RansomEXX ransomware operators hit the popular Italian luxury fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna Holding and started leaking stolen files. As of 2018, Ermenegildo Zegna operated 480 retail stores (267 of which company-owned) across the world. Zegna is one of the most famous Italian luxury fashion houses. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An investigation determined that personal data, including names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and bank account numbers, belonging to nearly 15 million people was obtained by an unauthorised party between 30 October and 1 November. GB Coca-Cola Singapore Source (New) Manufacturing Singapore Yes 413.92

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang adds 2.7 TB of ASA Electronics data to its leak site The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang is attempting to extort a ransom from ASA Electronics for 2.7 Data breached: 2.7

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Office furniture company Steelcase was hit by Ryuk ransomware attack that forced it to shut down its network to avoid the malware from spreading. 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.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Nefilim ransomware operators have posted a long list of files that appear to belong to Italian eyewear and eyecare giant Luxottica. BleepingComputer website, citing the security firm Bad Packets, speculates that the Italian was using a Citrix ADX controller device vulnerable to the critical CVE-2019-19781 vulnerability in Citrix devices.

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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

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The QakBot banking trojan has dropped the ProLock ransomware, they are now opting for the Egregor ransomware in their operations. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has discovered that QakBot (aka Qbot) operators have abandoned ProLock for Egregor ransomware. ProLock = Egregor.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schneider Electric hit by Cactus ransomware The Sustainability Business division of the energy company Schneider Electric suffered a ransomware attack on 17 January, disrupting the company’s Resource Advisor platform. Data breached: 13,300,000 records.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The systems at the US-based ski and golf resort operator were infected with the WastedLocker ransomware, the incident impacted reservation systems. The company owns and operates eleven properties and an outdoor lifestyle equipment/apparel retail division with stores in cities throughout Michigan. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

CyberNews researchers reported that Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Original post @ [link]. It’s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking, an old Irish proverb says.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

How to Secure Access for your Seasonal Workers. As the holiday season approaches, many retail, hospitality, logistics, and food manufacturing organizations hire seasonal workers to meet increasing demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 7% job rise in the retail industry. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 05:36.

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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. KG Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing Germany Yes 1.1 Data breached: 41,500,000 records.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2023

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. The investigation into the security breach is still ongoing. “We

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2022

The guidance details the risks at all levels of the organizations, it provides information about major security controls and practices that organizations should adopt to identify, assess, and respond to these threats. The experts highlighted the importance of the security of supply chain for modern products and services.

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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. Ransomware. Cyber attacks. Data breaches. Financial information. In other news….

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IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

We typically expect ambiguity when it comes to ransomware, because organisations are locked out of their files and can’t calculate what’s been affected. Ransomware. The issue is that in far more cases than we’d expect, the number of breached records wasn’t included in the notification, so we can’t include it here. Cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. Luxottica Group S.p.A. Its best known brands are Ray-Ban, Persol, and Oakley.

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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.

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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. Ransomware. That partially explains why May’s total of 115,861,330 breached records is comparatively low.

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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). University of Missouri Health Care discloses 2019 security incident (unknown). Ransomware. hack (350,000).

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

The data shows how perceptions around cyber and technology risks, from ransomware and other cyber-attacks to the threats posed by AI, are changing the global business risk landscape. The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5

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IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. Ransomware. 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. Cyber attacks. Data breaches.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. Ransomware. Ransomware. 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. Cyber attacks. Data breaches.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

Synoptek, A California-based IT service provider decided to pay the ransom to decrypt its files after being infected with the Sodinokibi ransomware. Synoptek, a California-based provider of IT management and cloud hosting services paid the ransom to decrypt its files following a Sodinokibi ransomware attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. Luxottica was hit by a ransomware attack that took place on September 18.

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have been affected. According to industry researchers, TA505 is known to have carried out attacks on banks, medical institutions retailers and other businesses in the past. Group-IB has immediately contacted the victims upon discovery. ProxyBot and Silence.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

Prometei has been observed to be active in systems across a variety of industries, including: Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Utilities, Travel, and Construction.” ” If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Security experts Sentinelone have published a report that for the first time sheds the light on the link between the TrickBot crimeware and the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus. The group was very active bank frauds , ransomware and malware campaigns, and cryptojacking attacks. ” reads the report published by Cybereason.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are not secure by design. With 30+ years of experience as an IT security consultant, instructor, and award-winning author, Roger has dedicated his life to making sure you're prepared to defend against quickly-evolving cybersecurity threats.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

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