IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The NHS was criticised for signing a deal with Amazon that allowed patients to access their health information via its Alexa voice assistant – potentially granting the online retail giant access to vast amounts of sensitive personal data. The 2019 study found that the average total cost of a data breach was $3.92 million (£2.99

Data breaches 78

Data breaches Personal data GDPR Ransomware 78

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

Now comes a study from Boston-based consultancy Air Worldwide that puts some hard numbers on the degree to which threat actors are plundering virtual machines. According to the study, poor management of machine identities leads directly to an estimated $52 billion to $72 billion in losses annually. LW: This isn’t theoretical is it?

Digital transformation 115

Digital transformation Passwords Retail IoT 115

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Panelists called on the FTC to take a number of measures to further study these informational risks and injuries, including studying different types of identity theft distinctly and not limiting this to one general topic, and writing reports on substantive harms that have meaningful impacts on people’s lives and the potential solutions.

Privacy 42

Privacy Retail Risk Insurance 42

CGI

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In all industry verticals we continue to hear about more companies and government agencies suffering from cyber-related breaches and ransomware attacks. 1 (ISC)² Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS). There is no question that supply is low, demand is high, and that the demand is not abating. Competing with new sectors.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Retail Marketing Government 40

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl.

Security 102

Security Ransomware Retail Artificial Intelligence 102

ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Small to Medium Business are, today, the target of APTs and ransomware. MUSIC} VAMOSI: In EP 49, I talked with Huntress, a managed service provider that discovered the ransomware affecting customers of Keysea. And because they were plugged into those clients, they were able to limit the spread of the ransomware.

Insurance 40

Insurance Privacy Ransomware GDPR 40

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

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

suffers second ransomware attack in months Having been struck by a ransomware attack in October by the BlackSuit group , which led to operations and appointments being postponed, Akumin Inc. has suffered a second attack, this time by the BianLian ransomware group. Source (New) Retail USA Yes 2,469 Three GreatStar Industrial Co.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

TB Allium UPI, UAB, Apotheka, Apotheka Beauty and PetCity Source (New) Manufacturing Estonia Yes 1,190,000 Aero Dynamic Machining, Inc. 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

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Security Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

ru Source (New) Retail Russia Yes 38,694 Richmont Graduate University Source (New) Education USA Yes 37 GB CBIZ KA Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (Update) Healthcare USA Yes 36,295 La Red Health Center Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 35,602 Kinetic Leasing, Inc. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes >400 GB Hafez Insurance Co.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware. Unlike ransomware, it might be a criminal operation that does not involve the collection of a ransom. While this case study is just a snapshot, vigilance in the app store is required. Email is also usually how ransomware works. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers. Ransomware.

Phishing 105

Phishing Ransomware Passwords Access 105

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Imagine you’re a retailer with 50 store locations. For customers like retailers, as well as banks and business software providers, an outage like this can be a blow to your reputation as well as a financial loss. According to a study done by a Stanford professor and security provider Tessian, human error causes 85% of breaches.

Security 109

Security Honeypots Passwords IoT 109

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. 70% of the servers have been taken down and the remainder are under investigation.

Data Privacy 88

Data Privacy Privacy Insurance Security 88

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

Those include a large number of cybercrime forums and stolen credit card shops, ransomware download sites, Magecart-related infrastructure , and a metric boatload of phishing Web sites mimicking dozens of retailers, banks and various government Web site portals.

Phishing 180

Phishing Paper Ransomware Government 180