Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2019

Marcus Hutchins , the “accidental hero” who helped arrest the spread of the global WannaCry ransomware outbreak in 2017, will receive no jail time for his admitted role in authoring and selling malware that helped cyberthieves steal online bank account credentials from victims, a federal judge ruled Friday. ”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2023

Experts warn that 55 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in attacks carried out by ransomware and cyberespionage groups in 2022. Cybersecurity firm Mandiant reported that ransomware and cyberespionage groups exploited 55 zero-day flaws in attacks in the wild. ” reads the report published by Mandiant. .

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Data Matters

JUNE 24, 2021

The SEC is considering enhancing its disclosure rules concerning cybersecurity risk governance and has indicated a target release date of October 2021. enable companies to identify cybersecurity risks and incidents. evaluate the significance associated with such risks and incidents.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Former contractor sentenced to 10 months in prison for hacking airline Jet2. CVE-2019-19781 Citrix flaw exposes 80,000 companies at risk. FBI flash alert warns of LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware attacks. Actors behind Maze ransomware release files stolen from City of Pensacola.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

Mandiant researchers also published a report warning of the surge in the number of zero-day exploited in 2021, according to the company 80 zero-day issues were exploited last year, which is more than double the previous record volume in 2019. Mandiant states that From 2012 to 2021, China exploited more zero-days than any other nation.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Most of us understand what cyber attacks and online scams are, and many people are familiar with ransomware, which is a type of cyber attack in which people are blackmailed into handing over money. Ransomware is a type of cyber extortion, but there are in fact many techniques that crooks can use. Then came the rise in ransomware.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

Under section 48J of the Singapore PDPA, the Personal Data Protection Commission ( PDPC ) can now impose financial penalties on organisations of up to SGD 1 million or 10% of an organisation’s annual turnover in Singapore, whichever is higher, for breaches of the Data Protection Provisions under the Singapore PDPA. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2019

10-year-old vulnerability in Avaya VoIP Phones finally fixed. Infecting Canon EOS DSLR camera with ransomware over the air. Adobe Patch Tuesday for August 2019 fixed 119 flaws in 8 products. Flaws in 4G Routers of various vendors put millions of users at risk. Once again thank you!

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I met with Darrah at Black Hat 2019. Darrah “Instead, we have operatives, throughout the world, who have been nurturing online personas, in some cases for 10 years, blending into the criminal environment, gaining the trust of criminal actors and gaining legitimacy,” he continues. We don’t touch their networks.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In August, the travel exchange firm Travelex collapsed into administration following ongoing losses related to the ransomware attack it suffered on New Year’s Eve 2019. Unfortunately, this was just the latest in a surge of ransomware attacks. You can see more incidents from July in our list of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Multi-layer ransomware protection. in 2019 and posting an A last year while topping Bitdefender in total points, 647 to 600. Ransomware protection. A network firewall.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Staff and students at Swindon College at risk after cyber attack (unknown). Ransomware. Police investigate after ransomware found on Sherman School, CT, systems (unknown). Flagstaff, AZ, school district hit by ransomware (unknown). Thousands of Linux servers infected with new Lilocked ransomware (unknown).

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

However, Chair Gensler highlighted that disclosure regimes evolve over time and stated that he has asked the staff to make recommendations related to public companies’ cybersecurity practices and cyber risk disclosures as well as disclosures that must be made once cyberevents have occurred.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

This 10-year-old cybersecurity services vendor pulls in threat feeds from some 90 plus sources, assigns a team of cybersecurity analysts to make sense of this intel, and then makes the output of this heavy lifting available to companies to help them better defend their networks. We had a chance to visit at Black Hat 2019.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Hello, and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Thursday, 21 February 2019. According to Edgescan’s 2019 Vulnerability Statistics Report , more than 81% of systems have at least one known vulnerability for which there is an available patch or workaround. Here are this week’s stories. million users – are all potentially affected.

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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. The group has allegedly exfiltrated more than 10 million files. Data breached: >10 million records.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Someone quickly snapped up two of the free spy tools—code named EternalBlue and DoublePulsar—and whipped up the WannaCry ransomware worm, which spread, in a matter of days, into government, utility and company networks in 150 countries, shutting down systems and demanding extortion payments. So the collective publicly released them.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

The software giant warned that attackers already are pouncing on one of the flaws, which ironically enough involves an easy-to-exploit bug in the software component responsible for patching Windows 10 PCs and Windows Server 2019 machines. “In the case of ransomware attacks, they have also been used to ensure maximum damage.”

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Not until an employee sends a reply, runs an attachment, or fills in a form is sensitive information at risk. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense. The second ring of defense in our mentality then has to be, 'Wait! Don't get caught in a phishing net!

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

And the World Economic Forum released its Global Risks Report 2018 , which placed cyber attacks sixth in the top ten global risks by perceived impact – behind weapons of mass destruction, extreme weather events, natural disasters, failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation, and water crises. million payment cards and 1.2

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The incidence of ransomware attacks has continued to climb, over 700% by some estimates in 2020 in comparison to 2019, with phishing emails being the primary vector. This survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of Cyberscout from November 10-12, 2020 among 2,050 U.S.

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

University of Alabama discovers 10-year-old account breach (1,400). Two Puerto Rico hospitals report ransomware attacks (520,000). Alabama-based school says its systems have been wiped out, but won’t confirm whether ransomware is to blame (unknown). Ransomware. School District blames ransomware for power outage (unknown).

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

A month later, a ransomware attack shut down the company’s operations in Italy and China. MCNA Insurance later confirmed that 8,923,662 people were affected in the incident and said the breach was a result of a ransomware attack. One criminal gang said that it had targeted the organisation and encrypted its systems.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now one security researcher – Moshe Zioni, vice president of security research for application risk management startup Apiiro – is predicting that supply chain attacks will likely peak in 2022 as organizations leverage new products that will help them better detect these attacks. Also read: Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Part 3 will discuss how to manage the various DT risks. This discussion will include methods, tools, and techniques such as using personae and identifying use cases that have high business value, while minimizing project risks. Finally, Part 3 will look to the future, will present next steps, and will discuss key takeaways.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2023

” The man faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and the court may order an additional term of supervised release, additional assessments, and restitution, if appropriate. Travnichek accessed the computer system of the Public Water System on or about March 27, 2019, without authorization.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Thu, 12/16/2021 - 10:36. In the United States, the FBI report indicates that there was a 69% increase in total complaints in comparison with 2019. Ransomware cases increase. Ransomware attacks are the “celebrities” of cybersecurity crimes because their impact makes headline news.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

At its core, malware exploits existing network, device, or user vulnerabilities , posing as little a risk as annoying advertisements to the much more damaging demand for millions of dollars in ransom. Ransomware. In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Jump ahead: Adware.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 27, 2023

Reports about texts impersonating banks are up nearly tenfold since 2019 with median reported individual losses of $3,000 last year," the report says. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Further reading: Top 10 Single Sign-On Solutions. Where previously, the actor could gain access to a device, move laterally across an organization and launch a ransomware attack , now the actor could be prevented from gaining that initial all-important foothold.”. Passwordless Slows Phishing Attacks. Even Multi-factor Can Be Hacked.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 15, 2023

An IBM partner since 2013, Denmark-based Anycloud has been awarded Cloud Partner of the Year 2017, Technology Service Provider of the Year 2019, and Business Partner of the Year and Business Partner Excellence Award – Europe 2022. Today, we are launching the Anycloud Backup 365 (ACB365) offering on the IBM Cloud Marketplace.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

Most of the victims mount Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise operating systems, including several Datacenter versions of Windows Server. In thirty days, the operation we monitored was capable to establish initial access to over 8 thousand endpoints and steal sensitive data that are now reaching the underground black markets.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 4, 2021

Breach notifications to the DPC increased by 10% in 2020, reaching a total of 6,628 valid notifications. Security vulnerabilities including hacking, unauthorised access, malware, phishing and ransomware attacks totalled 462 breach notifications. million on its 2019 budget. Breach Notifications. Data Protection Officers.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The department is continuing to assess the risk of harm and will ensure notifications are made to affected personnel,” he continued. The MoD declined to “publicly confirm details of the breaches beyond their existence”, however, as it would “be likely to increase the risk of a cyber attack”.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

At first glance, the report this week from cybersecurity software vendor McAfee showing that the incidence of ransomware dropped by half in the first quarter seems like good news to a world that continues to feel the repercussions of the seemingly ubiquitous malware. Ransomware is the Focus. This is a number of years old,” he said.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

UK NCSC warns of rise in AI-enabled ransomware The UK’s NCSC has warned that AI, which is already being used to facilitate cyber crime, “will almost certainly increase the volume and impact of cyber attacks – including ransomware – in the near term”. Data breached: 2 PB. noyb survey: 74.4% That’s it for this week’s round-up.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Having just gone through the BYOD process with my 10-year old son at school (and witnessing the confusion and disinformation from parents and teachers alike), now seemed like a good time to outline some fundamentals whilst sitting on a plane heading down to Sydney to do some adult-related cyber things! That's right up a 10-year old's alley!

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