Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

11-12, 2022. ” Colorado resident Emily “Em” Hernandez allegedly helped the group gain access to victim devices in service of SIM-swapping attacks between March 2021 and April 2023. .” ” The indictment says the $400 million was stolen over several hours between November 11 and 12, 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Organizations of all sizes need to review the active exploits and announced patches and ensure that vulnerabilities in all of their high value and high risk systems are mitigated. The problem: Adobe recognizes the critical Acrobat/Reader vulnerability, CVE-2023-26369, is currently being exploited on Windows and macOS systems.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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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. We also discuss the biggest breaches on our 2023 overview of publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks. 519,111,354 records known to be breached. This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Defending Financial Services Against Fraud in a Shifting Cyber Landscape sparsh Tue, 11/14/2023 - 05:05 As we approach International Fraud Awareness Week during 12-18 November 2023, taking stock of the evolving threat landscape and the vulnerabilities that financial services organizations face is crucial.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

On March 20, 2023, the fashion retailer Forever 21 has discovered a cyber incident that impacted a limited number of systems. The investigation revealed that threat actors had access to certain Forever 21 systems at various times between January 5, 2023 and March 21, 2023. The retailer also notified law enforcement.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware divya Thu, 02/16/2023 - 06:10 Ransomware perpetrators are adopting more sophisticated attack techniques with much success. The problem is that businesses are not yet aware of double or triple extortion ransomware and how these tactics can affect their data protection strategies.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #49 | December 6th, 2022. You told us you have challenging compliance requirements, not enough time to get audits done, and keeping up with risk assessments and third-party vendor risk is a continuous problem. Vet, manage and monitor your third-party vendors' security risk requirements. By Roger A.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 12, 2023

Toronto, Canada, July 12, 2023 – Asigra Inc., Understanding the risks associated with SaaS applications cannot be overstated as the vast majority of them do not offer enterprise-grade data protection or anything close it.

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IT Governance

MARCH 29, 2024

AI Mark James on voice cloning 23 February 2024 What is voice cloning, what are the associated risks, and what can organisations do to protect themselves? Cyber resilience Alan Calder on cyber resilience 24 November 2023 Group CEO Alan gives us a quick overview of his award-winning book: Cyber Resilience – Defence-in-depth principles.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

See our 12 pm update below. pic.twitter.com/pn1KWWy8Vz — Tallahassee Memorial (@TMHFORLIFE) February 3, 2023 Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare suspended emergency medical services (EMS), and it announced that patients will be diverted to other hospitals. We will also continue to post updates on [link]. ” states CBSNews.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 21, 2023

The French Information and Digital Security Experts Club ( CESIN ) has estimated that 54% of French companies were subject to cyberattacks in 2021, [1] while France Assureurs has put cyberattack risks on top of all other risks for the sixth year in a row. [2] 12-10-1 into the French Insurance code.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. 12 blog post , the attackers used their access to Mailchimp employee accounts to steal data from 214 customers involved in cryptocurrency and finance. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another. According to an Aug.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2023

madhav Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:06 The retail landscape has changed significantly. In fact, only 49% of organizations have a ransomware response plan, compared to 48% in 2022. Customers should be aware of the existing threats, while retailers must understand the risks associated with poor management of customer identities.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

With that out of the way, it’s time to move on to May 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.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 19, 2024

Last year, companies spent USD 219 billion on cybersecurity and solutions alone, a 12% increase from 2022, according to a recent report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) (link resides outside ibm.com). Reducing costs: According to IBM’s recent Cost of Data Breach Report , the average cost of a data breach in 2023 was USD 4.45

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By gaining a deeper understanding of application security, companies can take the necessary steps and actions to safeguard their valuable assets and reduce the risk of devastating data breaches. The security measures that AppSec requires depends on the type of application and risks involved. How Does Application Security Work?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

September 5, 2023 Atlas VPN Leaks Users’ IP Addresses Type of attack: Zero-Day Vulnerability, a new vulnerability that is often difficult to fix since no patch is available on the market yet. The problem: The vulnerabilities ( CVE-2023-39238 , CVE-2023-39239 and CVE-2023-39240 ), with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 9, 2023

Run the industry’s fastest scans to discover all risks. • with TruRisk is an enterprise-grade cyber risk management solution. Powered by the Qualys Cloud Platform, the vulnerability management tool enables you to prioritize assets, groups of assets, and vulnerabilities based on business risk. Qualys VMDR 2.0 Key Differentiators.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“Seeing many websites left vulnerable was unexpected, as attacks against universities have historically been very common, starting from DDoS attacks launched by students trying to cancel classes to full-blown ransomware attacks,” Cybernews researchers said. Six universities were ranked in the Top 100 list, and 13 were in the Top 1000 list.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

5, 2023 – Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration kicked off Cybersecurity Month in Massachusetts with the announcement of $1,136,911 in funding to develop a new cybersecurity training center at MassBay Community College and support the existing center at Bridgewater State University. Worcester, Mass.,

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It remains the most public incident demonstrating the cyber security risks of NFTs, and although this alone didn’t make people come to their senses, the discourse has evolved throughout the year, with the value of many NFTs cratering. You can see more incidents from January in our list of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 11, 2024

Last year, companies around the world spent close to USD 219 billion on cybersecurity and security solutions, a 12% increase from the previous year according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) (link resides outside ibm.com.) billion in 2022 and was poised to grow by 22% percent in 2023.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 29, 2024

Business continuity and disaster recovery plans are risk management strategies that businesses rely on to prepare for unexpected incidents. Alongside BCPs, DR plans help businesses protect data and IT systems from many different disaster scenarios, such as massive outages, natural disasters, ransomware and malware attacks, and many others.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 | April 4th, 2023 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist The details in this thwarted VEC attack demonstrate how the use of just a few key details can both establish credibility and indicate the entire thing is a scam. Some critics disagree though. The genie's out of the box.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #07 | February 14th, 2023 [Scam of the Week] The Turkey-Syria Earthquake Just when you think they cannot sink any lower, criminal internet scum is now exploiting the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria. When people realize the value of their data, they're more vigilant and protective of it," Watson says.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2024

Ransomware Attacks: The Constant and Evolving Cybersecurity Threat madhav Tue, 03/12/2024 - 13:00 Enterprise data collection is skyrocketing, driven by factors like connected devices, cloud computing, personal data collection and digital transactions. Ransomware remains a constant and chilling threat.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

million customers’ data compromised Cyber criminals known as dawnofdevil have claimed responsibility for a data breach at Hathaway Cable & Datacom Ltd, one of India’s largest Internet service providers, in December 2023. The FTC will accept submissions until 12 January. Fitzpatrick was arrested in March 2023.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In November 2023, Northwell Health – the largest health system in New York – confirmed that it was affected by the incident. AI and cyber security: what you need to know is designed to help managers, board members and senior executives (with a non-technical background) to understand some of the risks – and benefits – of using AI tools.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #17 | April 25th, 2023 [Head Start] Effective Methods How To Teach Social Engineering to an AI Remember The Sims? link] [Head Scratcher] More Companies With Cyber Insurance Are Hit by Ransomware Than Those Without? Well Stanford created a small virtual world with 25 ChatGPT-powered "people."

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KnowBe4

JUNE 27, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #26 | June 27th, 2023 [Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals the Latest Top Five Text Message Scams The U.S. Join us Wednesday, July 12, @ 2:00 PM (ET) , for a live demonstration of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing. By Dr. Martin J.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 | May 9th, 2023 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully compromised to support social engineering) are serving visitors fake Google Chrome update error messages. The message displayed reads, "UPDATE EXCEPTION.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #15 | April 11th, 2023 [The New Face of Fraud] FTC Sheds Light on AI-Enhanced Family Emergency Scams The Federal Trade Commission is alerting consumers about a next-level, more sophisticated family emergency scam that uses AI which imitates the voice of a "family member in distress." There's a panicked voice on the line.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

percent of all emails during a 12-month period, but accounted for 66 percent of data breaches during those same 12 months. In rarer cases, BEC scammers may try to spread ransomware or malware by asking victims to open an attachment or click a malicious link.)

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 | June 20th, 2023 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. Find out with the BRAND-NEW 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report, which analyzed a data set of 12.5 According to Verizon, stolen credentials were the "most popular entry point for breaches." Download this new report to find out!

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 07:53. It amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and goes into effect January 1, 2023, for all data collected starting January 1, 2022 1. With 12% of the U.S. You don’t want to be caught unprepared in January 2023. CPRA Becomes the New Standard. Are You Ready?

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