CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2021

Note- On March 15th, 2021 BPS released a press statement that its Information Technology infrastructure was targeted by hackers disrupting services related to teaching and administration to a certain extent.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As we look ahead to 2021, what trends can we expect to emerge and continue when it comes to cyber? Here are my top 5 predictions: Work-From-Anywhere Will Continue to Expose Cyber Gaps . US states like Maine and Nevada have already passed a state data privacy law or have it scheduled for 2021. every 5 seconds ?by

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2022

Healthcare providers are opting to pay a ransom in the event of ransomware attacks, instead of recovering it from data backups. An increase in cyber attacks in volume on businesses operating in the healthcare sector was also observed between 2020-2021.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These attacks also tend to be more successful in access and payout in the event of ransom demands, with 74% of attacks ending successfully for hackers. Here are a few prime examples of cyber-attacks in the education sector. This is a sizable increase from a 2021 average of just 44% across education.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2021

Bose Corporation has announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place earlier this year, on March 7. According to the breach notification letter filed by Bose, the company was hit by a sophisticated cyber attack, threat actors deployed ransomware within its infreastructure. systems on March 7, 2021.”

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Point-in-time backup and recovery of contacts, email, calendars and files. The cloud-native solution identifies and intercepts any content-borne cyber-attack entering the organization through any cloud channel and is run on all files, URLs, and free text. 100% email uptime SLA. Perception Point’s key features.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And the bad news is that few of the servers severely affected, making the staff to suspend any data transfers and backups to maintain data continuity. Security firm Emsisoft says that the cyber criminal group has been active since 2019 and could have launched attacks on over 46 organizations so far.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Gmail’s password recovery function says the backup email address for devrian27@gmail.com is bo3 *@gmail.com. In November, Bureau Veritas acknowledged that it shut down its network in response to a cyber attack. Devrian27@gmail.com was used to register multiple domains, including wwwsuperchange.ru Image: Flashpoint.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It is not possible to collect or return the products due to the cyber attack. Update November 8, 2021. The Hive gang has been active since June 2021, it implements a Ransomware-as-a-Service model and employs a wide variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). ” reported the local outlet RTLNieuws.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2021

Earlier Friday, there were disruptions along the pipeline, but it was unclear whether that was a direct result of the attack.” Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the Colonial Pipeline was shut down due to a cyber attack carried out by the Darkside ransomware gang. reported The New York Times. Source WSJ.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2021

The company’s backup servers were not affected, and it is actively working with an Incident Response firm to restore its systems as soon as possible.” JBS said that it is not aware of any data breach caused by the cyber attack, it added that transactions with customers and suppliers will be delayed. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 15, 2021

In 2020, ransomware was the most widely-used method of delivering cyber attacks, accounting for 23% of security events handled by the IBM Security X-Force. One attack alone scored profits of more than $123 million for the perpetrators, according to an IBM report. Reason for Hope.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2023

For the past 1 year or so, a museum is unable to access its artecraft database because of a ransomware attack on the servers of Gloucester City Council. The Phishing email attack took place in the year 2021 and the Museum of Gloucester that identified the unauthorized intrusion is still being affected by the cyber incident.

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Spinone

JANUARY 24, 2021

This article was updated in January 2021. So, should you backup your Office 365 data? Such risks are one of the key concerns expressed by our customers when considering our backup. If something happens from Microsoft’s side, you won’t be able to reach your data and continue working unless you have a backup.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 10, 2021

Cases of cyber-attacks are rapidly increasing, and businesses have every reason to worry following the recent prediction that damage costs might shoot beyond $6 trillion by the end of 2021. Cybersecurity services will still be in high demand 2021 and beyond. million jobs available by 2021.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Tue, 10/05/2021 - 06:55. Cyber incidents pose a threat to the stability of the global financial system. Malign actors are using cyber capabilities to steal from, disrupt, or otherwise threaten financial institutions, investors and the public.”. 9 Considerations For Hong Kong Banks To Address The STDB Guidelines. Controlled.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Bug bounty hacker earned $5,000 reporting a Stored XSS flaw in iCloud.com Experts warn of threat actors abusing Google Alerts to deliver unwanted programs FBI warns of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks An attacker was able to siphon audio feeds from multiple Clubhouse rooms Georgetown County has yet to recover from a sophisticated (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Step 3: Use backup and disaster recovery (BDR) software to restore systems and data from backups taken before the network was infected by ransomware. Step 4: Review all the facts surrounding the ransomware attack to figure out how it started so you can begin to put additional preventive measures in place. Endpoint Protection.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The Lorenz ransomware gang has been active since April 2021 and hit multiple organizations worldwide demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom to the victims. The group claimed to have stolen 5TB of patients’ and employee’s information, backups, PII documents, and more.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Important Update pic.twitter.com/PCEuhAJosR — CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) February 9, 2021. The attack took place on February 8, a threat actor breached its corporate network and encrypted some of its devices. Although some devices in our network have been encrypted, our backups remain intact.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 8, 2021

It automates the installation of software and security updates and manages backups and other vital tasks.”. Zero-Day Attack Confirmed. . As of July 6, 2021, Kaseya confirmed that REvil exploited a zero-day attack on its software code. Kaseya posted the incident overview and technical details on its website.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The pandemic, geopolitical factors, and the new hybrid/work-from-home landscape put midsize companies at 500% more risk of being targeted in 2021. SMEs are becoming more frequent targets of cyberattacks. A disaster-recovery plan is no longer an option for SMEs; it's a must-have.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 of cyber attacks IBM handled. Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

Small businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks since hackers view them as easy victims to target. While this may seem unlikely, statistics reveal that more than half of these businesses experienced some form of cyber-attack in 2022. They also have a limited budget to spend on effective cyber security measures.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2022

Indeed, while cloud environments are generally more resilient to cyberthreats than on-prem infrastructure, malware delivered over the cloud increased by 68% in early 2021 — opening the door for a variety of different cyber attacks. Have a data backup strategy in place. One stored on a cloud backup solution.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Notable Ransomware Attacks CryptoLocker ushered in the modern ransomware age in 2013, and in 2017, the devastating WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware attacks raised the threat’s profile significantly. One attack in particular thrust ransomware into the spotlight as never before, the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2022

Indeed, while cloud environments are generally more resilient to cyberthreats than on-prem infrastructure, malware delivered over the cloud increased by 68% in early 2021 — opening the door for a variety of different cyber attacks. Have a data backup strategy in place. One stored on a cloud backup solution.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As of March 31, 2023, Lloyds of London (the world’s largest insurance marketplace) will require its underwriters to include clearly defined exclusion clauses for state-backed cyber attacks within standalone cyber policies. But the frequency and cost of cyber-attacks have risen enormously in the past five years.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Microsoft quickly issued a patch – but slow updates by users left the hole open for NotPetya , a huge cyber attack that disabled systems and made them inaccessible just two months later. In July 2021, another wave of attacks hit SolarWinds. Prepare for Zero Day Attacks. Put recovery strategies in place.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Quishing, an insidious threat to electric car owners Google fixed actively exploited Android flaw CVE-2024-32896 Discontinued D-Link DIR-846 routers are affected by code execution flaws.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2022

The government industry in the United States dealt with heavy hitting breaches against local, federal, and state government networks, primarily during the first quarter of 2021. Our telemetry revealed a small spike in a generic backdoor detection, known as Backdoor.Agent, during March of 2021, mainly focused in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Dole reported 2021 revenues of $6.5 The company announced that it has suffered a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. The company did not provide details about the attack, such as the ransomware family that infected its systems. ” reads a notice published by the company. ” reads the notice.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Cyber-attacks are on the rise and are becoming more potent with each day. Whether you use your computer for personal or professional purposes, cyber-attacks are an imminent threat to your privacy and personal or professional information. Backup and Recovery Tools. Identity Theft Protection Tools. Ad Blockers.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

CD PROJEKT RED, the game developer behind Cyberpunk 2077, announced earlier on Twitter that it has fallen victim to a targeted ransomware attack. The company says it has backups for the affected systems and does not intend to pay the ransom. Although some devices in our network have been encrypted, our backups remain intact.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 17, 2024

Reputational Damage Public perception of an organisation can be severely tarnished by a ransomware attack, especially if customer data is compromised or service disruptions affect stakeholders. Restoring a reputation after such an incident takes time and resources. Some businesses never fully recover.

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