CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Guardian’s Australian staff were targeted in a sophisticated cyber attack that led to the leak of personal information of 140 current and former staff members. Crypto Locker Virus is suspected to be behind the incident and almost all booking systems were hit by a ransom demanding malware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But now, a North Korea-based hacking group dubbed Kumsong 121 was found using social media to attack smart phone users using Android platform. EST Security related researchers recently uncovered a massive cyber attack campaign that was not only sophisticated but also proving highly successful in targeting victims.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 27, 2020

It’s difficult to convey the scope and scale of cyber attacks that take place on a daily basis, much less connect the dots between them. Related: The Golden Age of cyber spying A new book by Dr. Chase Cunningham — Cyber Warfare – Truth, Tactics, and Strategies — accomplishes this in a compelling, accessible way.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2022

Whereas, Vodafone is still investigating the cyber attack claims and internal data theft. Third, it’s the news related to UK ferry operator Wightlink that has become a victim of a cyber attack. The post Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We have all received plenty of advice on how to avoid being harmed by cyber-attacks, but staying safe can often be confusing, complicated, or impractical. Don’t click on any links sent in emails or text messages.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Washington State has revealed in a public statement issued yesterday that it is shutting down its Professional Online Licensing and Regulatory Information System(POLARIS) as it has detected a cyber attack that could have compromised driving license user details to hackers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2025

On February 21, a cyber attack disrupted IT operation of the healthcare organization, and more than 100 Change Healthcare applications were impacted. According to the Associated Press, UnitedHealth booked $1.1 The incident impacted thousands of pharmacies and healthcare providers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 26, 2022

Hacking news is out that the internal servers of the online shopping platform were compromised by giving access to treat actors the information related to mobile numbers, email addresses, names, delivery address and their previous booking history.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 26, 2022

A spokesperson from Nordic Hotels & Resorts released a press statement yesterday that personal details of about 15k customers belonging to Helsinki Hotel were accessed by hackers via a cyber attack as the details were compromised from a reservation system also used by Hotel Kamp and F6 Hotel.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

RavnAir airline was forced to cancel at least a half-dozen flights in Alaska on Saturday following a “malicious cyber attack”. The RavnAir airline was forced to cancel at least a half-dozen flights in Alaska on Saturday following a cyber attack, around 260 passengers were not able to fly. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 29, 2022

Second is the news related to Baton Rouge General Health System (GHS), a healthcare service provider that disclosed yesterday that it was hit by a cyber attack in June this year leaking patient details to hackers. The post Nine cyber-attack news headlines trending on Google appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Diplomatic immunity: does it apply to cyber attacks? visiting diplomats can do this under something called the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) which has been on the books since 1976. Cyber law continues to develop, we know this. In the U.S., Read the case: Broidy Capital Management, LLC v. State of Qatar ].

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Security researchers from WizCase have discovered several vulnerabilities in WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS. WD My Book, NetGear Stora. This won’t protect from an NAS attack, but it will protect you from other cyber attacks). But is it secure enough to protect your companies data?

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Nordic Choice Hotels has now confirmed a cyber attack on its systems from the Conti ransomware group. Although there is no indication of card or payment information being affected, information pertaining to guest bookings was potentially leaked. [.].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Now, reports are in that the database of the Pennsylvania based digital services provider was hit by a cyber attack leading to a data breach, thus leaking details to hackers. A few days ago, Comcast hit the news headlines for increasing its service price so much that many of its customers weren’t ready for the surprise at all.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Related: How ‘XDR’ defeats silos Now along comes a new book, Evading EDR: The Definitive Guide for Defeating Endpoint Detection Systems , by a red team expert, Matt Hand, that drills down a premier legacy security system that is in the midst of this transition: endpoint detection and response, EDR. Hand: I don’t believe so.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Recent cyber attacks on The Metropolitan Police and NHS Trusts through their supply chains have the potential to compromise the UK’s national security and private citizen data. A threat alert by the National Cyber Security Centre is also warning of increased state-sponsored attacks against UK critical national infrastructure.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2020

System supporting libraries in Volusia County were hit by a cyber attack, the incident took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library (VCPL) branches. The attack started around 7 AM on January 9, 2020. ” Source BleepingComputer. . ” Source BleepingComputer.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 29, 2021

From continued ramifications of the pandemic and the increasing sophistication and frequency in cyber attacks, the past year was truly one for the record books. We look at the 5 most likely security predictions for 2022. The post Bracing for the Inevitable: 5 Security Predictions for 2022 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Indigo Books & Music, the largest bookstore chain in Canada, experienced a cyber attack, leading the company to temporarily shut down its website and only allow cash payments. The details of the incident have yet to be determined, but Indigo is not excluding the possibility of customer data being compromised by the hackers.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2024

The financial sector is a prime target for cyber attacks. Workstations infected by ransomware communicate with attackers’ command and control infrastructure (also called C&C and C2), which is a requirement for conducting a successful cyber attack. And with so many banks in the U.S.

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SiteLock

MAY 11, 2021

The year 2020 won’t just go down in the history books as the year the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the world. It will also go down as the year that “broke all records when it came to data lost in breaches and sheer numbers of cyber-attacks on companies, government, and individuals.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

A Cyber Attack has reportedly disrupted the Corona Virus vaccine registration system from morning hours of today and authorities are clueless on when the digital vaccine registration system will be working normally.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Note 1- In June 2021, Google issued a security advisory on ransomware attacks and reemphasized on Chromebook defense and stated that the defense-line of Chrome OS was much better than Windows or Mac.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Though the company sources have denied the media speculations about becoming a victim of a cyber attack, they did agree that a number of servers were disrupted by a digital hiccup. Shutterfly, a California based company that is into photo sharing business, was reportedly hit by Conti Ransomware early this month.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The attack surface of company networks is as expansive and porous as ever. Related: Preparing for ‘quantum’ hacks That being so, a new book, Fixing American Cybersecurity , could be a long overdue stake in the ground. It also advocates a smarter, more concerted public-private partnership as the core solution.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This, of course, is the plot of endless dystopian books and movies that end with rogue machines in charge. After all, decentralizing smart functionalities does nothing to slow the expansion of the cyber-attack surface open to clever, motivated hacking collectives.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

InterContinental Hotels Group, a Britain-based hotel chain, has announced that its IT systems were fraudulently accessed by some outsiders, thus disrupting all booking channels and applications. So, the question of paying the cyber criminals’ money in crypto doesn’t arise at all.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In response to the attack, the IT staff at the CMA CGM isolated some applications for the Internet to avoid the malware from spreading to other systems. “The CMA CGM Group (excluding CEVA Logistics) is currently dealing with a cyber-attack impacting peripheral servers.”

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

With the internet becoming a part of our daily lives it is sad but important to know that the dangers of Cyber attacks are increasing every day. First, let’s understand what is a cyber attack. So protecting your computers from different types of cyber attacks is very important.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2022

A Dark Pool is a separate DeFi order book not visible to the rest of the market that exists on a particular DEX. The post Understanding Features and Vulnerabilities of The Decentralized Finance Attack Surface is Key to Protecting Against Cyber Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard. link] [link].

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2024

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. The errors affecting the VR Systems electronic poll books forced officials to switch to paper registration records, the duration of the overall voting operations was extend ed due to the problems.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

Likewise, information systems have allowed businesses to experience tremendous growth – today’s businesses face threats that, only a few decades ago, were the subject of solely science fiction books and movies. Today, cyber attacks can not only cause financial disasters, they can literally kill people.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2024

The NHS London published a statement on Synnovis ransomware attack confirming that the incident is having a significant impact on the delivery of services at Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts and primary care services in south east London. “On

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Because of the cyber-attack, several guests found several difficulties in online booking of rooms at the hotel chain, resulting in huge losses. And to take vengeance, they installed wiper malware to clean terabytes of info from the database- all for fun……seriously?

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