CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 23, 2021

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Opening Ceremony is about to start in a few hours time and organizers are busy checking out the Cybersecurity arrangements meant to protect the Olympics event from state funded hackers. Hacking group named Fancy Bear was assumed to be a prime suspect in the attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Most of the American office workers are reportedly becoming vulnerable to cyber attacks and that’s because of their oversharing on social media platforms says a survey conducted by email services provider named Tessian. This practice is said to be leading to social engineering based cyber attacks like online fraud and phishing attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The risks are real, and the impact of cybersecurity events continues to grow. A cyber catastrophe may seem inevitable, but there are basic practices and actionable steps any healthcare organization can take to begin reducing the clear and present risk of being impacted by a cybersecurity event. Scheduling?

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Rather than merely cataloguing breaches, we look into the anatomy of significant cyber attacks, associated vulnerabilities that led to such events, and relevant controls. We’ve chronicled key developments month […] The post Major cyber attacks and data breaches of 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 1, 2021

If you read the news, you would be led to believe that there is only one major tactic the attackers leverage in an INCIDENT against their targets. That is simply not the case, and we need a new way to describe and track these events. The term ALERT and EVENT need to be clearly defined. Able to correlate EVENTS into INCIDENTS.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 21, 2022

NOTE 1- A denial of service attack or a distributed denial of service attack is an event where a website gets bombarded with fake web traffic, thus blocking the actual traffic from accessing the server. NOTE 2- Google has withheld the name of the customer that experienced the attack for reasons.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Many cyber attacks exploit vulnerabilities in outdated software. Media contact: Kathryn Brown, Director of Global Strategic Communications and Events, INE Security, kbrown@ine.com The post News alert: INE Security shares cyber hygiene guidance for small- and medium-sized businesses first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A highly sophisticated cyber attack has taken down the world’s advanced radio telescope, halting the scientific experiments from the past few days. The post Cyber Attack disrupts operations of world’s advanced radio telescope appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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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. The post Australia entities suffer Cyber Attacks and QUAD update appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Phishing often serves as the gateway to cyber attacks, opening the door to impactful follow-on activity like malware and ransomware deployment or access to internal networks, ultimately causing substantial financial losses. com and hurricaneheleneclaimhelp[.]com.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 23, 2023

The deepening geopolitical tensions between China and Taiwan have cast a dark shadow over East Asia, triggering a marked rise in cyber attacks on the island nation. A surge in malicious activities According to the Trellix Advanced Research Center , cyber attacks against Taiwan have increased significantly in recent months.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, they were lucky enough as the threat monitoring system caught hold of the suspicious activity in time and blocked the entire event and was later investigated to know more details about the attack vector and its consequences. Unknowingly, an employee or two apparently clicked on the email.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 30, 2022

Staying Ahead of the Distortion of a Cyber Attack? Each firewall, IDS, MFA, and email security is built to protect and stop cyber attacks. While enforcement of FERPA is left to the department of education, there is some sense of data accountability and disclosure of events. Until next week, John.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In a concerning turn of events, DP World Australia, one of Australia’s largest port operators, has disclosed that a recent cyber attack resulted in unauthorized access to employee data.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2022

A SaaS security company says a spike in cyber attacks from Russia and China in recent weeks suggests the two countries may be coordinating their cyber efforts. “The vast volumes of data analyzed suggests these countries may even be coordinating attack efforts. Read next: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2021

However, companies that are unsure how a strong security posture fits into plans for DX should look for a data protection partner that can execute pseudonymization of data to reduce risk and losses in the inevitable event of a data breach. The post Does That Data Make Your Company a Cyber Attack Target?

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

While claims due to natural catastrophes are expected to top $100 billion in 2022 -- as it did in 2021 -- losses due to cyber attacks continue to climb. Insurance underwriters have no choice but to try and limit exposure through providing less coverage or hiking up the cost of cyber insurance.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2024

The new attack vectors that spin out of this chase entice cyber adversaries to continually iterate and improve upon tried-and-true cyber attack tools and techniques, with the goal of gaining unauthorized network access. Will we also see a wave of ransomware attacks that follow? Time will tell.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2023

The entire event was supposed to be webcast live via the website of the Swedish parliament. Killnet is a group assigned the duty to cyber attack all adversaries of Moscow. The post Cyber Attack on Sweden Parliament just before Ukraine drone attack on Moscow Kremlin appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Al Lindseth will present on "Integrate Transformative OT Cybersecurity Programs to Increase Effectiveness" at the SecureWorld Manufacturing & Retail virtual conference on August 28th, and at the SecureWorld Dallas in-person event on October 3rd. VJ Viswanathan will co-present with Col. Cedric Leighton, CNN Military Analyst; USAF (Ret.),

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 20, 2024

Leighton, co-presenting on "When Enterprise and World Events Collide: Driving Outcome-Based Cybersecurity Transformation" at SecureWorld Dallas on Oct. 3; and speaking on "Cyber World on Fire: Global Digital War's Impact on Governments, Societies" at SecureWorld Denver on Oct.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

There is a major difference between not covering ransomware events and not covering the cost of ransom. The post Cyber Insurers Pull Back Amid Increase in Cyber Attacks, Costs appeared first on eSecurityPlanet. It’s not a random occurrence, it’s an invisible enemy looking to profit from your weakness.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Cybersecurity Threats and Digital Warfare One of the most significant threats to national security in the modern era is cyber warfare. Cyber attacks can compromise critical infrastructure, financial systems, and sensitive government data.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 31, 2019

This week it's a combination of more of the same (travel, events and data breaches), as well as more thoughts on the future of HIBP and Cloudflare's role when it comes to nasty content online. All that and more this week, next week will be another update from home and with any luck, one that puts be back on the usual Friday schedule.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2023

In response to this event, we’ve taken quick and determined steps to reduce potential risks. . “On the night of August 22, our monitoring systems detected unusual activity within certain areas of our cloud environments. This includes temporarily disabling certain critical systems impacting the Customer Portal.”

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Develop a cybersecurity incident response plan: Real estate companies should develop a comprehensive cybersecurity incident response plan that outlines the steps to be taken in the event of a cyberattack.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 25, 2024

This is due to a technical issue connected to the recent cyber attack, when we were forced to shut down our IT systems. While the investigation is still ongoing, Leicester City Council stated that evidence pointed to the attack being financially motivated rather than an ideological cyberattack.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On Sunday, February 11, over 160 million viewers from around the globe watched Super Bowl LVIII, making it one of the most viewed annual sporting events.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The findings come from Google's Mandiant, which described the hack as a "multi-event cyber attack" leveraging a novel technique for impacting industrial control systems (ICS). The notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical substation in Ukraine last year, causing a brief power outage in October 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2022

Leaders are no longer as confident in their organization’s cyber resilience, and employees often lack awareness. The SEC, in essence, is compelling businesses, public companies and large investment firms to better prepare for inevitable cyber attacks.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 26, 2020

Our preliminary analysis suggests the majority of cyber warranties cover the cost of repairing the device alone. Only cyber-incident warranties cover first-party costs from cyber-attacks -- why all such warranties were offered by firms selling intangible products is an open question.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 10, 2021

Cyber Threats to Physical Systems are Increasing in Sophistication and Volume. The recent growth in cyber-attacks against operational technology (OT) systems is unprecedented. In fact, the number of events targeting OT assets in 2019 was greater than the activity volume observed in the past three years combined.”

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

ISO 22317: Focuses on Business Impact Analysis (BIA), detailing the processes for identifying and evaluating the impact of different events on business operations. Collect and safeguard critical artifacts such as event logs, system logs, and authentication records from corporate systems.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2025

Lets take a recap at the key events of NSFOCUS WAF in 2024. March 2024: Recognized by Forrester, a leading market research company, for our outstanding Bot Management capabilities. [] The post Key Events of 2024 for NSFOCUS WAF appeared first on NSFOCUS, Inc.,

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From the ongoing impact of the past years’ pandemic to major geopolitical events and nation-state cyber attacks, 2022 saw a surge in cyberattacks that shows no signs of slowing down. As another year wraps up, it’s time to take a look back at the cybersecurity trends that dominated the landscape. But what exactly is driving […].

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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 open attachments. Change your password often. Don’t click on any links sent in emails or text messages.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

26 key cyber security stats for 2024 that every user should know, from rising cyber crime rates to the impact of AI technolog y. Cyber Crime Surge: During COVID-19 , cyber crimes shot up by 600%, showing how threats adapt to global changes. Phishing Attacks: Phishing is the top cyber attack, causing 90% of data breaches.

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