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Ransomware attack on New York Law Department

CyberSecurity Insiders

A state-funded cyber attack has led to the New York Law Department hack disrupting legal proceedings from Saturday last week. And sources confirm that the disruption was caused by file-encrypting malware i.e. ransomware and it might take some time for the department to pull back the operations to normalcy.

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Pharmaceutical giant Cencora discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

Pharmaceutical giant Cencora suffered a cyber attack and threat actors stole data from its infrastructure. formerly known as AmerisourceBergen, is an American drug wholesale company and a contract research organization that was formed by the merger of Bergen Brunswig and AmeriSource in 2001. Cencora, Inc. Cencora, Inc.

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MY TAKE: A path for SMBs to achieve security maturity: start small controlling privileged accounts

The Last Watchdog

No organization wants to find itself having to recover from a devastating ransomware hack – or dealing with an unauthorized intruder who has usurped control of its operational systems. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware debacle and the near poisoning of the Oldsmar, Fla. Here are the key takeaways: Lower-tier hacks.

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It’s not ‘See you later.’ It’s ‘Goodbye’: Moving on from Tokenization in the age of Ransomware

CyberSecurity Insiders

Tokenization was invented a little over twenty years ago in 2001 to address the risk of losing cardholder data from eCommerce platforms. In recent years, cyber attackers began to go after a wide variety of data beyond just payment cards. In fact, the average cost of a ransomware attack in 2021 is $1.85

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. AllegisCyber Capital was founded in 1996 to serve the growing cyber business ecosystem. Investments in cybersecurity more than doubled from $12 billion to $29.5

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

Investigators determined that two hackers, known as Datastream Cowboy and Kuji, are behind the attack. government websites in 1998 and is sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2001. After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information. Marriott announces it in late 2018.

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Cyber Security Roundup for March 2021

Security Boulevard

The sudo vulnerability aka CVE-2001-3156 , seemed to go under the radar after it was announced and patches were released on 26th January 2021. Total Fitness Ransomware Attack. UK media didn't report UK gym chain Total Fitness had been hit by a ransomware attack. NCSC ransomware PDF.