Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. FatFace CEO Liz Evans released a statement which said “ On 17th January 2021 FatFace identified some suspicious activity within its IT systems. Covid Fraud: £34.5m

Energy and Utilities 122

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Banking Hacking 122

Webroot

DECEMBER 14, 2020

One thing the cybersecurity experts at Webroot agree on is that work from home is here to stay for 2021, or at least it won’t recede to pre-pandemic levels in even the medium-term. The biggest change for 2021 will be securing remote workforces and remote perimeters, which include home networks and home devices, particularly personal devices.

Cybersecurity 74

Cybersecurity Engineering Phishing Social Engineering 74

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

This should be a focus area for organizations to improve their defensive tactics, such as ensuring secure credentials and removing unnecessary privileged accounts. This is certainly an option for organizations with well-defined backup and remediation processes. Attacks against the food sector. Healthcare sector. This included $91.6

Healthcare 126

Healthcare Ransomware Authentication Threat Reports 126

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fraud and cybercrime account for over 40% of all estimated crimes in England and Wales and affects more people more often than any other crime. In 2021/22, 61% of fraud incidents were cyber-related, as the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) reported. billion annually.

Financial Services 105

Financial Services Encryption Cybercrime Threat Reports 105

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Backup and encryption. So keeping backups offline is of paramount importance.

Backups 141

Backups Ransomware Firewall Malware 141

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” .” reads the advisory published by CISA.

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Risk Encryption Passwords 106

Webroot

MAY 25, 2021

Yet, faced with modern cyber threats, that seems like a pretty impossible goal, particularly as many attacks are designed to operate under the radar, evading detection for weeks or months at a time. But the tools aren’t everything. Trust your tools, but make sure you’re using them wisely. Train your end users to avoid security risks.

Phishing 143

Phishing DNS Backups Cyber threats 143