CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A hacker from United States named P4x has admitted that he took down the internet of North Korea last week by launching a distributed denial of service attack on the central DNS servers of the country. The post US hacker claims to have downed the internet of North Korea appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Familiarising With The Term Cyber Security You must have heard of the word cyber security, making headlines in the news, internet, social media, The post 5 Major Reasons for “Why is Cyber Security Important?” appeared first on Kratikal Blog.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The University of Michigan experienced an internet outage on August 27th that affected students, faculty, and staff across all three campuses just as the fall semester was kicking off. Students and faculty were also unable to connect to the internet on their personal devices. The outage began at approximately 1:40 p.m.

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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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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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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In 2021, we endured the fallout of a seemingly endless parade of privacy controversies and milestone cyber attacks. Last Watchdog sought commentary from technology thought leaders about lessons learned in 2021– and any guidance they might have to offer heading into 2022. Related: The dire need to security-proof APIs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

A distributed denial of service attack has targeted Yandex, an internet company based in Russia. The only good news is that the staff of Yandex thwarted such attacks with a 100% success rate with a record repel of 22 million requests per second (RPS) last Sunday. million RPS attacks on August 7th-9th, 9.6

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Suddenly the year wasn’t about the massive shift toward remote work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, so in a way the incident had a feeling of normalcy by returning the focus to timeless IT security issues – with the caveat that cyber attacks typically don’t lead to international incidents. 2021 cybersecurity predictions.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of worldwide organizations are newly hacked via holes in Microsoft’s email software per a Krebs on Security article posted March 5, 2021. “At If your organization runs an [Outlook Web Access] OWA server exposed to the internet, assume compromise between 02/26-03/03.".

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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. conduct penetration testing.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2023

Researchers discovered that the Clop ransomware gang was looking for a zero-day exploit in the MOVEit Transfer since 2021. Kroll security experts discovered that the Clop ransomware gang was looking for a zero-day exploit in the MOVEit Transfer since 2021. aspx web shell. ” reads the analysis published by the security firm.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Looking back at 2021 it looks a lot like 2020: A lot of ransomware attacks. So, when I was asked to write about the three most significant cyber-attacks of 2021, it was no real surprise that my thoughts turned to ransomware attacks. The human cost of a ransomware attack. Have a safe 2022, everyone!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 9, 2021

Some thought that it was a temporary issue, while some stated that the account holding companies were down due to a cyber-attack from an adversary nation and the situation can only improve after a week. . Fastly, has asked its team to submit a report on the cyber incident and issued an apology to all its customers.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The attack quickly escalated, and the company was forced to take its network offline, suspending all user access to its information technology applications, including corporate servers, Epic software, internet, and clinical programs. In June, St.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2021

The start of 2021 brings forth a cyber security crossroads. Ransomware and fileless malware breaches will rapidly continue to destabilize businesses in 2021. One proven way to overcome these kinds of attacks is by implementing zero trust architecture. Related: Breaches spike during pandemic.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

On February 8, 2021, the City of Oldsmar, Florida gave a press conference to disclose “an unlawful intrusion to the city’s water treatment system.” According to the city sheriff, someone on the Internet managed to connect to the TeamViewer software that was installed on the workstation used to control the water treatment process.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, May 2021. The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published its Smart Cities (connected places) guidance for UK local authorities. Cyber Security Roundup for May 2021.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. 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. Npower App Hack.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

This is clearly seen in their targeting of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, as highlighted in NETSCOUT’s 2H 2021 Threat Report. Attackers know bringing down VoIP providers that service a large number of customers causes a lot of pain and therefore is ripe for extortion. Why target VoIP providers?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 16, 2021

SonicWall that offers next generation firewalls and various Cybersecurity solutions has announced that its customers using certain products are at a risk of being cyber attacked with ransomware. x firmware is going to reach its EOL aka End of Life. x firmware is going to reach its EOL aka End of Life.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q1 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 2,023,556,082 attacks launched from online resources across the globe. At the end of last year, the number of users attacked by malware designed to steal money from bank accounts gradually decreased, a trend that continued in Q1 2021.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

FBI and CISA on a joint note issued a public alert that computer networks of government and corporate companies were on the verge of being targeted by a cyber attack on this coming Labor Day weekend, i.e on September 6th of 2021. billion.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The Rising Risks The widespread shift to a work-from-home (WFH) economy left countless networks vulnerable to cyber attacks. Fintech Trends for 2021 and Beyond Even in the deluge of attacks on our digital systems, defender confidence has remained strong. Here’s what you should know. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Did you know that half of all cyberattacks in the automotive industry happened in 2021? . This represented a more than 140% increase from attacks in the automotive industry in 2020. This shouldn’t be surprising, considering that the number of vehicles connected to the internet has risen dramatically over the last few years. .

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

Cisco Security was honored to be a sponsor of the 24th Black Hat USA 2021 Conference – the internationally recognized cybersecurity event series providing the security community with the latest cutting-edge research, developments and training. Planning for cyber-attacks is expensive, so it is up to businesses to weigh its risks and rewards.

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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 What Can You Do to Protect Against Internet Scammers? billion in reported losses.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Ransomware attacks and costs. Recent attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

In the US, 2021 was a record year for reported data breaches , while in the UK, a recent government report revealed that two-fifths of businesses had suffered a cyber-attack over the previous 12 months.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2021

In fact, IoT Analytics, a leading provider of market insights for the Internet of Things (IoT), M2M, and Industry 4.0, With transformation and innovation in mind, we’re excited to share the top results and insights from our IoT Predictions for 2021 Survey. So, what’s ahead for IoT in 2021? How will that play out?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Korean based company that is into the business of perfume and clothes selling said that the data leak took place on August 8th, 2021 and was because of a cyber attack on a cloud based data storage firm.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Puerto Rico’s Senate announced that is was it by a cyberattack that shut down its internet provider, phone system and official online page. The Senate of Puerto Rico announced this week that it was hit by a major cyberattack that disabled its internet provider, phone system and official online page.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

As attack methodologies evolve due to AI, machine learning and nation-state hackers , security startups are receiving a lot of funding to develop products that can secure application access for remote workers , provide real-time visibility into cyber attacks and protect data as it travels from the cloud to IoT devices.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations.” Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The processing phrase consists of actively selecting processing tools and methodologies for the purpose of setting the foundations for a successful processing of the data. Threat Intelligence Methodologies.

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Herjavec Group

JULY 29, 2021

Halfway through 2021 and it’s been a year unlike any other in cybersecurity ! While the world transitions out of the pandemic, cyber adversaries have continued to take advantage of the chaos – cyber attacks have skyrocketed and are only becoming more frequent, destructive, and sophisticated. In the U.S.,

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2021

At the time of this writing, it is unclear if the outage is the result of a technical issue or it is the result of a cyber attack against the infrastructure of the social network giant. pic.twitter.com/dMTevg6hqj — John Graham-Cumming (@jgrahamc) October 4, 2021. — Vess (@VessOnSecurity) October 4, 2021.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

PrivacyAffairs released the Dark Web Index 2021, the document provides the prices for illegal services/products available in the black marketplaces. It was one of the worst years (if not the worst) for cyber attacks. The post The dark web index 2021, report appeared first on Security Affairs. 2020 is a case in point.

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