Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The security breach was discovered in December 2022 after customer reported that their sites were being used to redirect to random domains. The company believes that it was the victim of an attack conducted by a sophisticated threat actor, it also added that the attacks have not impacted their business or operations. .

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Data breaches Malware Cyber Attacks Manufacturing 84

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Our updated research looks at how data breaches happened, what academia published, what the news covered, and what people Googled. The 2022 update to our research on the perception of data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk for a data breach instead of what feels right.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2023

Swiss electrification and automation technology giant ABB confirmed it has suffered a data breach after a ransomware attack. billion in revenue for 2022. Black Basta has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model.

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Data breaches Ransomware VPN Hacking 84

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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. Shockingly, 96% of these attacks come through email. million per breach.

Social Engineering 115

Social Engineering Cyber Attacks Cyber Insurance IoT 115

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Phishing scams remain such a widely used attack vector because of their efficiency.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. The average business faces more than 700 of these types of attacks every single year. As AI capabilities grow, attackers are applying them to bolster their attack efforts in many ways.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

These results mark the eighth time in a row we have received all certification awards, and we are now officially the only vendor to win every single certification & award in 2022 and so far into 2023. Malwarebytes blocked 100% of phishing attempts in BOTH the ITW Phishing Test and Phishing Simulator Test.

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Phishing Ransomware Banking Malware 92

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The 2023 update to our research on the perception of cybersecurity incident and data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk of a cybersecurity incident or data breach instead of what feels right. Source: Verizon DBIR [1] Patterns over time in cybersecurity data breaches.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 05:20. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA. Recognize and report phishing. Use strong passwords. Update software.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2024

The Blackbasta extortion group claimed responsibility for the attack that in April severely impacted the operations of Synlab Italia. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack. The group claimed the theft of 1.5

Ransomware 93

Ransomware Data breaches Malware Backups 93

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We have seen firsthand that it takes more than an individual task force to combat ransomware and other related threats such as phishing, insider threats and more. Have hope that through the hard work and brilliant minds behind these security defenses that 2022 will not be a repeat of such high level attacks.

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Data breaches Ransomware Government Cybersecurity 142

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The end of the year is a good time to reflect on the past 12 months and create a plan to improve in 2022. Like years past, 2021 revealed more of the same for the cybersecurity industry—more breaches, bigger ransomware attacks, higher stakes. Understand cybersecurity impacts your bottom line.

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Cybersecurity Ransomware Security Awareness Technology 105

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

Small businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks since hackers view them as easy victims to target. While this may seem unlikely, statistics reveal that more than half of these businesses experienced some form of cyber-attack in 2022. Also, the average data breach cost to small businesses increased to $2.98

Small Business 93

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper ISC fixed high-severity flaws in DNS software suite BIND Patch management is crucial to protect Exchange servers, Microsoft warns Hacker accused of having stolen personal data of all Austrians and more CVE-2023-23560 flaw exposes 100 (..)

DNS 81

DNS Data breaches Hacking Backups 81

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

The pressure for those in charge is immense as cyber risks have scaled, and can now bring businesses, economies, and communities to a halt. Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. Today, cyber is not just disruptive, it can be weaponised and is capable of destruction. million per organisation.

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CISO Mobile Technology Risk 130

SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

Major public breaches have severely impacted other luxury brands in the past. The non-profit Identify Theft Resource Center's most recent data breach analysis supports this observation, showing a decline in the number of victims per compromise, indicating a rise in targeted attacks."

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Identity Theft Hacking Ransomware Data breaches 74

Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Passwords are a weak point in modern-day secure authentication practices, with Verizon highlighting that almost 50% of breaches start with compromised credentials. In our previous two features, we covered the dangers of phishing (one method of credential compromise) and how to mitigate its impact on users.

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Authentication Passwords Data breaches Phishing 113

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

Data breaches 77

Data breaches Cybercrime Firewall Artificial Intelligence 77

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware. forbes.com).

Cybersecurity 78

Cybersecurity IoT Artificial Intelligence Cyber threats 78

Appknox

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Phishing hackers have struck again; this time, US retail brand, Bed, Bath & Beyond has fallen prey to the attack.

Phishing 72

Phishing Retail Cyber Attacks Data breaches 72

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Time to Act and Protect Trust. Tue, 10/25/2022 - 06:51. We’re approaching the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month , an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness of cybersecurity topics globally. Data breaches damage trust. Recognize phishing. Time to act.

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Security Awareness Data breaches Social Engineering Phishing 71

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The 2023 update to our research on the perception of cybersecurity incident and data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk of a cybersecurity incident or data breach instead of what feels right. Source: Verizon DBIR [1] Patterns over time in cybersecurity data breaches.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 52

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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Cybercrime Education Accountability Phishing 124

Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

So, your business has just suffered a data breach and it’s time to dig deep in your pockets to pay all the resulting expenses. Without cyber insurance , you can expect to pay a dizzying amount of cash. Here are four ways your business can save money on its insurance. Use multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Jane Frankland

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

How cybersecurity (the market) performed in 2022. Cyber-attacks have risen from last year with the most common forms of attack being credential theft, phishing, misconfigured cloud, and vulnerabilities in third-party software. But what more can be done to maximise advancements and minimise cyber threats?

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Technology Cybersecurity Cyber Attacks 130

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

payment cards for free Harvard Business Publishing licensee hit by ransomware Everest gang demands $200K for data stolen from South Africa state-owned electricity company ESKOM CommonSpirit hospital chains hit by ransomware, patients are facing problems Lloyd’s of London investigates alleged cyber attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks 84

Cyber Attacks DDOS Ransomware Phishing 84

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

After unveiling their new phishing assessment in Q2 2023, MRG Effitas in Q3 2023 began awarding a full-on 360° Phishing Certification to vendors who could take down phishing threats. ThreatDown blocked 100% of phishing attempts in the In-the-Wild (ITW) Phishing Test.

Phishing 66

Phishing Ransomware Banking Malware 66

Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

SecurityAffairs awarded as Best European Personal Cybersecurity Blog 2022 Crooks are using RIG Exploit Kit to push Dridex instead of Raccoon stealer Flagstar Bank discloses a data breach that impacted 1.5

Small Business 74

Small Business Spyware Data breaches Surveillance 74

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2022

Please vote for Security Affairs as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog” and others of your choice. million US customers U.S.

DDOS 66

DDOS Data breaches Marketing Manufacturing 66

Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe.

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DDOS Internet Internet Government 273

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Navigating the internet in 2022 is more dangerous than ever for Australian netizens. Australian Mobile Cybersecurity in 2022.

Social Engineering 92

Social Engineering Mobile Scams Engineering 92

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

Threats are also growing, with 40 percent of data breaches involving stolen credentials, according to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report. As technology continues to advance and digital interactions multiply, the importance and prevalence of digital identities will also expand.

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Risk Artificial Intelligence Technology Digital transformation 118

eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

The Attack Surface Management team at Group-IB said it constantly scans the IPv4 landscape for exposed databases, potentially unwanted programs, and other risks. From Q1 2021 to Q1 2022, the team discovered 399,200 exposed databases due to those efforts. According to the Attack Surface Management team, an average of 170.2

Social Engineering 126

Social Engineering Internet Internet Risk 126

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine spotted a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at gaining access to users’ Telegram accounts. “As a result of such attacks, cybercriminals get session data, a list of contacts, and the history of your Telegram session.”

Accountability 95

Accountability Phishing Passwords Hacking 95

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

Spyware 68

Spyware Ransomware Malware Data breaches 68

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

To indicate the size of the cyber risk to companies, there is, on average, a cyber-attack every 39 seconds, which does not mean that every attack is successful, but that there is an attempt to access companies’ computer systems with that frequency. in the case of ransomware attacks.

Cyber Risk 111

Cyber Risk Insurance Cyber Attacks Risk 111

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2022

Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage. Tue, 05/10/2022 - 05:43. As cyber criminals mature and advance their tactics, small and medium businesses become the most vulnerable because they lack the capacity – staff, technology, budget - to build strong cyber defenses. Flexibility and scalability.

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