Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

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Data breaches 115

Data breaches Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Artificial Intelligence 115

SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

At the same time, government and industry regulations are tightening: new FDA cybersecurity requirements for medical devices have come into effect, demanding stronger security controls before devices hit the market. This regulatory environment essentially requires continuous investment in cybersecurity tools, training, and governance.

Healthcare 106

Healthcare Marketing Cybersecurity CISO 106

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

and Swiss governments sought the suspects, and Switzerland has requested their extradition. The Talos researchers discovered a number of features implemented by Phobos allowing operators to establish persistence in a targeted system, perform speedy encryption, and remove backups. Both the U.S.

Ransomware 70

Ransomware Encryption Backups Malware 70

Centraleyes

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Establishing a Security Baseline with NIST CSF: The framework revolves around six core functionsIdentify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover, and Govern. UK Cyber Essentials Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed certification scheme aimed at helping organizations guard against the most common cyber threats.

Cybersecurity 52

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

So, like rabbits, instead of complaining about their lack of ability to defend themselves, we need to look at ways industry and government can provide funding and resources to help protect them." Rabbits will never be able to protect themselves—grow armor, claws, or teeth.

Healthcare 120

Healthcare Ransomware Identity Theft Data breaches 120

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. You should always use different and strong, complex passwords to secure your accounts (another area a password manager can help), and this is why: once one service is compromised, the same password and user combination could lead to an exposed account elsewhere. 

Passwords 101

Passwords Data breaches Password Management Accountability 101

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2025

Million people Watch out, Veeam fixed a new critical bug in Backup & Replication product U.S. Iran confirmed it shut down internet to protect the country against cyberattacks Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps Cloudflare blocked record-breaking 7.3

Data breaches 62

Data breaches DDOS Internet Artificial Intelligence 62

SecureWorld News

JUNE 4, 2025

Payment data was reportedly unaffected, but the breach highlights a recurring issue in retail: the vulnerability of loyalty accounts and customer portals. Infrastructure-as-code, container-based failover systems, and immutable backups are also essential in limiting breach impact and maintaining digital resilience.

Retail 68

Retail Banking Financial Services Social Engineering 68

SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2025

Organizations today utilize an average of 131 third-party APIs in their systems, and APIs now account for over 70% of all web traffic. million user accounts to theft. This explosion of API connectivity has dramatically increased efficiency and the attack surface. Every new API integration is a potential gateway for attackers.

Manufacturing 68

Manufacturing Software Energy and Utilities Risk 68

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2025

It uses blockchain-level cryptography and decentralized peer-to-peer connections to power secure video calls and messaging: with no accounts, no servers, and no stored data. It requires no phone number, email, or account setup. Plus, it’s completely free. Key features E2EE on messages, calls, and media Minimal data collection.

Encryption 57

Encryption Data collection Backups Accountability 57

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Among the most notable ones include: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) by EC-Council: For individuals aiming to become a certified in ethical hacking, the CEH certification helps professionals find and address systems security threats, such as account takeover fraud , as if they were malicious hackers. It focuses on enterprise security programs.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Information Security Penetration Testing Backups 68

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2025

It uses blockchain-level cryptography and decentralized peer-to-peer connections to power secure video calls and messaging: with no accounts, no servers, and no stored data. It requires no phone number, email, or account setup. Plus, it’s completely free. Key features E2EE on messages, calls, and media Minimal data collection.

Encryption 52

Encryption Data collection Backups Accountability 52

Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. You should always use different and strong, complex passwords to secure your accounts (another area a password manager can help), and this is why: once one service is compromised, the same password and user combination could lead to an exposed account elsewhere. 

Passwords 106

Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 106

Zero Day

JUNE 19, 2025

PT NurPhoto / Contributor/Getty For all of us who hate passwords, passkeys represent a simpler and safer way of authenticating online accounts. But the passkey won't be limited to your actual Facebook account. Because that passcode is tied to you, you're able to use it to sign into the same account everywhere.

Passwords 68

Passwords Password Management Small Business Mobile 68

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The data for any specific firewall depends upon the specific configuration and may include usernames and hashed passwords for the local device admin(s), portal admins, and user accounts used for remote access. A list of the user IDs permitted to use the firewall for SSL VPN and accounts that were permitted to use a clientless VPN connection.

Firewall 75

Firewall Hacking Malware Passwords 75

Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2025

Your time-management strategy should also account for the maintenance of your own body: plan your meals in advance, step away from the screen while eating, and stay well hydrated. In 2018, in response to growing concerns about cheating, OffSec introduced an online proctoring system to the exam.

Penetration Testing 52

Penetration Testing Engineering Risk Social Engineering 52

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Greater Collaboration Between Governments and the Private Sector: Initiatives to share threat intelligence will strengthen, fostering a collective defense strategy against increasingly sophisticated cyber adversaries. Identity theft will evolve: Stolen identities will fuel new fraud schemes, like creating crypto accounts in victims names.

Cybersecurity 123

Cybersecurity CISO Risk Government 123

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Apple removed iClouds Advanced Data Protection in the UK after the government requested encryption backdoor access. Apple ends iCloud end-to-end encryption in the United Kingdom following the government’s request for encryption backdoor access. Advanced Data Protection is now unavailable for new UK users. said Sen.

Encryption 111

Encryption Backups Government Surveillance 111

Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

infrastructure sectors, including healthcare, government services, financial services, and critical manufacturing. Adopt a Comprehensive Backup Strategy: Implement the 3-2-1 backup rule with immutable backups to protect against ransomware attacks. PATCH OR DIE!

Malware 117

Malware Ransomware Healthcare Passwords 117

SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2025

This article explores how the latest tariffs could reshape cybersecurity for enterprises, cybersecurity vendors, and government agencies. That headache is real, of course, but accountants and lawyers will step up to sort it out," said Mike Wilkes , Former CISO, MLS; Adjunct Professor, NYU. The biggest danger is making rushed choices.

Cyber Risk 127

Cyber Risk Risk Cyber Insurance Small Business 127

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat actors hacked two of its contractors. Data belonging to current and former Government of Canada employees, members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel have been also exposed. Both contractors suffered a security breach in October.

Data breaches 136

Data breaches Government Hacking Backups 136

Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2019

Enable two-factor authentication for all important accounts whenever possible. Do your best to disable the "secret questions" and other backup authentication mechanisms companies use when you forget your password­ -- those are invariably insecure. Watch your credit reports and your bank accounts for suspicious activity.

Identity Theft 279

Identity Theft Passwords Password Management Authentication 279

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

If you created an online account to manage your tax records with the U.S. account and share the experience here. account). Internal Revenue Service (IRS), those login credentials will cease to work later this year. may require a recorded, live video chat with the person applying for benefits.

Mobile 364

Mobile Accountability Insurance Government 364

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by the Israeli surveillance NSO Group that could infect both iPhones and Android devices, it is sold exclusively to the governments and law enforcement agencies. The evidence demonstrates that governments used Pegasus to intimidate journalists and critical media. Pierluigi Paganini.

Spyware 130

Spyware Government Surveillance Media 130

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The Gunnebo Group is a Swedish multinational company that provides physical security to a variety of customers globally, including banks, government agencies, airports, casinos, jewelry stores, tax agencies and even nuclear power plants. The company has operations in 25 countries, more than 4,000 employees, and billions in revenue annually.

Hacking 362

Hacking Ransomware Banking Accountability 362

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

25, 2023— DataPivot Technologies , a prominent provider of Data Center, Cloud and Data Protection Solutions, understands that healthcare providers today are scrambling to solve complex clinical, operational and patient data backup & recovery challenges. North Andover, Mass.,

Backups 100

Backups Healthcare Technology Architecture 100

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. NeroWolfe seems to have abandoned all of his forum accounts sometime in 2016.

Cybercrime 333

Cybercrime Ransomware Accountability Malware 333

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. ru account and posted as him.

Ransomware 316

Ransomware Accountability Cybercrime Backups 316

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

We have seen several high-profile accounts that were taken over on X (formerly Twitter) only to be used for cryptocurrency related promotional activities, like expressing the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted. You’re all set.

Accountability 110

Accountability Scams Hacking Cryptocurrency 110

Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a flash alert warning of an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks targeting government entities, educational institutions, private companies and the healthcare sector in the US and the UK. law,” the agency notes.

Education 111

Education Healthcare Government Ransomware 111

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, your accounting technology should have features that work to protect your data, like internal controls, multi-factor authentication, or an audit trail that documents change to your data. Cloud vendors often handle the security and backup processes automatically, so examine your technology and see if that is the case.

Small Business 222

Small Business Cybersecurity Technology Data breaches 222

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. Multiple personal and business banking portals; -Microsoft Office365 accounts. Shipping and postage accounts.

Passwords 289

Passwords Ransomware Password Management Malware 289

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

bank accounts. Multiple accounts are registered to that email address under the name Alexander Valerievich Grichishkin , from Cherepovets. But the Rescator story was a reminder that 10 years worth of research on who Ika/Icamis is in real life had been completely set aside. This post is an attempt to remedy that omission. .

Cybercrime 305

Cybercrime Banking Computers and Electronics DDOS 305

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

For some time, many local government officials did not recognize the risk of behaviors in which they were engaged. Local governments need security because of the high level of stored sensitive information and number of systems they use to share data with state and federal government programs.

Government 109

Government Cyber Attacks Backups Risk 109

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000. A report commissioned by Sen.

Cryptocurrency 328

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 328

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

A data breach typically means the company must notify customers and local law enforcement, often government agencies like the FTC, or Health and Human Services, or others. Think about your bank account, it is very important for you to know that when you deposit a check into your account the right amount is deposited.

Information Security 202

Information Security Data breaches CISO Encryption 202

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Raspberry Robin worm attacks aimed at telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a Raspberry Robin worm campaign targeting telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Pierluigi Paganini.

Government 98

Government Malware Telecommunications Cybercrime 98