The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2024

In this instance, hackers are suspected to have exploited simple cybersecurity loopholes, including the fact that the software shipped with easy-to-guess default passwords. Unitronics software is used by critical infrastructure (CI) organizations throughout the U.S.

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Penetration Testing Unstructured Data CISO Technology 182

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

Attackers can intercept data transfers, and from there gain access to all manner of sensitive data. Thus, data in transit, as well as data at rest, should be made indecipherable via strong encryption. By encrypting data, it can only be accessed with the right password and by those with the appropriate access rights.

Encryption 131

Encryption Software Computers and Electronics Technology 131

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

With just over 3% of the data, the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) is slightly affected and the other departments are only marginally affected in terms of volume.” 4,779 Federal Administration’s files contained personal data such as names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and postal addresses.

Ransomware 113

Ransomware Data breaches Unstructured Data Architecture 113

Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

Attackers often use privilege escalation exploits to increase their access rights, or tools like Mimikatz that can extract passwords from a computer’s memory. Data stolen but untouched. Instead, they used “additional malicious activity” to get credentials they need to move forward.

Ransomware 96

Ransomware Unstructured Data Accountability Consumer Protection 96

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

According to Unitrends’ 2019 cloud storage research, 62% of respondents had successfully recovered data from the cloud. This trend is expected to increase as Gartner projects a threefold rise in unstructured data capacity by 2026. The increased scalability of cloud storage can assist effective data recovery solutions.

Risk 122

Risk Backups Encryption DDOS 122