Cybersecurity
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Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Government , Industry Specific Bureau Touts ‘All-Time High’ Public-Private Coordination Despite Rise in Attacks Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • November 15, 2023 The FBI, CISA and other agencies have invested in expanding information-sharing programs with private sector partners in recent years, officials said Wednesday. (Image: Shutterstock) Enhanced interagency and […]
MeridianLink, a publicly traded software company, is facing pressure from the ransomware group after allegedly not responding to their ransom demands and failing to disclose the breach.
According to recent research on employee offboarding, 70% of IT professionals say they’ve experienced the negative effects of incomplete IT offboarding, whether in the form of a security incident tied to an account that wasn’t deprovisioned, a surprise bill for resources that aren’t in use anymore, or a missed handoff of a critical resource or […]
Nov 16, 2023NewsroomCloud Security / Ransomware A set of novel attack methods has been demonstrated against Google Workspace and the Google Cloud Platform that could be potentially leveraged by threat actors to conduct ransomware, data exfiltration, and password recovery attacks. “Starting from a single compromised machine, threat actors could progress in several ways: they could […]
Gamblers’ data compromised after casino giant Strendus fails to set password Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2023 Mexican online casino Strendus has exposed sensitive user data, including home addresses and the amounts of money they spent on gambling. Strendus, one of the biggest online casinos in Mexico has exposed sensitive user data, including home addresses and […]
Less than two months after a ransomware attack impacted St Helens Borough Council in northwest England, most services at the council are running again. Located between Liverpool and Manchester, the council — the local government authority in an area with about 180,000 residents — announced a “suspected ransomware incident” toward the end of August. It […]
Nov 16, 2023NewsroomCyber Warfare / Threat Intelligence Russian threat actors have been possibly linked to what’s been described as the “largest cyber attack against Danish critical infrastructure,” in which 22 companies associated with the operation of the country’s energy sector were targeted in May 2023. “22 simultaneous, successful cyberattacks against Danish critical infrastructure are not […]
Google announced on Monday that it’s taking legal action against cybercriminals who delivered malware through websites that told users they could download Bard, the tech giant’s chat-based AI tool. The company filed a lawsuit against what it described as “AI scammers”. The threat actor set up social media pages and ran ads promoting websites where […]
New York’s governor has proposed several new cybersecurity rules for the state’s hospitals following several attacks that limited operations at healthcare facilities for weeks this year. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to force hospitals to establish cybersecurity programs, assess cybersecurity risks, use defensive techniques and infrastructure, and implement protection measures for information systems. Hospitals would have […]