Dive Brief: Nearly 5,000 current and former employees at Okta had their sensitive health information exposed by a cyberattack at Rightway Healthcare, a third-party vendor for the identity and access management provider, according to data breach notices filed Wednesday in California and Maine. The third-party breach did not impact Okta services, which remain secure, and […]
Modern security tools continue to improve in their ability to defend organizations’ networks and endpoints against cybercriminals. But the bad actors still occasionally find a way in. Security teams must be able to stop threats and restore normal operations as quickly as possible. That’s why it’s essential that these teams not only have the right […]
A city in California warned residents this week that their data was accessed by hackers who were in government systems for more than a month. Officials in Victorville — a city of about 135,000 residents two hours northeast from Los Angeles — sent out breach notification letters to people warning that hackers were in their […]
Younger consumers are taking deliberate action to protect their privacy, as 42% of consumers aged 18-24 exercise their Data Subject Access Rights, compared with just 6% for consumers 75 and older, according to Cisco. Consumers express willingness to share their personal data Many say they have lost trust in organizations because of their use of […]
Suspected Russian cybercriminals have increased their attacks against Ukrainian financial and government organizations using Smokeloader malware, according to Ukrainian cybersecurity officials. Since May of this year, the malware operators have targeted Ukrainian organizations with intense phishing attacks, primarily attempting to infiltrate their systems and steal sensitive information, according to research published Tuesday by Ukraine’s National […]
Financial services organizations are enticing targets for cybercriminals due to their significant wealth holdings, presenting abundant opportunities for monetary gain through extortion, theft, and fraud, according to Trustwave. In addition to the money itself, the financial services sector stores large volumes of sensitive data, including customer information, financial records, and intellectual property. “In a highly […]
It is speculated that the threat actors behind the attacks may be deploying an update to hide their presence, or a grey-hat hacker could be rebooting the devices to clear the implant.
In many cases, senior executives/line-of-business leaders are minimally engaged in their company’s cyber preparedness initiatives — only 33% of CEOs or managing directors and 21% of other senior leaders are heavily involved, according to Commvault. According to the research, 52% of senior leaders have no involvement in their company’s cyber cases. In addition to a […]
Organizations trying to cope with securing their expanding attack surfaces eventually find themselves at a crossroads: they need to move beyond finding risks to effectively mitigating risk. Making that transition starts with a shift from using “risks found” as the KPI to “risks remediated” as the true measure of success. That change shifts security team […]