Despite a plethora of available security solutions, more and more organizations fall victim to Ransomware and other threats. These continued threats aren’t just an inconvenience that hurt businesses and end users – they damage the economy, endanger lives, destroy businesses and put national security at risk. But if that wasn’t enough – North Korea appears […]
What makes one ransomware victim more likely to pay up than another? That’s what one Dutch researcher set out to find, analyzing national police and incident response data on hundreds of cases over the last four years. Companies that work with a third-party incident response firm are the most willing to pay their extortionists, he […]
One of Taiwan’s biggest semiconductor manufacturers has fallen victim to a cyberattack, supposedly carried out by the notorious LockBit ransomware gang. The hackers posted a threatening message on Foxsemicon’s website, stating that they had stolen its customers’ personal data and would publish it on their darknet website if the company refused to pay. “Keep in […]
UK law firms are falling victim to data breaches primarily because of insiders and human error, according to an analysis of data from the the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). NetDocuments examined data from the ICO covering Q3 2022 to Q2 2023 and found that 60% of data breaches in the UK legal sector were the […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allegedly fallen victim to a massive data breach. The Saudi Foreign Affairs data breach purportedly exposed the personal information of more than 1.4 million employees affiliated with the ministry. In order to verify the claim of a data breach in Saudi Foreign Affairs, […]
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a popular San Francisco-based international law firm, recently fell victim to a data leak operation that resulted in the Orrick data breach incident. The Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe data breach, discovered in March 2023, exposed sensitive health information belonging to more than 637,000 data breach victims. The intrusion into Orrick’s network […]
The City of Defiance has fallen victim to a cyberattack orchestrated by the notorious Knight ransomware group. The City of Defiance data breach was first brought to light on December 13, 2023, when Knight officially listed the City of Defiance as their latest target. The threat actor, known as Knight, revealed their malicious intent on […]
Dec 13, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Geopolitics Ukraine’s biggest telecom operator Kyivstar has become the victim of a “powerful hacker attack,” disrupting customer access to mobile and internet services. “The cyberattack on Ukraine’s #Kyivstar telecoms operator has impacted all regions of the country with high impact to the capital, metrics show, with knock-on impacts reported to […]
The University of Wollongong has become the latest victim of a data breach, as confirmed by university officials. In a statement released over the weekend, the institution acknowledged the University of Wollongong data breach and assured the public that measures are being taken to contain the incident. Both staff and students are believed to be […]