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Let’s break down Cybersecurity and it’s risks!

cy*ber*se*cu*ri*ty | noun: “the state of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this.” Merriam-Webster Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting networks, devices, and data from unauthorized access or criminal use and the practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability Read more…

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Kaseya hack floods hundreds of companies with ransomware

TechCrunch – Kaseya Hack Floods Hundreds Of Companies With Ransomware On Friday, a flood of ransomware hit hundreds of companies around the world. A grocery store chain, a public broadcaster, schools and a national railway system were all hit by the file-encrypting malware, causing disruption and forcing hundreds of businesses Read more…

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Michigan State Refuses to Pay Ransom to Hackers

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/04/michigan-state-refuses-pay-ransom-hackers Michigan State University has stated it will not pay an undisclosed ransom to hackers who are threatening to publish stolen sensitive information. The hack is thought to have taken place on Memorial Day and was isolated to the university’s physics and astronomy department. Impacted servers and workstations were quickly Read more…

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Everything We Know About the Capital One Hacking Case So Far

https://www.wired.com/story/capital-one-paige-thompson-case-hacking-spree/ AT THE END of July, the FBI and Capital One disclosed that the bank had suffered a massive data breach just a few months before, exposing personal and financial data from more than 100 million customers. The FBI arrested former Amazon employee Paige Thompson, 33, in connection with the Read more…

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First American Financial Leaked 800-plus Million Sensitive Mortgage Documents

https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/05/24/first-american-financial-leaked-800-plus-million-sensitive-mortgage-documents/?sh=fc88faa10e24 A whistleblower and a security researcher have reported a data leak of epic proportions. Their discovery: a trove of more than 800 million mortgage documents overflowing with incredibly sensitive personal data that includes detailed bank account information. The documents were scanned copies and they were leaking from firstam.com, the Read more…

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Hackers Breached Virginia Bank Twice in Eight Months, Stole $2.4M

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/07/hackers-breached-virginia-bank-twice-in-eight-months-stole-2-4m/ Hackers used phishing emails to break into a Virginia bank in two separate cyber intrusions over an eight-month period, making off with more than $2.4 million total. Now the financial institution is suing its insurance provider for refusing to fully cover the losses. According to a lawsuit filed last Read more…

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Equifax Data Breach Impacts 143 Million Americans

https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2017/09/07/equifax-data-breach-impacts-143-million-americans/?sh=3468a237356f Equifax is one of the largest credit reporting agencies in America, which makes an announcement the company just issued particularly disconcerting. An unauthorized third party gained access to Equifax data on as many as 143 million Americans. That’s nearly half the population of the United States as of the Read more…

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FBI-DHS JAR report links Russian hackers to Presidential Election hacks

A FBI-DHS JAR report released implicated Russian hacking group APT28 and APT29 in attacks against 2016 Presidential Election. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published on Thursday a Joint Analysis Report(JAR) that provides information about the tools, infrastructure and TTPs used by the Read more…

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