Having written policies and procedures for your IT protocols is the best practice for running a business. However, now more than ever, if a company is looking for cyber insurance, it’s going to be essential to have those policies in place. The cost of cyber insurance has risen over the Read more…
The past year of cyber crime has been extraordinarily memorable. In Verizon’s most recent Data Breach Investigation Report, they revealed that there were 23,896 security incidents, of which, 5,212 were confirmed data breaches in 2021. In-fact, 82% of these confirmed breaches derived from human error, reassuring us all that the ‘human Read more…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/06/go-ahead-cyberattack-bus-services-thameslink-rail Firm says software used to schedule bus services hit but Thameslink rail operations not affected Go-Ahead, one of the UK’s biggest transport companies, has said it is managing a cyber-attack that has affected software used to schedule bus drivers and services. The company, an important provider of UK bus Read more…
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ransomware-target-apex-capital-declares-systems-back-up-and-running Company and subsidiary TCS Fuel, which provide factoring, fuel services, victims of BlackByte ransomware gang attack. A week after Apex Capital Corp. and its subsidiary, TCS Fuel, were targeted in a ransomware attack that knocked its computer systems offline, a company executive said Monday that it’s business as usual. Read more…
https://www.defenceturk.net/turkiyenin-denizalti-yonetim-sistemi-projesi-murene-yonelik-siber-casusluk-operasyonu According to the report published by China-based internet and application security company NSFocus, a new APT group of unknown origin allegedly carried out cyber espionage operations against the Naval Forces Command (DKK) and TUBITAK in early August 2022. According to the report, this new APT group, called MurenShark and Read more…
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cs-go-trading-site-hacked-to-steal-6-million-worth-of-skins/?&web_view=true CS.MONEY, one of the largest platforms for trading CS:GO skins, has taken its website offline after a cyberattack allowed hackers to loot 20,000 items worth approximately $6,000,000. CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) is the fourth version of the immensely popular multiplayer first-person shooter that became free-to-play in 2018, maintaining the Read more…
https://yle.fi/news/3-12569719 The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has launched a probe into the denial of service attack, which allegedly originated from Russia. The website of the Finnish Parliament was inaccessible on Tuesday afternoon due to a denial of service attack. A Russian hacker group calling itself NoName057(16) claimed on their Read more…
https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/7-eleven-cyberattack-denmark 7-Eleven is the latest retailer to fall victim of a cyberattack that shut down point-of-sale systems. Global retailer 7-Eleven closed all of its stores in Denmark yesterday after a suspected “hacker attack” took out its cash registers and payment systems. “We suspect that we have been the victim of Read more…
https://9to5mac.com/2022/08/08/twitter-data-breach/ Update: Twitter has rather belatedly confirmed that a hacker was able to expose the account details, though the company has not commented on the 5.4M number. See statement at the end of the piece. A Twitter data breach has allowed an attacker to get access to the contact details of 5.4M Read more…
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/05/nhs-111-expects-delays-after-cyber-attack-causes-system-outage People contacting the NHS 111 service have been warned of delays due to a significant computer system outage caused by a cyber-attack. The issue is affecting some services across the UK such as the system used to refer patients for care, including ambulances being dispatched, out-of-hours appointment bookings and emergency prescriptions. Read more…