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, Read more…
Disaster recovery (DR) is your organization’s ability to respond to and recover from an event that negatively affects your business operations. The goal of DR methods is to enable your organization to regain the use of critical systems and IT infrastructure as soon as possible after a Read more…
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 Read more…
The University of California is warning students and staff that a ransomware group might have stolen and published their personal data and that of hundreds of other schools, government agencies and companies nationwide. LOS ANGELES — The University of California is warning its students and staff that Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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