Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

ZeroSevenGroup extracted a huge quantity of information from Toyota’s environments, including network information and credentials, “We have hacked a branch in United States to one of the biggest automotive manufacturer in the world (TOYOTA). We are really glad to share the files with you here for free.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

“According to open-source reporting, DarkSide actors have previously been observed gaining initial access through phishing and exploiting remotely accessible accounts and systems and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (Phishing [ T1566] , Exploit Public-Facing Application [ T1190 ], External Remote Services [ T1133 ]).[

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A joint research by Elliptic and Corvus Insurance revealed that the group accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022. ” Most of the victims are in the manufacturing, engineering and construction, and retail sectors. The average ransom payment was $1.2 61,9% of the victims are in the US, 15.8%

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

It manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 6,000 horsepower. rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation disclosed a data breach after it was hit with Lockbit ransomware attack. The company employs approximately 25,000 people and has 50 plants all over the world.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 24, 2018

Now the financial institution is suing its insurance provider for refusing to fully cover the losses. But just eight months later — in January 2017 according to the lawsuit — hackers broke in to the bank’s systems once more, again gaining access to the financial institution’s systems via a phishing email.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2023

Suzuki or otherwise, buying a new vehicle is an intense experience with complicated credit, insurance, documentation, and contracts. Files that should be secure and kept private were left publicly accessible. Rarely do car manufacturers sell their cars directly. We’ve grown to trust our local car sellers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. “Royal’s initial access utilized the basic service domain service account, connecting to a server. ” reads the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This additional reward aims to target affiliated and initial access brokers involved and that facilitated the attacks of the group. Optum Solutions is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, a leading health insurance company in the United States. the fashion giant Moncler , the Swissport , NCR , and Western Digital.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. Five months later, Gunnebo disclosed it had suffered a cyber attack targeting its IT systems that forced the shutdown of internal servers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Optum Solutions is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, a leading health insurance company in the United States. “On February 21, 2024, UnitedHealth Group (the “Company”) identified a suspected nation-state associated cyber security threat actor had gained access to some of the Change Healthcare information technology systems. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. Luxottica Group S.p.A. ” On October 27th, the company began to notify affected users.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

– Authentication and Security : APIs may require authentication for access control. APIs have endpoints that may not be as readily visible to users but are accessible to authorized clients, making them a target for attackers. OAuth tokens or API keys) to grant access to clients.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

Prometei has been observed to be active in systems across a variety of industries, including: Finance, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Utilities, Travel, and Construction.” . “The victimology is quite random and opportunistic rather than highly targeted, which makes it even more dangerous and widespread.

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IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. As a direct result of that blockage, oil couldn’t reach its destination, manufacturers couldn’t get crucial parts, and so on. Then there’s insurance. of its share price.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

If malicious actors accessed the exposed data, the company could have faced devastating consequences and put their clients at risk, as financial services are the main target for cybercriminals. Cybernews researchers assert that access to the Digital Ocean bucket belonging to ICICI Bank was fully restricted on March 30.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. But in certain cases the cloud is not readily accessible.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The government says Russian national Artur Sungatov used LockBit ransomware against victims in manufacturing, logistics, insurance and other companies throughout the United States. The DOJ today unsealed indictments against two Russian men alleged to be active members of LockBit. Ivan Gennadievich Kondratyev , a.k.a.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks. Find out more.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2 million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2 Source (New) Manufacturing Canada Yes 1.2 Akumin Inc.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It also appears that the data was accessed: the Readme bot “partially destroyed” the open instance, injecting a ransom note with a bitcoin wallet address to send a payment to in exchange for the files. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1,212 Butte School District Source (New) Education USA Yes 900+ Fenway Community Health Center, Inc.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Office of Personnel Management , I’ve had insurance coverage from Premera Blue Cross and I’ve stayed at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco. Every piece of customer information that a company holds represents a potential point of attack, and each time a partner or agent accesses it, that becomes a potential attack point as well.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2019

Pick any company in any vertical – financial services, government, defense, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, retailing, travel and hospitality – and you’ll find employees, partners, third-party suppliers and customers all demanding remote access to an expanding menu of apps — using their smartphones and laptops.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Additional bills, amending the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (“CMIA”) and the California Insurance Code, also were also signed into law. 3) a notice that the consumer’s deidentified genetic or phenotypic information may be shared with or disclosed to third parties for research purposes.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

It took almost three weeks for Pepsi Bottling Ventures, the largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola in the US, to spot the intrusion, during which time the attackers had widespread access to its internal systems. What went wrong? Pepsi said that it “took prompt action to contain the incident and secure [its] systems”.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Across the globe, the race is already underway among vehicle manufacturers to develop fully autonomous vehicles (AVs). In this post, we will describe some of the risks introduced by personal information collection, and some of the legal obligations of vehicle manufacturers in protecting their customers’ privacy.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Toronto residents’ CERB payments on hold after fraudulent employment insurance claims (700) Kentucky’s unemployment system suffers another breach (unknown) Defence supplier PULAU Corporation says it has been hacked (unknown) American Payroll Association notifying those affected by cyber attack (unknown). Financial information. In other news….

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

Hudson: We have about 400 customers worldwide: big banks, big airlines, airplane manufacturers, big payment card companies, big health care insurers, big retailers. And to do that, you’ve got to have access control; you’ve got to limit access to people—and machines—based on a verified identities.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“The whole idea of microsegmentation is to give customers more control – to get faster, more efficient access to controlled assets without having to choose between exposing them too much or not having access to them at all,” he said. Also read: How to Implement Microsegmentation. Critical Infrastructure, IIoT a Good Fit.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

million) India’s public education app exposed millions of students’ data (1.6 Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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OpenText Information Management

MARCH 31, 2025

Integration with OpenText Information Archive - Enables efficient access, retrieval, and summarization of legacy data archives. The release also expanded availability of OpenText Content Aviator to OpenText Information Archive , simplifying access and understanding of unfamiliar legacy archived data. OpenText CE 23.2: OpenText CE 25.1:

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KnowBe4

MAY 16, 2023

Here is what you'll get: Three Password Hacking Demo Videos from Kevin Mitnick, KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer Access to our free on-demand webinar The Good, the Bad and the Truth About Password Managers featuring Roger A. I've also talked quite a bit about cyber insurance and the recent trends. billion by 2027. "3x billion by 2027.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. of cyber attacks IBM handled. costing an estimated $18.88

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Incident details: An unauthorised party gained access to some employee email accounts and the information within them, including demographic, medical and financial information. It turned out that an unauthorised party had accessed and downloaded its business records, including files containing personal data.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 27, 2023

Security layers monitored by SIEMs, according to the findings, include Windows (96 percent), Network (96 percent), Identity and Access Management (96 percent), Linux/Mac (87 percent), Cloud (83 percent), and Email (78 percent). Still, just 32 percent monitor containers.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Access to a range of ransomware tools tailored to remove specific strains of malware. Immediate access to experts for swift resolution of security issues. Has recovered data from all major hard drive manufacturers and all data loss scenarios. Digital forensics for insurance, medical, legal, and Fortune 500 companies.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 29, 2024

The European Identity and Cloud Conference 2024 (EIC), now in its 17th edition, promises an immersive experience into the future of identity and access management (IAM) within an AI-upgraded reality. Legacy CIAM systems go against the grain of insurance companies' digital goals, hampering user experience with slower, less secure methods.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, this includes data on the development and testing of new therapies and details of how therapies are manufactured. In the 2017 WannaCry attack, for example, cyber criminals used ransomware to prevent victims from accessing their IP unless a ransom was paid.

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