The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core. Allegedly developed by US and Israeli operatives, Stuxnet was discovered circulating through Iranian nuclear energy facilities in 2010.

Energy and Utilities 212

Energy and Utilities Systems administration Access Cybersecurity 212

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Electric grid utilities are deploying smart meters to better correspond to consumers energy demands while lowering costs. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33. Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives.

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IoT Manufacturing Energy and Utilities Encryption 96

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Insecure implementations may result in unauthorized access to threat actors and potential data breaches.” This instance can result in NFV data breaches, resource exhaustion, or DDoS attacks. There are no secure implementation guides or standards for network operators. Attacks at the Network Edge.

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Risk Cybersecurity IoT Computer and Electronics 137

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

We’ll have a separate post looking at the year’s data breaches and cyber attacks in more detail, but in the meantime, you can find the full list of December’s incidents below. Data breaches. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold. Cyber attacks.

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Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. That partially explains why May’s total of 115,861,330 breached records is comparatively low. By contrast, we disclosed 1 billion breached records in April, and almost 4 billion in the first four months of the year.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 123

IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2018

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 10 August. Whatever your information security needs – whether regulatory compliance, stakeholder reassurance or just greater business efficiency – IT Governance can help your organisation to protect, comply and thrive. Here are this week’s stories.

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Honeypots Authentication Energy and Utilities Passwords 50

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: more than 59 million data records. BianLian claims to have exfiltrated 5 TB of data, comprising millions of sensitive documents. Akumin Inc.

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Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 89

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: over 300 million records. Data breached: 35 TB. According to Cybernews , one of the data sets contained 13.3 Data breached: 13.3

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 92

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure andrew.gertz@t… Mon, 10/23/2023 - 14:07 Cyberattacks on critical vital infrastructure can have disastrous results, forcing governments and regulatory bodies to pay close attention to intensifying the efforts to safeguard these industries.

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Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Authentication 77

IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: personal data belonging to 14,690,284 individuals. Data breached: personal data belonging to 14,690,284 individuals.

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Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

This effectively limits its market to government customers, and these, indeed, seem to have been NSO Group's principal buyers. Its apparent goal is espionage directed against the financial and energy sectors. Government agencies are also targeted. This is not a case of hoarding; this is stealing, the government argued.

Cloud 52

Cloud Energy and Utilities Security Access 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The data is more than mere credentials, too – according to Cybernews, most of the exposed data is sensitive. Data breached: more than 26 billion records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

This effectively limits its market to government customers, and these, indeed, seem to have been NSO Group's principal buyers. Its apparent goal is espionage directed against the financial and energy sectors. Government agencies are also targeted. This is not a case of hoarding; this is stealing, the government argued.

Cloud 40

Cloud Energy and Utilities Security Access 40

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

This effectively limits its market to government customers, and these, indeed, seem to have been NSO Group's principal buyers. Its apparent goal is espionage directed against the financial and energy sectors. Government agencies are also targeted. This is not a case of hoarding; this is stealing, the government argued.

Cloud 40

Cloud Energy and Utilities Security Access 40

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

402,437,094 known records breached in 240 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: >33,000,000 people’s data. Data breached: 19,718,687 records. Data breached: 13,300,750 people’s data.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Meanwhile, the healthcare sector accounted for 79 percent of all reported data breaches during the first 10 months of 2020, a study by Fortified Health Security tells us. Last year, the government saw that even the most security-conscious organizations could not prevent cyber attacks. Promoting best practices.

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Energy and Utilities Security Compliance Cybersecurity 196

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. We’ll also soon publish our 2023 review of publicly disclosed incidents and records known to be breached across the year, as well as our quarterly report, so keep an eye on our blog.

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Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 95

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

252,796,762 known records breached in 126 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 52

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 11, 2017

According to a new joint report issued by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), hackers have been penetrating the computer networks of companies that operate nuclear power stations, energy facilities, and manufacturing plants in the US since May 2017.

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Manufacturing Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Access 45

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

Multi-tenant hosting allows cloud service providers to maximize utilization of their data centers and infrastructure resources to offer services at much lower costs than a company-owned, on-premises data center. Sustainability: Enhance energy efficiency through pooled CSP resources to reduce your carbon footprint.

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Cloud Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence e-Delivery 88

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Lessons for In-House Counsel from Cybersecurity’s Front Lines was written by members of the Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity practice Peter M.

Energy and Utilities 40

Energy and Utilities Retail Education Manufacturing 40