Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2022

Ransomware – To Pay, or Not to Pay? And when thinking about criminal innovation, ransomware attacks clearly fall into that definition of “disruptive”, especially for any business on the receiving end of that “innovation”. While ransomware attacks are not new, they remained largely underreported in the mainstream media for many years.

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Ransomware Government Data breaches Risk 71

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Department of the Treasury announced a bilateral cybersecurity partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Finance “to protect critical financial infrastructure and emerging technologies” and combat the use of ransomware. The initiative includes the launch of a U.S.-Israeli

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Ransomware Analytics Cybersecurity Compliance 102

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2019

A report co-sponsored by Lloyd’s of London paints a chilling scenario for how a worldwide cyberattack could trigger economic losses of some $200 billion for companies and government agencies ill-equipped to deflect a very plausible ransomware attack designed to sweep across the globe. cyber foes exploit government shutdown.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

CISA, FBI and NSA published a joint advisory warning of ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations. and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. Cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., ” reads the joint advisory.

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Ransomware Agriculture Encryption Cybersecurity 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Ransomware Data breaches Cybersecurity 127

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: The value of cyber hygiene in protecting your business from potential ransomware. Can good cyber hygiene protect us from ransomware? Ransomware attacks are on the rise and adversaries are developing more sophisticated cyberattacks. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 07:58. What are good cyber hygiene practices?

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Ransomware Cybersecurity Encryption Education 71

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

Security 102

Security Data breaches Ransomware Artificial Intelligence 102

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2023

Is the BlackByte ransomware gang behind the City of Augusta attack? Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Ransomware Manufacturing Cybersecurity 97

eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Ransomware attacks and data breaches make headlines when they shut down huge connected healthcare providers such as Ascension Healthcare or Change Healthcare. 2024 looks like it will only increase the number of affected individuals considering the scale of ransomware attacks from the first half of the year in the USA, Canada, and Australia.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2022

The latest action came yesterday, when Biden warned of “evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks.” “Organizations must take advantage of this unprecedented access to government threat intelligence and heed these warnings. Ransomware in Focus.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 28, 2022

The advisory was promptly endorsed by the National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Government Communications Headquarters (“GCHQ”), a UK intelligence agency. government, especially in light of ongoing tensions between the U.S. Create, Maintain, and Exercise a Cyber Incident Response, Resilience, and Continuity of Operations Plan.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Noticeably, covered entities are now subject to new requirements imposing heightened responsibilities on Chief Information Security Officers (“CISOs”) and more specific and prescriptive requirements in relation to governance, risk assessments, and notifications to the NYDFS.

Financial Services 111

Financial Services Cybersecurity Compliance Government 111

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The stakes are even higher for businesses, government and other organizations, as successful attacks can be devastating to operations and sensitive data. Exercise Caution with Emails The first two items on this list could be lumped together with a single warning: Don’t click.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 9, 2019

That’s the dilemma hundreds of organizations caught in the continuing surge of crippling ransomware attacks have faced. Related: How ransomware became such a scourge The FBI discourages it, as you might have guessed. That pay or not to pay debate aside, there’s a more central question raised by the ransomware plague.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The proposed amendments provides three new cybersecurity events that Covered Entities must report to NYDFS via the NYDFS online cybersecurity portal within 72 hours: Unauthorized access to privileged accounts; Deployment of ransomware within a material part of the Covered Entity’s systems; and. Cybersecurity Governance.

Financial Services 55

Financial Services Cybersecurity Ransomware Compliance 55

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The man has remained stuck in the Asian country since February 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the local government and the cancelation of international travel. Threat actors leverage the botnet to distribute a broad range of malware including info-stealer and ransomware such as Conti and Ryuk.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Furthermore, threat actors use the authentication bypass issue to spread LockBit ransomware on infiltrated networks, specifically targeting vulnerable ScreenConnect servers. Despite law enforcement efforts, LockBit attacks continue to target important infrastructure such as municipal governments and healthcare providers.

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Risk Authentication Systems administration Ransomware 113

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

In addition to the new heightened requirements for Class A Companies, the Proposed Amendments would impose new requirements for all covered financial institutions, including the following: A covered entity’s cybersecurity policies must (1) be approved at least annually by a “senior governing body” (i.e.,

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Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk Passwords 55

Data Protection Report

APRIL 9, 2024

The CIRCIA was originally enacted in part as a response to recent attacks on critical infrastructure, such as the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in May 2021, but CISA’s proposed regulations take a surprisingly broad view of who may be considered a covered entity and what incidents are reportable.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Other major flaws appeared in the NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes, Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, and Apache ActiveMQ — and the latter two have already been targeted in ransomware attacks. 3 to report that the vulnerability is being actively exploited, which Rapid7 said includes ransomware attacks.

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Ransomware Authentication Cybersecurity Access 112

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Among other dedicated responsibilities, the CISO must issue an annual written report to the hospital’s governing body with details about the hospital’s cybersecurity program and material cybersecurity risks. The regulation also requires that the hospital’s cybersecurity policies address data governance and classification.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

Grimes Teaches Ransomware Mitigation Cyber-criminals have become thoughtful about ransomware attacks; taking time to maximize your organization's potential damage and their payoff. Join Roger for this thought-provoking webinar to learn what you can do to prevent, detect, and mitigate ransomware. or UK government authority."

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Brexit is clearly a pressing issue for many organisations, but we urge you to exercise caution whenever you receive communications out of the blue relating to the UK’s departure from the EU. See also: Government surveys further education providers before Brexit.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although Vladimir Putin and his sympathisers assured the world that they were simply conducting military exercises, the inevitable occurred on 24 February, when troops mobilised and war was declared. By comparison, a report published last year found that US firms pay $6 million on average in ransomware demands.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schneider Electric hit by Cactus ransomware The Sustainability Business division of the energy company Schneider Electric suffered a ransomware attack on 17 January, disrupting the company’s Resource Advisor platform. Data breached: 13,300,000 records. 70% of the servers have been taken down and the remainder are under investigation.

Data Privacy 71

Data Privacy Privacy Insurance Security 71

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

Locked Shields 2019 – Chapeau, France wins Cyber Defence Exercise. Ransomware attack knocks Weather Channel off the Air. Hacker broke into super secure French Governments Messaging App Tchap hours after release. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2024

For example, not so long ago, LockBit [an infamous ransomware gang] got taken down. And various other ransomware groups, including Ragnar Locker and Black Basta , suffered the same fate. It’s how I convince them that they really need that cyber incident response plan , to do tabletop exercises , to train their staff , and so on.

Security 108

Security Risk Ransomware Phishing 108

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The company’s description of the incident suggested ransomware. This was confirmed about a fortnight later, in early November, when the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group took responsibility for the attack , claiming to have encrypted Henry Schein’s files and exfiltrated 35 TB of data. Data breached: over 300 million records.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 92

eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Preceding the conference, the United States experienced its biggest cyberattack on critical infrastructure to date with ransomware hitting Colonial Pipeline. Perform purple team exercises to sharpen security posture. Ransomware: Encryption, Exfiltration, and Extortion. Also Read: Cybersecurity Becomes A Government Priority.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 16, 2021

With 13% of human-related breaches containing ransomware and 10% of ransomware attacks costing organizations an average of $1 million, IT security teams need to be prepared for the worst. Ransomware, virus, and malware removal. That’s where incident response software and services come in. Post-breach investigations.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

It took US regulators until January 2020 to essentially followed the Middle East’s and Europe’s lead — by implementing sweeping new data handling rules for government contractors — referred to as Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC.) Ransomware hacking groups extorted at least $144.35 million from U.S.

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Computer and Electronics Encryption Privacy Cybersecurity 113

IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

The weighted average loss for Fortune 500 companies [$44 million] is on a par with some of the biggest ransomware payouts ever – and this IT outage wasn’t caused by a malicious attack! Identifying the risks at a high level is, without question, an important exercise. That means asking stuff like: What happens if this process stops?

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Insurance Risk Encryption Manufacturing 104

IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Reminding employees to exercise caution and to back up information wherever possible will mitigate this risk. The most notable is ransomware , which has surged in popularity since the start of 2020. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Data loss can also occur when devices suffer water (or other liquid) damage.

IT 98

IT Computer and Electronics Data breaches Risk 98

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Phishing attacks are often used to deliver ransomware , which locks users out of their system until they pay money, often in bitcoin, to regain access. Cyber criminals often plant ransomware and other malware on organisations’ systems by exploiting security weaknesses in wireless networks. Preventing data breaches. Train staff.

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Data breaches Phishing Passwords Ransomware 55

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 11, 2022

The proposed changes mark a turn by NYDFS toward more specific, granular and prescriptive requirements notably with respect to governance, risk assessments and asset inventories (detailed below). Governance. NYDFS will release the official proposed changes at a later date, and they will be subject to the usual 60-day comment period.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Some of these steps include: Conduct a data mapping exercise. The data mapping exercise will provide an organisation with a snapshot of how its data is collected and managed. After conducting the data mapping exercise, the information will need to be systematised into a format that can be readily accessed by the organisation.

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Personal data Compliance Computer and Electronics IoT 96

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

And I never envisioned a time where dozens of national governments would be happy to talk about using the service. There has been one exception in the entire decade of running this service where a complaint did come via a government privacy regulator, I responded to all the questions that were asked and that was the end of it.

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