The 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report has been released and the study provides an analysis on security breaches and attack vectors from the last year. https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/2022/dbir/2022-dbir-data-breach-investigations-report.pdf Here are Key findings: This year Ransomware has continued its upward trend with an almost 13% increase–a rise as big as the last five years combined (for a total of 25% this year).2021 illustrated how one key supply chain breach can lead to wide-ranging consequences. Supply chain was responsible for 62% of System Intrusion incidents this year. Unlike a Financially motivated actor, Nation-state threat actors may skip the breach and keep the access.Error…
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Following the news that US Car Giant General Motors was hit by a credential stuffing attack last month that exposed customer information and allowed hackers to redeem points for gift cards, information security experts reacted below.
Following the news that: Facial recognition company Clearview AI fined £7.5m for illegally using images of Brits scraped from online Facial recognition company Clearview AI fined £7.5m for illegally using images of Brits scraped from online | Science & Tech News | Sky News
Privacy and data security experts commented on data breach news from Chicago: Chicago Public Schools says ransomware attack affects nearly 500,000 students and 56,000 employees
Following the news that: Anonymous Declares Cyber-War on Pro-Russian Hacker Gang Killnet Anonymous declares cyber war against pro-Russian hacker group Killnet (msn.com)
Cyberwarfare is taking on a new meaning as the Costa Rican president announces “we’re at war” with renowned ransomware group Conti, following extortionate ransom demands from the government. SonicWall, the cyber security giant highlights the staggering increase in ransomware in its trusted annual threat report: Government sector saw a 1885% increase in ransomware attacks105% increase in ransomware attacks globallyNearly 20 ransomware attempts every second
Ransomware gang, Conti, is demonstrating its growing political power, as Costa Rican President calls smaller nations to action.
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the shift to hybrid working, the Institute of Directors has found that 72% of business leaders view cyber risk as a significant concern for their organisation, with 58% believing that the risk of a cyber-attack on their organisation has increased.
According to the 2022 Imperva Bad Bot Report, bots accounted for almost 28% of global web traffic in 2021. The Imperva Threat Research team estimates that 27.7% of online traffic is bad bots. These bad bots are now more advanced and evasive than ever, mimicking human behavior in ways that make them harder to detect and prevent. Excerpts: Bad bots are software applications that run automated tasks with malicious intent. They scrape data from sites without permission to reuse it and gain a competitive edge (e.g. pricing, inventory levels, proprietary content). They are used for scalping, the act of obtaining…
As reported by BBC News, modern “smart” farm machinery is vulnerable to malicious hackers, leaving global supply chains exposed to risk, experts are warning. It is feared hackers could exploit flaws in agricultural hardware used to plant and harvest crops. Agricultural manufacturing giant John Deere says it is now working to fix any weak spots in its software. A recent University of Cambridge report said automatic crop sprayers, drones and robotic harvesters could be hacked. The UK government and the FBI have warned that the threat of cyber-attacks is growing.