DataBreaches
Bitmart hacked; Estimated loss of $200M
Lipka Deka reports: Crypto exchange firm Bitmart suffered a large-scale hack incurring a total loss of approximately $200 million. The news was first brought...
Cyber Security News
Top 10 Best Data Loss Prevention Software - 2023
Best Data Loss Prevention Software: 1. DoControl 2. Check Point 3. Forcepoint 4. Code42 5. Digital Guardian 6. Trellix 7. Proofpoint.
The Hacker News
Preventing Data Loss: Backup and Recovery Strategies for Exchange Server Administrators
Cyber threats are on the rise! Learn how ransomware attacks and vulnerabilities like ProxyLogon are causing data loss in Exchange Servers
DataBreaches
Trial blocked by police data loss; murder suspect released
AP reports a follow-up to a data loss incident reported earlier this month: A murder suspect was released from jail Monday after his trial was postponed when...
DataBreaches
UK: Black Country hospital trust suffers ‘significant IT data loss’
Lisa O’Brien reports: The NHS trust which runs hospitals in Sandwell and Birmingham experienced a ‘significant IT data loss incident’ which...
Bleeping Computer
Atlassian warns of critical Confluence flaw leading to data loss
Australian software company Atlassian warned admins to immediately patch Internet-exposed Confluence instances against a critical security flaw that could lead to data loss following successful exploitation.
Security Affairs
The Impacts of Data Loss on Your Organization
What are the causes of Data Loss and which are their impact on your organization? In today’s digital age, data has become the lifeblood of organizations, driving critical decision-making, improving operational efficiency, and allowing for smoother innovation. Simply put, businesses heavily rely on data. In an era where data has become the cornerstone of business […]
DataBreaches
Social engineering attack on Boston labor union results in $6.4 million loss
AP reports: A cyberattack on a Boston-based labor union’s health fund resulted in the loss of $6.4 million, but it does not appear that the personal...
The Record
Atlassian CISO warns that new vulnerability can cause ‘significant data loss’
The chief information security officer for Australian software giant Atlassian warned this week that a new vulnerability affecting their Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server products could lead to “significant data loss if exploited.”
The Hacker News
Tick APT Targeted High-Value Customers of East Asian Data-Loss Prevention Company
Researchers have discovered a cyberattack on an East Asian data-loss prevention company that targeted its high-value government and military customers
DataBreaches
City of Dallas calls IT protocols ‘inadequate’ in 131-page report on police data loss
Ryan Osborne reports: Dallas’ city information technology department sent a 131-page report to city council on Thursday, detailing the massive data loss...
DataBreaches
Singapore data centre says no data loss discovered after report on hackers obtaining logins
CNA reports: Data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has noticed no data loss or impact to its customer service portals following a...
DataBreaches
Dallas police data loss nearly triple initial estimate
The Associated Press reports that the amount of data missing from Dallas’s computer database is almost triple the initial estimate of files lost during a...
The Hacker News
4 Instructive Postmortems on Data Downtime and Loss
Learn from GitLab's 2017 incident: 300GB of data lost in seconds, but their transparent recovery is a masterclass in accountability.
Computerworld
Google adds data loss prevention, security features to Chrome
Google unveiled six new features to its Chrome browser for enterprises that add security, monitoring and reporting tools.
Cyber Security News
Google Bard AI Causes $100 Billion Loss With Wrong Answers
As time goes on, the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots is becoming increasingly prevalent. This technology is becoming a ubiquitous part of our daily lives, as more and more companies are recognizing the benefits that AI chatbots can provide.
CyberNews
Spiteful employees cause over a quarter of data loss incidents | CyberNews
It is not uncommon for companies to lose data, including national ID and Social Security numbers. But in many cases, corporate secrets are leaked by malicious insiders.
CyberSecurity Dive
Clorox warns of quarterly loss related to August cyberattack, production delays
The company expects a significant financial impact stemming from the recent cyberattack, which is reportedly linked to the Scattered Spider threat group.
DataBreaches
Fr: Ransomware attack on environmental center resulted in data loss
La Nouvelle Republique reports that the Permanent Center for Environmental Initiatives of Gâtine (CPIE) experienced a cyberattack on April 18 that resulted...
The Hacker News
Atlassian Warns of New Critical Confluence Vulnerability Threatening Data Loss
Atlassian issues a critical warning about a severe flaw in Confluence Data Center and Server
CSO
Data loss from insider events increase despite IRM programs, says study
Insider risks are difficult to detect, manage and mitigate and can easily evade lackluster, low-budget insider risk management programs with an inadequate training regime.
DataBreaches
Za: Department of justice negligence leads to huge personal data loss
Rorisang Kgosana reports: The department of justice & constitutional development contravened the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, resulting...
Infosecurity News
Zenly Bugs Exposed Users to Data Loss and Account Takeover
Social app patches medium-severity flaws after responsible disclosure
DataBreaches
Phishing victim can’t claim $5 million loss for money it never ‘held’
File this one under how-well-do-you-really-understand-your-cyberinsurance-policy. Barbara Grzincic reports: A commercial-crime insurance policy didn’t cover...
Bleeping Computer
UnitedHealth: Change Healthcare cyberattack caused $872 million loss
UnitedHealth Group reported an $872 million impact on its Q1 earnings due to the ransomware attack disrupting the U.S. healthcare system since February.
Infosecurity News
Report Suggests 93% of Breaches Lead to Downtime and Data Loss
According to Pentera, firms are allocating 13% of their total IT security budgets to pentesting
SC Magazine
Ransomware attack on Nissan North America results in employee data loss
Security pros believe the incident may be a “smash and grab” attack, where the threat actors go in, grab what data they can find, then try to sell it on the dark web.
DataBreaches
Case Files Affected in Dallas Police Department Data Loss
Claire Cardona reports: Multiple terabytes of Dallas Police Department data are missing and may be unrecoverable after being deleted during a data migration...
CyberNews
Voyager slapped with assets ban after $1B loss fiasco
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reaches settlement with bankrupt cryptocurrency company Voyager after it lost $1 billion.
CyberNews
MBDA denies being hacked, admits to data loss | Cybernews
European missile developer and manufacturer says hackers tried to blackmail the company with non-sensitive information obtained from an external hard drive.
CyberNews
Heartbreaking data: romance scam loss up by 60% | CyberNews
While the number of victims hardly grew last year, losses victims reported skyrocketed.
ZDNet
Brazilian e-commerce firm Americanas reports multimillion-dollar loss following cyberattack | ZDNet
The company's transactional platforms were unavailable for a week following the incident in February.
DataBreaches
Facebook suffers big loss in lawsuit against data-scraping company
Jon Brodkin reports: One year after Meta sued a data-scraping company, a federal judge this week threw out Meta’s breach-of-contract claim because the...
The Cyber Express
Veon Estimates Nearly $95 Million Revenue Loss Post Kyivstar Cyberattack
Veon, the parent company for Kyivstar, Ukraine's top mobile operator, recently outlined the financial impact of the Kyivstar cyberattack in
Ars Technica
Fearing “loss of control,” AI critics call for 6-month pause in AI development
"This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors."
DataBreaches
Veterans Affairs says no evidence of data loss from SolarWinds hack
Jared Serbu reports: Another big federal agency has apparently escaped unscathed from the SolarWinds hack. Leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs told...
Bleeping Computer
MGM Resorts ransomware attack led to $100 million loss, data theft
MGM Resorts reveals that last month's cyberattack cost the company $100 million and allowed the hackers to steal customers' personal information.
DataBreaches
RI: City of Newport advising past, current employees of potential data loss
Ryan Belmore reports: After an exhaustive investigation following the discovery of a suspicious email on one of the City’s internal networks, current and...
Ars Technica
Intel’s loss is AMD’s gain as EPYC server CPUs benefit from Intel’s delays
Success in laptops, game consoles, and servers leads to record quarter for AMD.
ZDNet
Amid rumors of Microsoft acquisition, Mandiant reports Q4 revenue of $132 million | ZDNet
The company reported a loss per share of $0.09 for the quarter.
Ars Technica
Charter loses home Internet customers, blames end of COVID subsidy program
After loss of 42,000 customers, Charter pins growth hopes on new federal funding.
ZDNet
SentinelOne brings in $56 million for Q3, reports more than 6,000 customers | ZDNet
The autonomous cybersecurity company reported a non-GAAP net loss per share of 15 cents.
Infosecurity News
FjordPhantom Android Malware Targets Banks With Virtualization
Promon said one FjordPhantom attack resulted in a substantial loss of approximately $280,000
CyberSecurity Dive
Rackspace says ransomware disrupted its Hosted Exchange business
The incident could lead to further interruptions and a loss of revenue at its Hosted Exchange business, the company warned.
DataBreaches
Activists leak 600 hours of mostly Dallas police helicopter footage after city’s 22 terabyte loss of criminal case data
David Lee reports: Data transparency activists released a massive 600-hour leak of mostly Dallas Police Department helicopter footage, raising more questions...
Cyber Security News
Massive Ransomware Attack on SriLanka Wipes Out Months of Data
The data loss is believed to have been caused by a large-scale ransomware attack that occurred between May 17th and August 26th.
Infosecurity News
Global Economy Could Lose $3.5trn in Systemic Cyber-Attack
A Lloyd's research found that the US alone would experience a $1.1trn loss in the “hypothetical but plausible” risk scenario
CyberNews
Corrections officer guilty of $600K crypto pension scheme
A former New Jersey corrections officer has pleaded guilty to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme, resulting in the loss of $600,000.
CyberNews
Indian trade association exposes sensitive data
FICCI exposed an important file, risking indirect financial loss and reputational damage, as well as legal and compliance problems.
DataBreaches
Public housing assistance tenants in Indianapolis fear eviction, compromised bank accounts after cyber attack
Russ McQuaid reports: Public housing residents, Section 8 tenants, landlords and vendors all fear the loss of sensitive personal and financial information and...
DarkReading
NSA Updates Zero-Trust Advice to Reduce Attack Surfaces
Agency encourages broader use of encryption, data loss, and prevention, as well as data rights management, to safeguard data, networks, and users.
DarkReading
ConnectWise Expands Collaboration with Intel to Further Strengthen Cybersecurity for SMBs
Combined technology mitigates loss with improved detection of ransomware and cryptojacking attacks.
CyberNews
“Clear gods” defraud thousands in cell upgrade scheme, causing $28M in losses
The uncovered wire fraud scheme involved more than 26,000 fraudulent transactions and resulted in a loss of more than $28,000,000
SC Magazine
Cactus ransomware gang claims it stole 1.5TB of Schneider Electric data
Security pros speculate that the Schneider Electric hack could wind up being another large ransomware loss like last year’s $100 million MGM case.
HACKRead
Unravelling Retirement Banking Scams and How To Protect Yourself
Retirement banking scams refer to fraudulent acts that aim to deceive retirees, leading to the loss of their hard-earned savings
SecurityWeek
Atlassian CISO Urges Quick Action to Protect Confluence Instances From Critical Vulnerability
Atlassian's CISO warns that a critical-severity flaw in Confluence Data Center and Server could lead to significant data loss if exploited.
CSO
US cyber insurance claims spike amid ransomware, funds transfer fraud, BEC attacks
Cyber insurance claims frequency increased by 12% in the first half of 2023 while claims severity increased by 42% with an average loss amount of more than $115,000.
DataBreaches
Spanish football federation reports data stolen by hackers
The Sun reports: The Spanish football federation (RFEF) said on Thursday it was victim of a hacking attack which resulted in the loss of data belonging to...
Cyber Security News
RedLine Malware Steals Sensitive Data and Installs More Malware
Researchers from Any Run saw again its active activity intended to develop to steal, cause financial loss, and data, targeting both enterprise and personal devices.
Computerworld
Tech bigwigs: Hit the brakes on AI rollouts
In an open letter, more than 1,100 tech luminaries have warned about a possible 'loss of control of our civilization' from unchecked AI.
Computerworld
Tech big wigs: Hit the brakes on AI rollouts
In an open letter, more than 1,100 tech luminaries have warned about a possible 'loss of control of our civilization' to unchecked AI.
Ars Technica
Biden issues sweeping executive order that touches AI risk, deepfakes, privacy
Order details US admin's approach to AI safety, media authenticity, job loss, and more.
DarkReading
Atlassian Customers Should Patch Latest Critical Vuln Immediately
Atlassian CISO warns Confluence Data Center and Server customers they're vulnerable to "significant data loss" if all on-premises versions aren't patched.
DataBreaches
Jp: Two Salesforce incidents reportedly shut down online vaccination reservation systems, exposed other personal info
Updated May 18: See the Salesforce statement issued May 17 that says confirming that there was no data loss or breach involving the first incident described...
Bleeping Computer
Orbit Chain loses $86 million in the last fintech hack of 2023
Orbit Chain has experienced a security breach that has resulted in a loss of $86 million in cryptocurrency, particularly Ether, Dai, Tether, and USD Coin.
CSO
Offboarding processes pose security risks as job turnover increases: Report
Research from YouGov finds that poor offboarding practices across industries including healthcare and tech are putting companies at risk, including for loss of end-user devices and unauthorized SaaS application use.
ZDNet
DeFi platform Qubit Finance begs hacker to return $80 million in stolen funds | ZDNet
"The exploit and loss of funds have a profound effect on thousands of real people," the company said in a message to the hackers.
Bleeping Computer
FBI warns of ransomware gangs targeting food, agriculture orgs
The FBI says ransomware gangs are actively targeting and disrupting the operations of organizations in the food and agriculture sector, causing financial loss and directly affecting the food supply chain.
Bleeping Computer
FBI warns against using unlicensed crypto transfer services
The FBI has warned today that using unlicensed cryptocurrency transfer services can result in financial loss if these platforms are taken down by law enforcement.
Bleeping Computer
Flash loan attack on Jimbos Protocol steals over $7.5 million
Jimbos Protocol, an Arbitrum-based DeFi project, has suffered a flash loan attack that resulted in the loss of more than of 4000 ETH tokens, currently valued at over $7,500,000.
Bleeping Computer
The Week in Ransomware - April 5th 2024 - Virtual Machines under Attack
Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi and other virtual machine platforms are wreaking havoc among the enterprise, causing widespread disruption and loss of services.
Bleeping Computer
The Genesis Market Takedown – Keep Users Credentials Secure
Law enforcement arrested over 100 people in the takedown of the Genesis Market, notorious for selling stolen credentials. To prevent the loss of credentials, it's important to adopt a layered defense.
DataBreaches
WA: Chelan Douglas Health District Warning Residents of 2021 Data Breach
Kyle Lamb reports: The Chelan Douglas Health District is warning the public of a data breach that may have led to the loss of identifiable personal and health...
CyberNews
Netflix could charge users for password sharing amid a wave of unsubscriptions | CyberNews
The streaming giant experienced a subscriber loss for the first time in a decade, with over 200,000 viewers canceling their subscriptions in the first three months of 2022.
CSO
SpinOne adds new capabilities to secure SaaS applications and data
Spin.ai's SpinOne adds SaaS security posture management and SaaS data leak prevention/loss protection modules, along with Jira, Slack and ServiceNow support, to streamline SaaS cybersecurity.
Latest Hacking News
New Onyx Ransomware Skips Encrypting Large Files; Instead, Deletes Them
Security researchers have found peculiar ransomware in the wild disrupting the ransomware business. Identified as “Onyx”, the ransomware doesn’t encrypt large files but deletes them to prevent recovery. This irreversible data loss can be even
Bleeping Computer
Google tests if 'Chrome/100.0' user agent breaks websites
Google is testing whether changing the Chrome user agent to three-digit 'Chrome/100' will cause loss of functionality on websites that are expecting a two digit version number.
CSO
FTC files lawsuit against Kochava for harvesting and selling geolocation data
The lawsuit claims the data broker is putting people at risk of "stigma, stalking, discrimination, job loss, and even physical violence” through the sale of geolocation data.
Computerworld
When humans make tech mistakes
Just because a vendor has a good track record doesn't mean they can't make mistakes that could lead to data loss. After all, tech vendors are human, too.
Bleeping Computer
Hackers use zero-day to mass-wipe My Book Live devices
A zero-day vulnerability in Western Digital My Book Live NAS devices allowed a threat actor to perform mass-factory resets of devices last week, leading to data loss.
Bleeping Computer
Chinese threat actors hacked NYC MTA using Pulse Secure zero-day
Chinese-backed threat actors breached New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) network in April using a Pulse Secure zero-day. Still, they failed to cause any data loss or gain access to systems controlling the transportation fleet.
Bleeping Computer
Fortinet: New FortiOS bug used as zero-day to attack govt networks
Unknown attackers used zero-day exploits to abuse a new FortiOS bug patched this month in attacks targeting government and large organizations that have led to OS and file corruption and data loss.
SC Magazine
Memory corruption flaw in Fluent Bit could disrupt cloud platforms
Security pros warn that a bug in the popular open-source logging and metrics tool could cause denial-of-service attacks and data loss in all the major cloud platforms, including AWS, GCP and Azure.
Bleeping Computer
Protect against lateral movement attacks by securing credentials
Organizations need to detect and remove intruders quickly to prevent data loss and minimize the impact of lateral movement attacks. Learn more from Specops Software on blocking lateral movement in networks.
Bleeping Computer
Hosting firm says it lost all customer data after ransomware attack
Danish hosting firms CloudNordic and AzeroCloud have suffered ransomware attacks, causing the loss of the majority of customer data and forcing the hosting providers to shut down all systems, including websites, email, and customer sites.
SecurityWeek
Ukraine Says Potent Russian Hack Against Power Grid Thwarted
Ukraine says Russian hackers succeeded in penetrating and disrupting the industrial control system of one power station, but defenders were able to thwart any power loss
Bleeping Computer
Tax fraud ring leader jailed for selling children’s stolen identities
The owner of a fraudulent tax preparation business, Ariel Jimenez, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling the stolen identities of children on welfare and helping "customers" to falsely claim tax credits, causing tens of millions of dollars in tax loss.
Bleeping Computer
Crypto wallet founder loses $125,000 to fake airdrop website
A crypto wallet service co-founder shares with the world his agony after losing $125,000 to a crypto scam. The startup CEO, who at the time believed he was on a legitimate cryptocurrency airdrop website, realized after his loss that the domain he'd went on was setup for the purposes of phishing unsuspecting users.
Cyber Security News
Factors that Increase the Attack Surface of Your Business - Cyber Security News
Cyber security, one of the most rapidly expanding industries today, is crucial to any business. Ranging from data loss prevention, identity management, incident response, and others to attack surface management. Managing your organization’s attack surface is one of the most important dimensions of cyber security. This process need not be a manual task where specialists […]
Security Affairs
Crooks steal $182 million from Beanstalk DeFi platform
Credit-based stablecoin protocol Beanstalk discloses a security breach that resulted in the loss of all of its $182 million. The decentralized, credit-based finance system Beanstalk suffered a security breach that resulted in financial losses of $182 million. Researchers at blockchain analysis firm PeckShield reported that the attackers have stolen $80 M for the hacker. PeckShield first reported […]
DataBreaches
Monetary penalties issued to Spanish telecoms over failure to protect consumers from sim swapping
Last year the Spanish DPA tackled sim swapping cases and issued monetary penalties to four telecoms for failure to adequately protect the confidential...
DataBreaches
New York State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
The state comptroller has released two more school district audits of information technology. Putnam Valley Central School District – Information Technology...
Trend Micro
An In-Depth Look at ICS Vulnerabilities Part 3
In our series wrap-up, we look into CVEs that affect critical manufacturing based on MITRE’s matrix. We also explore common ICS-affecting vulnerabilities identified in 2021.
The Record
Cybercriminals stole $1.7 billion from crypto funds in 2023 as attacks proliferated
Hackers siphoned $1.7 billion from cryptocurrency platforms in 2023 — down by about $2 billion from a record high set the previous year, according to data collected by blockchain research firm Chainalysis.
DataBreaches
Ransomware Needs ‘Physical’ Damage For Insurance, Ohio Court Rules
Daphne Zhang reports: Owners Insurance Co. convinced the Ohio Supreme Court that it has no duty to cover a medical software company’s ransomware-related...
DataBreaches
After cyber breach, Point32Health suffers financial losses
Jessica Bartlett reports: A crippling cyber attack at the state’s second-largest insurer not only interrupted operations for months but also pummeled the...
CSO
Data breaches caused by insiders can cost you over $15 million
Cybersecurity skills gaps, ambiguous data regulation, and a distributed workforce are all adding to increased insider-driven incidents.
SecurityWeek
TETRA Radio Standard Vulnerabilities Can Expose Military Comms, Industrial Systems
TETRA:BURST - vulnerabilities in widely used radio standard could threaten military and law enforcement communications, as well as ICS.
SecurityWeek
Proofpoint to Acquire Tessian for AI-Powered Email Security Tech
Proofpoint removes a formidable competitor from the crowded email security market and adds technology to address risk from misdirected emails.
Cyber Security News
Best Data Security Solutions for Insurance Providers - 2024
Data Security Solutions for Insurance Providers: 1. Perimeter 81 2. Bitdefender 3. SecureWorks 4. Splunk 5. Symantec DLP 6. McAfee DLP
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