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Attacks against firmware are snowballing, outstripping many organizations' cyber-defenses, according to a survey from Microsoft. The report showed that more than 80 percent of enterprises have experienced at least one firmware attack in the past two years - but only 29 percent of security budgets goes to firmware security.
Brewing giant Molson Coors said that a disruptive cyberattack, combined with winter storms in Texas, could cost the company upwards of $140 million in short-term EBITDA. The maker of popular beer brands in the U.S., including Coors Light, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian, Blue Moon, Carling, Coors Banquet, and others, revealed on March 11 that a cyberattack severely disrupted several parts of its business, including brewery operations, production, and shipments. "Despite this progress led by the significant efforts of the Molson Coors team, along with the support of leading forensic information technology firms and other advisors, the Company has experienced and continues to experience some delays and disruptions in its business, including brewery operations, production and shipments in the U.K., Canada and the U.S.," a March 26 statement said.
The data breach report from Ubiquiti in January is allegedly a cover-up of a massive incident that put at risk customer data and devices deployed on corporate and home networks. Despite any evidence of access to any databases with user info, Ubiquiti could not guarantee that user details had not been exposed.
President Joe Biden on Monday sent a letter to the House of Representatives and the Senate to extend an executive order regarding sanctions issued in response to cyberattacks. Executive Order 13694, issued in 2015 by president Barack Obama, enables authorities to block the property of entities engaging in "Significant malicious cyber-enabled activities."
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Commercial insurer CNA on Tuesday announced that it was recently targeted in what it described as a sophisticated cyberattack. In a March 23 announcement, the company revealed that, over the weekend, it fell victim to a cyberattack that impacted certain systems, and which resulted in network disruptions.
AdaptiveMobile Security today publicly disclosed details of a major security flaw in the architecture of 5G network slicing and virtualized network functions. The fundamental vulnerability has the potential to allow data access and denial of service attacks between different network slices on a mobile operator's 5G network, leaving enterprise customers exposed to malicious cyberattack.
CNA Financial, a leading US-based insurance company, has suffered a cyberattack impacting its business operations and shutting down its website. CNA is considered the sixth-largest commercial insurance company in the USA, according to the Insurance Information Institute, and offers a wide range of insurance products, including cyber insurance policies.
A former IT contractor has been sentenced to two years in prison after hacking into a company's server and deleting the majority of its employees' Microsoft Office 365 accounts. On Aug. 8, 2018, Kher then hacked into the company's server and deleted over 1,200 of its 1,500 O365 user accounts.
Manga scanlation giant MangaDex has been temporarily shut down after suffering a cyberattack and having its source code stolen. MangaDex is one of the largest manga scanlation sites where visitors can read manga comics online for free.