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Puppies, kittens, data at risk after 'cyber incident' at veterinary giant
2024-04-08 14:30

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World's second-largest eyeglass lens-maker blinded by infosec incident
2024-04-05 01:45

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INC Ransom claims to be behind 'cyber incident' at UK city council
2024-04-02 11:15

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UK council won't say whether two-week 'cyber incident' impacted resident data
2024-03-21 11:37

Leicester City Council continues to battle a suspected ransomware attack while keeping schtum about the key details. The Register has repeatedly asked for a confirmation or denial of ransomware's involvement from the council, but after ignoring us for ten days it finally replied today, only to say it still couldn't share anything beyond official statements.

How teams can improve incident recovery time to minimize damages
2024-03-14 04:30

With breach recovery costs skyrocketing, speeding time to recovery to minimize downtime and losses should be top of mind for security leaders. Most focus on adding more prevention and detection tools.

Nissan to alert 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis about data loss incident
2024-03-14 00:32

Over the next few weeks, Nissan Oceania will make contact with around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand whose data was pilfered in a December 2023 attack on its systems - perhaps by the Akira ransomware gang. Some of those affected by the breach were customers of finance services that Nissan operated and branded for rival automakers Mitsubishi, Renault, Infiniti, LDV, and RAM. "We know this will be difficult news for people to receive, and we sincerely apologize to our community for any concerns or distress it may cause," Nissan said in a statement posted to its website.

Learn How to Build an Incident Response Playbook Against Scattered Spider in Real-Time
2024-02-20 10:53

In the tumultuous landscape of cybersecurity, the year 2023 left an indelible mark with the brazen exploits of the Scattered Spider threat group. Their attacks targeted the nerve centers of major...

Incident Response Policy
2024-02-14 16:00

This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides information on defining an incident, assigning an incident response team, documenting a plan and conducting a response. DOCUMENT AN INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN. Draw up a plan for incident response and start by including a detailed list of system/application/device information.

Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian Cybersecurity Incidents: What to Know
2024-02-13 11:10

The Midnight Blizzard and Cloudflare-Atlassian cybersecurity incidents raised alarms about the vulnerabilities inherent in major SaaS platforms. These incidents illustrate the stakes involved in...

Malicious logins from suspicious infrastructure fuel identity-based incidents
2024-02-02 04:00

69% of identity-based incidents involved malicious logins from suspicious infrastructure, which are hosting providers or proxies that aren't expected for a user or organization, according to Expel. Identity-based incidents accounted for 64% of all incidents investigated by the Expel SOC, a volume increase of 144% from 2022 to 2023.