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In a new report into the global cybersecurity industry's exposure on the Dark Web this year, global application security company, ImmuniWeb, uncovered that 97% of leading cybersecurity companies have data leaks or other security incidents exposed on the Dark Web, while on average, there are over 4,000 stolen credentials and other sensitive data exposed per cybersecurity company. Key findings that the research found relating to the leading global cybersecurity companies' exposure on the Dark Web included:97% of companies have data leaks and other security incidents exposed on the Dark Web.
The Clark County School District says its computer system was infected by a ransomware attack during the first week of school and some employee personal information may have been exposed. The district said Tuesday that a virus infected some computer systems on Aug. 27 and prohibited access to some files.
The personal information includes names, dates of birth, gender, physical addresses and email addresses, and election-specific data - such as when an individual registered to vote, voter registration numbers and polling stations - according to Kommersant, a Moscow-based newspaper. The outlet reported Tuesday that several databases of voter data turned up in an unnamed marketplace in late 2019.
Dataguise announced a patent-pending method of projecting unique data counts that enables organizations to report the impact of a data breach faster and more accurately than ever before. "Dataguise has helped us improve our overall data governance and security posture by giving us an enterprise-wide view of sensitive data across the myriad data repositories we use, both on premises and cloud," said Lynn Winiarczyk, Business Technology Manager, Master Data and Data Governance at KeyBank.
In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.
Security threats in the second quarter of 2020 continue to target remote workers, but attackers aren't relying on COVID-19-themed phishing: They're going straight for vulnerable home networks where workers are conducting business. Managed security provider Nuspire's report on security threats in Q2 2020 said that phishing attempts have ditched the coronavirus in favor of exploiting the upcoming election and Black Lives Matter movement, but that there's been a 12% decline in malware attacks during Q2. SEE: Identity theft protection policy.
A report published recently by the U.S. Army describes North Korea's cyber warfare capabilities and provides information on various units and their missions. In terms of computer warfare, the Army says North Korea primarily conducts these types of attacks because they represent a low-cost and low-risk method for targeting the enemy's computers, they can be used to counter the enemy's superior conventional military capabilities, and they can "Upset the status quo with little fear of retaliation."
UPDATE. The Maze ransomware gang has reportedly leaked Canon U.S.A. data online. The leaked data consists of a single file, according to the report: About 2.2 GB-worth of marketing data and videos, compiled into an archive called "STRATEGICPLANNINGpart62.zip." The Maze gang claims it represents 5 percent of all of the data stolen from the camera giant.
Penetration testers were successful in breaching the network perimeter and accessing the local networks of 93% of companies, according to a recent report from the security information company Positive Technologies. The testing revealed some alarming vulnerabilities, including the fact that at 71% of companies, even an unskilled hacker was able to penetrate the internal network.
A newly released threat report, tracking the biggest trends in the cybercriminal landscape, shows that attackers have been capitalizing on the global pandemic in various ways - from ransomware to web-based malware. Derek Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, said that the semi-annual FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report [PDF] for the first half of 2020, released Wednesday, illustrates an "Unprecedented cyber threat landscape."