Tekken, Elden Ring, Gundam and Pac-Man game publisher Bandai Namco confirmed a suspected BlackCat ransomware attack that potentially exposed sensitive customer information.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
GAO audits carried out between fiscal years 2012-2017 have discovered significant cyber vulnerabilities in the U.S. Department of Defense’s top weapons systems, reflecting a misguided approach that does not take into consideration basic cyber security.
Zero trust will not stop over 50% of attacks by 2026 because only 10% of large firms will have mature programs, and hackers will expand the attack surface beyond zero trust coverage.
Insurance giant Geico mailed notifications of a data breach to its customers, indicating that an unknown number of driver's license numbers were compromised and might be used for fraudulent unemployment claims.
With the widespread availability of ChatGPT and other Generative AI applications today, research shows a 135% increase in ‘novel social engineering’ attacks in January and February of 2023 alone.
As attacks evolve and become more sophisticated, the industry's response has been to adopt the zero-trust architecture. However, with the rise of zero-trust architecture, we've also seen an unexpected, unwelcome guest: complexity.
While cybersecurity practitioners have uncovered many ways that the predictive technology can benefit security teams, threat actors have also been swift to adopt generative AI as the newest tool in their arsenals for launching sophisticated attacks.
23andMe will pay $30 million to settle a data breach lawsuit from the 2023 credential stuffing attack that exposed the personal and genetic information of 6.9 million customers.
There are geographical safe havens where brands and consumers can shop online in relative peace. Europe and APAC are leading the charge in implementing strict security methods for online buying.
The university system became aware of the MOVEit breach in late May of last year and blocked the software on its network, so it is very likely that the stolen data was already dumped to the dark web or sold some time ago.










