Proposed new features and app concepts are reportedly being nixed solely because of fears they will violate Apple’s privacy rules. Examples include scrapped plan to allow voice purchases via Siri.
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.
UN data breach appears to stem from an employee login that was sold on the dark web. The attackers used this entry point to move farther into the organization's networks and conducted reconnaissance between April and August.
Maze ransomware attack on U.S. nuclear missile contractor, Westech International, is likely to have significant implications given the contractor’s client list includes government agencies and major military contractors.
UnitedHealth Group (UHG) has confirmed that the February 2024 Change Healthcare data breach leaked the sensitive personal information of 100 million people, making it the worst healthcare leak in history.
UnitedHealth Data Breach Victims Nearly Double to 190 Million; Affects Almost Every 1 in 2 Americans
The actual number of victims impacted by the February 2024 UnitedHealth data breach has nearly doubled to 190 million, affecting nearly every one in two Americans.
The apparently partially politically motivated attacker claimed to have exfiltrated over 1.2 million records of personal information in the data breach, some of which dates back decades and included banking information.
Legacy applications are a common unknown for enterprises and represent an attack surface of customer data endpoints which could put their data at risk. Do you know how to find them to prevent data breaches?
It’s not enough to just keep up to speed with the latest cyber threats as it’s the unknowns which threaten company data assets, so what do we do about the unknowns?
Market for hack-for-hire services could be expanding significantly with recent unmasking of a Dark Basin group that has been operating in the shadows for years.
By fostering a culture of continuous improvement that thinks outside the box of compliance, IT teams and security leaders can feel confident in their cybersecurity resilience.










