If your current system isn’t capable of tracking and assessing different user variables online, chances are your business isn’t fully prepared to stop a determined attacker. What layers is your cybersecurity strategy missing?
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.
CRA has lost about $190 million in payments made to scammers since 2020, with the highlight item being a $40 million tax refunds scam in which the perpetrator simply logged into an account and requested the astounding sum of money using false T4A income reporting slips.
Canada’s House of Commons experienced a data breach from a recent Microsoft vulnerability and leaked the personal information of lawmakers and legislative staff members.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has warned of hacktivists breaching critical infrastructure via Internet-exposed ICS devices, posing serious safety risks.
Canon services suffered an outage caused by Maze ransomware attack affecting internal applications, email servers, Microsoft Teams, and the U.S. website for six days.
A Canvas hack has leaked nearly 280 million records from faculty, staff, and students across 8,809 colleges, online learning platforms, and school districts.
Car-sharing giant Zoomcar has disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 8.4 million people after a threat actor contacted the company claiming to have accessed its data.
The world’s largest cruise operator, Carnival Cruise, has confirmed a data breach that affected nearly 6 million people, with the ShinyHunters hacking group claiming responsibility.
Casio has confirmed a data breach on its ClassPad education platform that impacted over 100,000 customers, including learning institutions in Japan and 148 other countries.
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