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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.

 

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Initial Access Broker Targeting Organizations With Microsoft Teams Phishing Attacks

September 29, 2023
Initial access broker with close links to ransomware groups is targeting organizations with Microsoft Teams phishing attacks, with malicious links leading to a malicious SharePoint-hosted file.
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No Recovery Prospects: Casio Systems Still Down Two Weeks After a Ransomware Attack

October 25, 2024
Japanese electronics company Casio is still reeling from a ransomware attack that disrupted its systems, two weeks after the incident occurred and with no expected recovery timeline.
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Healthcare Giant CVS Exposes Over a Billion Health Records in an Unsecured Cloud Database Leak

June 24, 2021
Healthcare giant CVS exposed over a billion health records through a misconfigured cloud database leak, including visitor and session IDs, device information and multiple records for medications.
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Cyber Attack On Canadian Electric Utility Nova Scotia Disconnects Power Meters

July 17, 2025
A recent cyber attack on the Canadian electric utility, Nova Scotia Power, disconnected power meters, preventing the company from reading and sending accurate bills.
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FCC Urged to Consider China Telecom a National Security Threat

April 22, 2020
Federal agencies urged FCC to consider China Telecom a national security threat, pointing to concerns that the company is vulnerable to exploitation, influence, and control by the Chinese government.
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Judge gavel on Australian flag showing cyber attacks on critical infrastructure
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Proposed Australian Government Law Would Allow for Takeover of Critical Infrastructure During Cyber Attacks

October 27, 2021
Australian companies that have connections to the country's critical infrastructure might have no choice but to allow the government to step in during cyber attacks, if new legislation proposed by the Morrison government is approved.
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AI Risk Has an Ownership Problem, and Boards Are About To Discover It

May 27, 2026
Boards are starting to ask the right question about AI risk. Unfortunately, many organizations still don’t have a credible answer.
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Trainer giving training to soldiers showing third party breach affecting UK armed forces
Cyber SecurityNews

Chinese State-Backed Hackers Suspected in Third Party Breach Impacting UK Armed Forces

May 10, 2024
For the most part the exposure appears to have been limited to names and bank details for both active members of the UK armed forces and veterans. The UK government has named SSCL, a business services provider, as the source of the third party breach.
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Log in to Twitter on smartphone screen showing Twitter hack
Cyber SecurityNews

Twitter Hack of High-Profile Accounts Raises a Lot of Questions, But Most Have Yet to Be Answered

July 28, 2020
Twitter hack of high-profile accounts a result of employees tricked into giving up access to support tools that led to compromised accounts posting Bitcoin doubling scam.
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Russian hacker against digitally generated Russian flag showing cyber attacks on critical infrastructure
Cyber SecurityNews

New CISA Report Ties Recent Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure to Russian Intelligence Unit

September 13, 2024
Unit 29155's actions since 2020 include cyber attacks on a number of federal agencies and critical infrastructure companies in a variety of countries. But the group seems to have switched most of its focus to Ukraine in the weeks prior to the 2022 military invasion.
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