How To Stay Ahead of Cyber Attacks With Managed IT Services
With hackers and cyber threats on the rise, it's all your business can do to stay safe in today's digital climate. Managed IT services are integral for protecting businesses from cyber-attacks. Learn more about what these third-party cloud services do and how they can keep your business safe from outside threats.
How To Protect Yourself From the MOVEit Breach and Stay Safe Online
Hackers are always developing new ways to steal data from Internet users. The most recent data breach to impact millions involves MOVEit, a popular file transfer tool. Even though this breach exposes a lot of private information, there are ways to stay safe.
This guide will show you how to protect yourself from the MOVEit breach.
Tech-Related Risks Businesses Need to Consider
As businesses use digital solutions, business owners and CEOs need to be aware of the possible risks of the tech they've chosen. Even though many solutions have good security features to protect their customers, you should still look at specific risks and how likely they will affect your business. Here are five chances that companies need to think about when it comes to technology.
How to Simplify and Strengthen Your Data Security
One of the biggest threats businesses face today is unauthorized data access. There are many ways for hackers to get in and steal valuable data. It’s your job to make it as hard for them as possible. Here are some strategies to make your data security more robust and straightforward.
Scammers Use Government Websites to Advertise Hacking Services
Government websites are seen as sources people can trust. However, threat actors use this trust for their harmful purposes. Scammers recently used official websites to advertise their hacking services. This situation shows why businesses should be on the lookout and take more robust computer security measures to avoid being affected by this type of risk.
The Growing Trend of Telegram as a Marketplace for Phishing Tools and Services
Cybercrime is becoming increasingly common as businesses continue to rely on technology to conduct their operations. Cybercriminals are constantly looking for new ways to exploit businesses and individuals. One of the methods gaining popularity is using Telegram, a popular messaging app that offers end-to-end encryption. Telegram has become a hub for selling phishing tools and services due to its secure and anonymous nature.
AlienFox Malware: The Swiss Army Knife of Cloud Attacks
Researchers at SentinelLabs have uncovered a new, modular malware toolkit called "AlienFox." Cybercriminals use AlienFox to breach email and web hosting services. It compromises misconfigured hosts on cloud platforms and takes sensitive data.
You can often find this new toolkit in Telegram groups. Researchers call AlienFox a "Swiss Army knife" toolkit because of its versatility.
TMX Finance Data Breach: What You Need to Know
TMX Finance has been providing underserved consumers with credit products since 1998. Unfortunately, the company suffered a massive data breach that went undetected for months. It involved all TMX subsidiaries, namely TitleMax, InstaLoans, and TitleBucks. The incident affected over 4.8 million customers across all its services.
AT&T Data Breach – 9 Million Affected
In a recent statement, telecommunications giant AT&T confirmed that a hack on a vendor it was working with exposed around 9 million accounts. AT&T said that the sensitive information was mainly about device upgrade eligibility.
The hacking happened in January 2023 using a weakness in the vendor's system. The hackers accessed customer data, such as their names, addresses, phone numbers, and account numbers.
Cerebral Data Breach – 3.18 Million Affected
Cerebral, an online platform that offers mental health care services, recently suffered a data breach that may have affected up to 3.18 million users. According to its report, the breach was due to the company’s use of third-party pixel trackers.
Cerebral did not say the exact number of users affected. However, the company said it had taken steps to ease the breach’s impact.
Hatch Bank Falls Victim to Data Breach
Hatch Bank confirmed a data breach that compromised its customers' personal data. The financial technology firm said hackers found a vulnerability in its internal file-transfer software. This allowed the hackers to access and steal around 140,000 customer names and social security numbers from Jan. 30-31, 2023.
Hatch is using Fortra's GoAnywhere file-transfer platform. Many other large businesses also use GoAnywhere to share sensitive files.
Chick-fil-A Confirms Credential Stuffing Attack
Credential stuffing is one of the many forms of cyberattacks on the rise. It's a low-risk, low-cost automated method. It uses bots to access username-password combinations from past data breaches. It then uses that information to exfiltrate data from a new target system. It relies on people's habit of reusing the same login credential across various sites.
Chick-fil-A is one of the most recent victims of a credential stuffing attack. That proves that even large companies aren't exempt from these malicious attempts. Here's everything you need to know about the incident so you can stay informed.
News Corp Cyberattack
News Corporation (News Corp) has disclosed more information about the 2022 cyberattack against the major publishing conglomerate. News Corp revealed that the cybercriminals had access to its systems two years ago, starting in Feb. 2020.
News Corp recently sent notification letters to affected employees. These laid out the most recent information on the data breach. The breach affected workers at the company’s publications, The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, and its UK news operations.
Dish Network Cyberattack
Dish Network confirmed that the network outage it is currently experiencing is due to a
cybersecurity breach. This outage also affected its internal communications systems.
The breach occurred on Feb. 23 and disconnected Dish’s websites and apps. The network’s call centers also went offline. Subscribers cannot access their accounts, stream shows, or avail of Dish’s services.
Stanford University Data Breach
The recent Stanford University data breach is causing businesses to reevaluate their security practices. The way the university handled the breach can serve as a guide for business owners. But it is important to understand the facts of the incident.
LastPass Reveals Details of Attack
LastPass recently revealed more details of the second malware attack targeting its infrastructure. It also disclosed the company’s actions to prevent similar attacks in the future. By learning more about the attack, business owners can strengthen their own security weaknesses.
GoDaddy Finds Multiple-Year Security Breach
GoDaddy is a popular web hosting company with millions of customers worldwide. Users are alarmed to find that attackers stole the company’s source code.
The hosting giant found the security breach in early December 2022 after it received customer reports. From there, it carried out a comprehensive investigation. GoDaddy disclosed that its sites are being redirected to random domains.
Everything You Need to Know About the Pepsi Data Breach
Hackers need less than a minute to perform a successful data breach. It will be over before you can even finish your cup of coffee. Unfortunately, it can take companies several weeks to realize they were the victim of a malware attack. That's what happened to Pepsi Bottling Ventures.
Reddit Cybersecurity Incident
Reddit, a popular social news site, disclosed that it was hacked on Sunday night (pacific time). The company announced on February 9th in a posting that they first became aware of the incident that happened on February 5th. It refers to it as “sophisticated phishing” targeting Reddit employees.
Search Engine Yandex Suffers Massive Leak
Russian search engine Yandex offers a slew of online services to replace Google, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, and Uber. However, a recent Yandex data leak contains nearly 50 gigabytes of data with leaked files, including information ranging from API (application programming interface) keys to search engine behaviors. Information released by the leaker as “Yandex git sources” contains source code for most of Yandex’s online services.