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"Ring Denies Falling Victim to Ransomware Attack"In response to a cybercrime group’s claim, home security firm Ring announced that it has no evidence that it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. Founded in 2013 and acquired by Amazon in 2018, Ring started with a smart doorbell and later…
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"LA Housing Authority Suffers Year-Long Breach"The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) has recently issued a public notice outlining the impact of a ransomware breach first reported at the start of this year. The public agency, which claims to hold the largest stock of…
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"Students Play Crucial Role in Making Cybersecurity Impact"Local governments, K-12 schools, and rural hospitals seeking to improve their cybersecurity are collaborating with University of Georgia (UGA) students to gain a more thorough understanding of their organization's preparedness for cyberattacks. Through…
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"The BCI Cyber Resilience Report 2023"BCI's latest Cyber Resilience Report, sponsored by Daisy, explores the levels of disruption and cyber resilience arrangements across organizations, as well as the reporting and role of senior executives in developing cyber resilience strategies. Although…
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"Crooks Taunt Prestigious School by Leaking Student Names"Bishop Luffa School, a British secondary school operated by the Church of England, had student information exposed due to a possible ransomware attack by the Medusa group. Local media reports indicate that the organization's systems have been offline…
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"New Bills Look To Help Small Water Systems Tap Cybersecurity Help"Water is crucial to life for communities across the US, but water systems are facing increasingly complex threats, including cyberattacks. Therefore, House and Senate lawmakers have introduced a pair of bills aimed at bolstering the cybersecurity of…
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"Death Registry System in Hawaii Had Data Breach, Health Department Says"After a cyberattack in January allowed hackers limited access to Hawaii's death registry, the Hawaii Department of Health is sending out breach notification letters. Officials cautioned that although the hackers did not access death certificates, newly…
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"93 Percent of Organizations Suffer Business Email Compromise Attacks"The threat of Business Email Compromise (BEC) is growing as the number of BEC attacks is predicted to surpass the number of phishing attacks significantly. According to a new report from the cloud email security platform IRONSCALES, more than 93 percent…
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"Cybercrime Losses Exceeded $10 Billion in 2022: FBI"According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the FBI received more than 800,000 cybercrime-related complaints in 2022, with losses totaling over $10 billion. Recently the IC3 published their 2022 Internet Crime Report showing that while…
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"CISA and Girl Scouts of the USA Strengthen Collaboration to Bring More Young Women into Cybersecurity"The US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalizes their collaboration to close the gender gap in…
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"Euler Loses Nearly $200 Million to Flash Loan Attack"London, UK-based De-Fi platform company Euler has recently lost a reported $196 million to a flash loan attack. A flash loan is an instant unsecured loan controlled by smart contracts. It allows a "borrower to obtain collateral, use that…
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"Blackbaud Settles $3m Charge Over Ransomware Attack"Cloud software provider Blackbaud has recently agreed to pay $3m to settle charges over regulatory filings it made following a major 2020 ransomware attack. The South Carolina-based firm, which sells software to non-profits, schools, and other “…