EDITOR’S NEWS – Page 7 – MCYSEKA-Maritime Cyber Security Knowledge Archive

Electric Ireland Confirms Compromise of 8,000 Customers’ Personal and Financial Data

Electric Ireland, an Irish utility company, released an announcement confirming that 8,000 customer accounts containing personal and financial information may have been compromised. Though the exact details of the breach are unknown, the statement explained that “Electric Ireland is aware that an employee of a company working on our behalf may have inappropriately accessed a […]

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November 10, 2023

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Salt Security Named 2023 CISO Choice Award Winner for API Security

Salt Security, the API security company, has been named the winner of the API Security category in the 2023 CISO Choice Awards. Judged by a panel of distinguished CISOs at large organisations across the world, the CISO Choice Awards honour security vendors who provide top-tier differentiated security solutions, valuable to CISOs and their enterprises. Salt, […]

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November 9, 2023

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Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes and Cybersecurity

In the UK on November 5, we celebrate ‘Guy Fawkes Night’ or ‘Bonfire Night’ often with fireworks and bonfires. Yet, had Guy Fawkes and his conspirators succeeded with the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 to kill King James I and his governmental officials, the country, its politics, religion and society, could have turned out very differently. […]

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November 6, 2023

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Aerospace Giant Boeing Confirms Cyber Compromise, LockBit Claims Responsibility

Boeing, the American multinational corporation most known for the manufacturing of aircrafts, rockets, satellites, and missiles, has confirmed a cyber breach on their systems. Last week, the infamous and prolific ransomware gang, LockBit, announced that “a tremendous amount of sensitive data was exfiltrated” from Boeing’s systems and was ready to be published if the company […]

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November 3, 2023

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Be On Alert; That HR Email Could Be A Phishing Email!

New research this week has given warning to employees to be on alert to emails seemingly from human resources (HR) as they could be fraudulent. In fact, the findings from KnowBe4’s latest phishing report has highlighted that fraudulent HR emails remain a prevalent tactic employed by cybercriminals. Such deceptive emails may encompass subjects like alterations in […]

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October 19, 2023

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Keeper Security Protects Against Supply Chain Attacks with New Open Source Project

Today, Keeper Security has announced a new open source project for software developers and DevOps to easily and securely sign git commits with their Keeper vault. Through Keeper Secrets Manager (KSM), users can now use Secure Shell (SSH) keys stored in their Keeper Vault to digitally sign commits to confirm the authenticity of their code. […]

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October 18, 2023

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IT Admins Are Just as Guilty For Weak Password Use

New research by Outpost24 has revealed that IT administrators could be just as predictable as end-users when it comes to passwords. An analysis of just over 1.8 million passwords ranked ‘admin’ as the most popular password (with over 40,000 entries), with additional findings pointing to a continued acceptance of default passwords. This research comes in […]

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October 17, 2023

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Over 800k Flagstar Bank Customers Impacted by Third Data Breach Since 2021

Flagstar Bank is notifying customers that a data breach targeting a third-party vendor has resulted in the exposure of personal customer information. Flagstar uses the vendor in question, Fiserv, for transaction processing and mobile banking services. The notice sent out on Friday states that Fiserv is one of the many organisations impacted by the headlining mass MOVEit […]

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October 10, 2023

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MGM and Caesars Casinos Suffer Massive Cyberattack

Two of Las Vegas’ iconic casinos, the MGM and Caesars hotel, have fallen victim to a major cyberattack. Over the course of this week, it has been revealed that computer systems had been left severely disrupted, causing widespread panic throughout the hospitality and gaming industry. Reports claim casino guests and staff have had difficulties accessing […]

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September 15, 2023

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Popular ‘As-a-Service’ Operations Have Earned Cybercriminals over $64m

In 2019, cybersecurity firm Group-IB exposed a Russia-based scam-as-a-service operation. This scheme, initially known as Classiscam, employed counterfeit classified advertisements and social engineering tactics to deceive individuals into purchasing non-existent products or services. Victims were manipulated into transferring money directly to the malicious actors or to their bank cards. Over the course of four years, […]

September 1, 2023

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