Cybersecurity Essentials

Threats & Attacks

Given the sophistication of cyber-attacks, cybersecurity has become a central focus to protect people and their personal data. Learn more about the common threats we all face in an age when companies are undergoing a digital transformation.

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Threats And Attacks

@cyber shared
On Dec 10, 2020
RT @CISAgov: Today, we released a joint #cybersecurity advisory with @FBI and @CISecurity about malicious #cyber actors targeting K-12 institutions to steal data, hold data for ransom, and disrupt #DistanceLearning services: https://t.co/Ac8G0trp7x #SchoolSafety #DDoS #Ransomware #NetSec https://t.co/IA7R5zfI8F
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Cyber Actors Target K-12 Distance Learning Education to Cause Disruptions and Steal Data

Cyber Actors Target K-12 Distance Learning Education to Cause Disruptions and Steal Data

This Joint Cybersecurity Advisory was coauthored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information ...

@SecurityWeek shared
On Dec 8, 2020
Foxconn Says Some Systems in U.S. Targeted in Cyberattack https://t.co/WxsMlS3gQO
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Foxconn Says Systems in U.S. Targeted in Cyberattack

Foxconn Says Systems in U.S. Targeted in Cyberattack

Foxconn has confirmed that some of its systems have been targeted in a cyberattack. The cybercriminals behind the DoppelPaymer ransomware have taken credit for the attack.

@EduardKovacs shared
On Dec 7, 2020
Randstad, the world’s biggest human resources company, has been hit by the Egregor ransomware. https://t.co/6Wtq9IZO14
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HR Giant Randstad Hit by Egregor Ransomware

HR Giant Randstad Hit by Egregor Ransomware

Randstad, the world’s biggest human resources company, has been hit by the Egregor ransomware

@EduardKovacs shared
On Dec 9, 2020
The EU's medicines regulator targeted in cyberattack, just weeks before it is due to decide on special approval for two coronavirus vaccines. https://t.co/iet6grkcdB
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EU Agency Assessing Covid-19 Vaccines Hit by Cyberattack

EU Agency Assessing Covid-19 Vaccines Hit by Cyberattack

The EU's medicines regulator targeted in cyberattack, just weeks before it is due to decide on special approval for two coronavirus vaccines.

@EduardKovacs shared
On Dec 9, 2020
RT @SecurityWeek: Vermont Hospital Cyberattack Cost Estimated at $1.5 Million Per Day - https://t.co/k9D6YRdPTs
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Vermont Hospital Cyberattack Cost Estimated at $1.5M a Day

Vermont Hospital Cyberattack Cost Estimated at $1.5M a Day

A late October cyberattack on the computer systems of the University of Vermont Medical Center is costing the hospital about $1.5 million a day in lost revenue and recovery costs, its CEO ...

@arstechnica shared
On Dec 9, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine data has been unlawfully accessed in hack of EU regulator https://t.co/xEDkOtOfeY by @dangoodin001
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COVID-19 vaccine data has been unlawfully accessed in hack of EU regulator

COVID-19 vaccine data has been unlawfully accessed in hack of EU regulator

Hack of the European Medicines Agency affects vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.

@paulsparrows shared
On Dec 9, 2020
The first #cyberattacks timeline of November is here. In this timeline I have collected 100 events, but this number includes multiple #ransomware events (how strange!) that occurred during the Summer, and came to my attention only now. https://t.co/dElVIQFRDZ
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1-15 November 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

1-15 November 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

Here we are with the first timeline of November, covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the first half of the same month (as usual with some additional events that were disclosed in ...

@DarkReading shared
On Dec 9, 2020
Why Global Cybercrime Losses Are Mounting https://t.co/a0pzRqeC9r by @jaivijayan #cybercrime #databreach #ITsecurity
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Global Cybercrime Losses Cross $1 Trillion Mark

Global Cybercrime Losses Cross $1 Trillion Mark

A shift from attackers targeting individual systems to entire organizations is pushing up cost of cyberattacks sharply, McAfee says.