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UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare reportedly paid $22 million to recover data

United Healthcare’s Change Healthcare unit has reportedly paid $22 million to recover data and regain access to systems, according to the latest news updates. The cryptocurrency transaction was visible on Bitcoin’s blockchain and suggests the company which is victim of what now ranks as one of the worst ransomware attacks in years, paid the ransom […]

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23andMe Blames Poor User Password Practices on Massive Breach

Consumer genetics and research company 23andMe is facing multiple lawsuits over a 2023 data breach that went undetected for 5 months, and official reaction from company officials places the blame on poor user password practices.  The company, known for its at-home genetic tests, has confirmed hackers gained access to nearly 7 million customers’ profiles in

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Cyber Threats Rank as a Top Global Business Threat in 2024

According to a report from international financial services provider Allianz, cyber threats rank as a top global business threat in 2024. These attacks, ranging from ransomware attacks, data breaches to other IT disruptions are a top concern for companies worldwide in 2024. In the U.S. specifically, cyber has replaced business interruption as the leading risk

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Popular Remote Desktop Software Provider AnyDesk Victim of Cyberattack

Anydesk, a popular remote desktop software provider based in Germany, has confirmed it was the target of a cyberattack during a four-day outage in late January. The company published a public statement regarding indications of an incident on some of AnyDesk’s systems, and afterwards conducted a security audit and found evidence of compromised production systems.

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The Top Cybersecurity and Cyberattack Headlines of 2023

With significant cybersecurity developments such as generative AI driving trends in 2023, there were several impactful cybersecurity and cyberattack headlines dominating the year. Here is a recap of just some of the top cybersecurity and cyberattack newsmakers of 2023. Twitter (X)  One of the largest attacks of 2023 was on social media platform Twitter (X)

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2023 On Track to Exceed 1 million Identity Theft Complaints

With still a few days left of 2023, the statistics for identity theft are already quite alarming. In fact, 2023 is on track to exceed 1 million identity theft complaints — considerably outnumbering any pre-pandemic year on record, dating back to 2001. Recent statistics from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report just under 805,000 cases

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Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services Among Targets of Record-Breaking DDOS Attack

Internet infrastructure providers Google Cloud, Cloudflare, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services have reported a DDoS (distributed-denial-of-service) attack that was seven times larger than the previous record-breaking attack in 2022.  The attacks took place in October and the origins were traced back to August. They were part of a mass exploit of a zero-day vulnerability.  2023

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