Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Security breach: Inquiry after man pretending to be priest spends night with Queen’s guardsmen
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The man allegedly spent the night eating, drinking, and sharing banter with senior officers before being offered a bed for the night. Read via Sky
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Coca-Cola Investigates Data Breach Claim
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Coca-Cola is investigating claims of a large-scale data breach by Russian-linked cybercrime gang Stormous. Read via Info Security Magazine
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Destructive Malware Attacks Against Finance Institutions on the Rise
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
According to the new Modern Bank Heists 5.0 report from VMware, 63% of global financial organisations were hit by destructive cyber-attacks in the past year. This was a 17% increase compared to the previous year’s report. Read via Digit
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Funky Pigeon suspends orders after cyber-attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The online greetings card and gifts business Funky Pigeon has stopped taking orders after being hit by a cyber-attack last week. Read via Guardian
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No 10 network targeted with spyware, says group
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Downing Street and Foreign Office computer systems were suspected to have been infected with spyware, according to a Canadian investigative group. Read via BBC
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Panasonic hit by another major cyberattack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Panasonic has confirmed part of its business was hit with what it describes as a “targeted” cyber incident, in which the attackers made away with a hoard of sensitive data from its endpoints. Read via Tech Radar
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Raidforums marketplace shut down in global operation
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
An online forum providing criminals with stolen personal data has been taken down, in a global operation which saw its founder arrested. Read via BBC
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Weekend Wisdom 08/04: WIS Awards, Cash App & Mailchimp Data Breach, Meta And Apple Data Mistake
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog Industry News
We’re here with another installment of your favourite Weekend read. We start off with a big one: We are proud to announce our sponsorship of the 11th Women in Security Awards, read the full story here We had a great day out at The Security Event, where Head of Marcomms and Media Ellie Hurst spoke […]
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Cash App alerts 8 million customers to data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Mobile payments service Cash App has suffered a data breach after an ex-employee accessed sensitive customer data. A former employee accessed sensitive data after departing Read via Tech Radar
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The Works forced to shut some shops after cyber-attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Works has been forced to shut shops temporarily and suspend new stock deliveries after a cyber-attack. Read via BBC
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