Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Security firm Stormshield loses source code in cyber attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Source code from two products developed by French cyber security firm was compromised in a December 2020 incident. Read via Computer Weekly.
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Ransomware: A company paid millions to get their data back, but forgot to do one thing. So the hackers came back again
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A cautionary tale shows how organisations that fall foul of ransomware should concentrate on finding how it happened before anything else – or they could fall victim again. Read via ZDNet.
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Financial Regulator Hit by 240,000 Malicious Emails in Q4 2020
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK’s financial regulator was bombarded with nearly a quarter of a million malicious emails in the final quarter of 2020, FOI data has revealed, highlighting the continuous pressure high-profile organizations are under to protect their assets. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Serco cyber attack: Belgian military and European Space Agency told ‘no data compromised’ despite hack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Read via Sky News.
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London Orgs: Increased Risk Due to Remote Working to Persist for 12-18 months
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Three in five (60%) organizations in London and the South East of England have seen an increased level of risk to their IT infrastructure due to remote working, with 88% expecting this risk to persist for the next 12-18 months. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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US Payroll Agency Targeted in Separate SolarWinds Attack – Report
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Suspected Chinese state-backed threat actors exploited a SolarWinds Orion bug to compromise a US government payroll agency, a new report has claimed. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Data on Thousands of Foxtons Customers Posted Online
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Estate agent Foxtons Group is under pressure after a daily newspaper claimed that thousands of customers’ card and personal details have been uploaded to a dark web site. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Barclays: 2020 the Highest Year on Record for Scams
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A record number of scams were recorded in the UK last year, according to figures published by Barclays. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Social Media Oversharing Exposes 80% of Office Workers
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Over 80% of British and American employees overshare on social media, potentially exposing themselves and their organization to online fraud, phishing and other cyber-threats, according to Tessian. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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CISOs invisible to their organisations, says BT report
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A lack of understanding of security issues in the workplace and misplaced confidence in organisational cyber security readiness are adding to pressure on CISOs during challenging times, according to a new report produced by BT Security alongside market research firm Davies Hickman Partners. Read via Computer Weekly.
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