UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare reportedly paid $22 million to recover data
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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 Good and Bad Side of Generative AI
Generative AI is making headlines as it changes the tech landscape, fueling new products and tools that streamline processes, enhancing creativity and helping with complex problem-solving. As with most new technology, however, it’s just a matter of time that a good and bad side of generative AI emerges. Generative AI is not new. But rapid
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6 Cybersecurity Trends to Monitor in 2024
Generative AI, ransomware attacks and phishing dominated the 2023 cybersecurity landscape. Will they continue to be cybersecurity trends to monitor in 2024? Read on for an overview of the growing trends that will be making cybersecurity news headlines in the new year. Generative AI Will Continue to Make News Generative AI will continue to make
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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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Generative AI will Greatly Impact Cyber Attacks in 2024
Cybersecurity experts are warning that generative AI will greatly impact cyber attacks in 2024, with 83% of the respondents to a recent study believing that generative AI will play a more significant role in future cyber attacks. Yet despite the strong belief that AI will create more avenues for sophisticated cyber attacks in 2024, many
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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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