14-04-2024

Løsepenge: Cyber-indbrud er en blomstrende forretning

France Travail et Cap emploi victimes d’une cyberattaque
France Travail, 13-03-2024
https://www.francetravail.org/accueil/communiques/2024/france-travail-et-cap-emploi-victimes-dune-cyberattaque.html?type=article

French Employment Agency Data Breach Could Affect 43 Million People
Infosecurity Magazine, 14-03-2024
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/french-employment-agency-data/

Trois pirates arrêtés dans l’affaire du piratage de France Travail
Zataz, 19-03-2024
https://www.zataz.com/trois-pirates-arretes-dans-laffaire-du-piratage-de-france-travail/

Hacker attack on Xplain: National Cyber Security Centre publishes data analysis report
National Cyber Security Centre (Schweiz), 07-03-2024
https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-100315.html

UK vulnerable to ‘catastrophic’ ransomware attack, MPs warn
Politico, 13-12-2023
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-vulnerable-catastrophic-ransomware-attack-mps-warn-uk-parliament/

British Library pushes the cloud button, says legacy IT estate cause of hefty rebuild
Five months in and the mammoth post-ransomware recovery has barely begun
The Register, 11-03-2024
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/11/british_library_slaps_the_cloud/

Ransomware gang demands €10 million after attacking Spanish council
The Record, 16-01-2024
https://therecord.media/calvia-spain-ransomware-attack-10-million-euros-demand

Italian water supplier serving 500,000 people hit with ransomware attack
The Record, 03-05-2023
https://therecord.media/italian-water-supplier-ransomware-attack-disruptions-medusa

The LockBit story: Why the ransomware affiliate model can turn takedowns into disruptions
Thorsten Rosendahl, Hazel Burton, Cisco Systems, Talos 15-03-2024
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ransomware-affiliate-model/

IR Q4 2023 trends: Significant increase in ransomware activity found in engagements, while education remains one of the most-targeted sectors
Nicole Hoffman, Cisco Systems, Talos 24-01-2024
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/talos-ir-quarterly-report-q4-2023/

64% des entreprises ont plus de 1 000 dossiers sensibles auxquels l’ensemble de leurs employés ont un accès libre
Datasecuritybreach.fr – 20-11-2020
https://www.datasecuritybreach.fr/dossiers-sensibles-entreprise/

The Great SaaS Data Exposure
Varonis, 2022
https://info.varonis.com/hubfs/Files/docs/research_reports/Varonis-The-Great-SaaS-Data-Exposure.pdf?hsLang=en&_gl=1ij7t2u_gcl_au*NzQ2NTI5MDI4LjE3MTI0MjU0NTk.

A Systematic Analysis of the Capital One Data Breach: Critical Lessons Learned
Shaharyar Khan; Ilya Kabanov; Yunke Hua; Stuart E Madnick
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
ACM – Transactions on Privacy and Security, Volume 26, Issue 1 (11-2022)
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3546068

83% of organizations paid up in ransomware attacks
Venture Beat, 12-04-2023
https://venturebeat.com/security/83-of-organizations-paid-up-in-ransomware-attacks/

Ransomware Trends
Lessons learned from 1,200 victims and nearly 3,000 cyber attacks
Veeam, 2023 GLOBAL REPORT
https://www.veeam.com/ransomware-trends-report-2023

Manufacturing was the most targeted sector for ransomware attacks in 2022, says IBM
Operational technology vulnerabilities combined with low tolerance for downtime to put manufacturers in cyber-attackers’ crosshairs
engineering.com, 27-02-2023
https://www.engineering.com/story/manufacturing-was-the-most-targeted-sector-for-ransomware-attacks-in-2022-says-ibm

Rising Cyber Threats Pose Serious Concerns for Financial Stability
Greater digitalization and heightened geopolitical tensions imply that the risk of a cyberattack with systemic consequences has risen
IMF Blog, 09-04-2024
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2024/04/09/rising-cyber-threats-pose-serious-concerns-for-financial-stability

Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
IBM, 01-08-2023
https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach

Study Finds Average Cost of Data Breaches Continued to Rise in 2023
Morgan Lewis, 06-03-2024
https://www.morganlewis.com/blogs/sourcingatmorganlewis/2024/03/study-finds-average-cost-of-data-breaches-continued-to-rise-in-2023

Ransomware Payments Exceed $1 Billion in 2023, Hitting Record High After 2022 Decline
Chainalysis, 07-02-2024
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/ransomware-2024/

Crypto scams more costly to the US than ransomware, Feds say
Latest figures paint grim picture of how viciously the elderly are targeted
The Register, 19-03-2024
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/19/crypto_scams_cost/

Hacker forum post claims UnitedHealth paid $22 mln ransom in bid to recover data
Reuters, 05-03-2024
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/hacker-forum-post-claims-unitedhealth-paid-22-mln-ransom-bid-recover-data-2024-03-05/

ChatGPT – The impact of Large Language Models on Law Enforcement
Europol, 27-03-2023
https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Tech%20Watch%20Flash%20-%20The%20Impact%20of%20Large%20Language%20Models%20on%20Law%20Enforcement.pdf

Næsten alle danske sager om ransomware er blevet henlagt af politiet
Alle på nær én af de 272 sager om ransomware, som politiet har efterforsket siden 2021, er blevet droppet. ”Hackergrupperne har reelt set noget, der minder om frit spil,” siger professor til Version2.
ITWatch, 23-11-2023
https://itwatch.dk/ITNyt/Brancher/offentlig_it/article16627160.ece

More than a Password
Protect Yourself from Malicious Hackers with Multifactor Authentication
CISA, 2024
https://www.cisa.gov/MFA

100.000 CPR-numre lækket på det mørke net: ‘Noget af det mest alvorlige, jeg har set indenfor den nærmeste tid’
dr.dk, 26-11-2023
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/viden/teknologi/100000-cpr-numre-laekket-paa-det-moerke-net-noget-af-det-mest-alvorlige-jeg

Not everything has to be a massive, global cyber attack
Cisco Systems, Talos Threat Source Newsletter, 14-04-2024
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/threat-source-newsletter-march-14-2024/

Capital One Data Breach Class Action Settlement
If Your Information was Accessed in the 2019 Capital One Data Breach, You Might be Eligible for Cash Benefits from this $190 Million Class Action Settlement
https://www.capitalonesettlement.com/en

Capital One fined $80m for data breach
Financial Times, 06-08-2020
https://www.ft.com/content/a730c6a0-c362-4664-a1ae-5faf84912f20