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Learn MoreA contractor for the Russian intelligence agency (the FSB), was hacked on July 13th. The contractor, SyTech, was evidently involved in developing spy tools for the FSB, including tools to deanonymize TOR traffic, spy on email and penetrate peer-to-peer networks. Reportedly 7.5TB of data was stolen in the hack and has been leaked in part … Continue reading Russia’s FSB Hacked
Available at: https://www.shredit.com/en-us/data-protection/home?returnurl=%2fen-us%2fresource-center&page=1 Key report takeaways: 35% of American's state they would lose trust in an organization following a breach 25% of consumers state that they would take their business elsewhere following a breach Only a third of consumers believe all breaches are disclosed 55% of c-suite respondents support the statement that breaches are not … Continue reading Shred-it Data Protection Report 2019
Georgia's Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the Courts is the victim of the latest ransomware attack. While details are not yet available, some reports link the attack to the same Ryuk ransomware that hit at least two Florida local governments last month. An earlier ransomware attack on another court system in Georgia result in … Continue reading Georgia Courts Ransomware Incident
An open database belonging to smart device manufacturer Orvibo has been discovered by researchers from vpnMentor. The database contains over 2 billion log records which include information on everything from usernames, email addresses, and passwords, to precise locations and configuration settings of the Orvibo devices. Attempts to contact Orvibo, which is based in China, by … Continue reading Orvibo Data Leak
I am offering a free cyber risk assessment for non-profit, 501c3 organizations, as well as small businesses and small government agencies (under $5m revenue or budget). Even more than other small businesses, non-profits are at particular risk from cyber attacks due to the limited funding they can devote to protecting themselves, and as a result, … Continue reading PSA – Free Risk Assessments for Non-Profits, Small Biz and Small Gov Agencies
