Australian health insurer Medibank today confirmed that personal data belonging to around 9.7 million of its current and former customers were accessed following a ransomware incident. The attack, according to the company, was detected in its IT network on October 12 in a manner that it said was "consistent with the precursors to a ransomware event," prompting it to isolate its … [Read more...] about Medibank Refuses to Pay Ransom After 9.7 Million Customers Exposed in Ransomware Hack
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Samsung Admits Data Breach that Exposed Details of Some U.S. Customers
South Korean chaebol Samsung on Friday said it experienced a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the unauthorized access of some customer information, the second time this year it has reported such a breach. "In late July 2022, an unauthorized third-party acquired information from some of Samsung's U.S. systems," the company disclosed in a notice. "On or around August 4, … [Read more...] about Samsung Admits Data Breach that Exposed Details of Some U.S. Customers
Criminals steal payment details of DHL customers
Online shopping is now an established part of daily life: we get food, clothes and other goods delivered to our door in a couple of clicks. Online shopaholics, of which there are many, are may sometimes forget about a parcel or miss a call from the courier. Unsurprisingly, this is exploited by attackers who use fake delivery notifications as bait. One example of this is … [Read more...] about Criminals steal payment details of DHL customers
What do customers really want (and need) from security?
Insights from the RSA Conference and Cisco Live What is it that customers truly want from their security? Is it simplicity? Robust protection? Agility and flexibility? Yes! In today’s uncertain world where new challenges are being thrown at IT teams each day, security must meet many diverse needs. At the end of the day, it’s about keeping the entire business resilient despite … [Read more...] about What do customers really want (and need) from security?
Microsoft Azure Vulnerability Exposes PostgreSQL Databases to Other Customers
Microsoft on Thursday disclosed that it addressed a pair of issues with the Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server that could result in unauthorized cross-account database access in a region. "By exploiting an elevated permissions bug in the Flexible Server authentication process for a replication user, a malicious user could leverage an improperly anchored regular … [Read more...] about Microsoft Azure Vulnerability Exposes PostgreSQL Databases to Other Customers
Falcon XDR: Now Available to Customers
We are thrilled to announce the general availability of CrowdStrike’s newest innovation: Falcon XDR. Founded on our pioneering endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology and the power of the CrowdStrike Security Cloud, Falcon XDR delivers the next generation of unified, full-spectrum extended detection and response (XDR) so security teams can stop breaches faster. Tackle … [Read more...] about Falcon XDR: Now Available to Customers
How CrowdStrike Protects Customers from Log4Shell Threats
Log4Shell, the latest critical vulnerability, found in the Log4j2 Apache Logging Services library, poses a serious threat to organizations Active attempts to exploit the vulnerability were identified in the wild, currently making it the most severe threat CrowdStrike utilizes indicators of attack (IOAs) and machine learning to protect our customers CrowdStrike continues to … [Read more...] about How CrowdStrike Protects Customers from Log4Shell Threats
Customers, Conviction, Speed: A Conversation With George Kurtz, CEO and Co-Founder at CrowdStrike
“When we think about Humio, it’s not just about stopping breaches, right? It’s about having companies run better, their IT systems performing better, having better customer interactions, because customers are delighted by the performance of the systems.” — George Kurtz, CEO & Co-Founder, CrowdStrike The Falcon Platform + Humio: The future of XDR Q: As part of the … [Read more...] about Customers, Conviction, Speed: A Conversation With George Kurtz, CEO and Co-Founder at CrowdStrike
Secure. Compliant. Effective. Meeting the Needs of our Federal Customers.
At Cisco, we are committed to partnering with the federal government to help them meet the mission. These days, that mission relies more than ever on a dynamic security architecture and partners you can trust to keep your workloads, workforce, and workplaces safe. The past year and half have brought unprecedented change: President Biden’s executive order created new and needed … [Read more...] about Secure. Compliant. Effective. Meeting the Needs of our Federal Customers.
Kaseya Rules Out Supply-Chain Attack; Says VSA 0-Day Hit Its Customers Directly
U.S. technology firm Kaseya, which is firefighting the largest ever supply-chain ransomware strike on its VSA on-premises product, ruled out the possibility that its codebase was unauthorizedly tampered with to distribute malware. While initial reports raised speculations that the ransomware gang might have gained access to Kaseya's backend infrastructure and abused it to … [Read more...] about Kaseya Rules Out Supply-Chain Attack; Says VSA 0-Day Hit Its Customers Directly