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Breach Roundup: Effects of ISP Ransomware Attack in Colombia

Anviksha More • September 21, 2023

This week, Colombia grappled with the aftermath of a ransomware attack against IFX Networks, Clorox suffered product shortages, a glitch allowed T-Mobile users to access other users' data, California passed restrictions for data brokers and Finland seized a dark web marketplace.

Governance & Risk Management

Can Small APAC Firms Respond to Growing Ransomware Threat?

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Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Feds Warn About Snatch Ransomware

Prajeet Nair • September 21, 2023

The Snatch ransomware group is targeting a wide range of critical infrastructure sectors, including the defense industrial base, food and agriculture, and information technology sectors, according to a new alert issued by U.S. authorities. The group operates on a ransomware-as-a-service model.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Ohio Community College Data Theft Breach Affects Nearly 300K

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • September 21, 2023

An Ohio community college is notifying 290,000 people of a data theft breach this spring that may have compromised their personal and health information. Security researchers say small schools such as this are now favored targets. Some 80% of schools have reported hacking incidents in the past year.

Cybercrime

Dutch Police Warns Users of Credentials Leak Site

Akshaya Asokan • September 21, 2023

Hundreds of Dutch patrons of a now-defunct credential marketplace received warnings from national police in an attempt to prevent potential crimes using illicitly obtained personal identifiable information. Dutch national police Politie said it had contacted 400 "possible customers" of WeLeakInfo.

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Cryptohack Roundup: Private Key Compromise Led to CoinEx Hit

Mihir Bagwe • September 21, 2023

This week, hackers stole $70 million from CoinEx, FTX resumed online claims, Balancer suffered a breach, Celsius creditors are targets of phishing, nearly $900,000 was stolen from Mark Cuban's hot wallet, Malta prepares for crypto regulation and Hong Kong cracked down on illicit crypto exchanges.

Governance & Risk Management

India May Postpone Enforcement of New Data Protection Law

Jayant Chakravarti • September 21, 2023

Indian government officials say they may delay enforcement of the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act to give small businesses and healthcare organizations more time to comply. A decision on the deadline will come sometime after the appointment of a Data Protection Board in the next 30 days.

Open XDR

Forecasts of SIEM Death Premature - Just Ask Cisco, Splunk

Michael Novinson • September 21, 2023

It turns out SIEM isn't on life support after all. Cisco is providing 28 billion reasons to believe enterprises aren't scrapping the security operations center staple anytime soon, even though rivals with other types of security technology have attempted to write SIEM's obituary for years.

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks

Canada Confirms DDoS Attack Disrupted Airport Arrival Kiosks

Mathew J. Schwartz • September 21, 2023

A recent, brief disruption at Canadian airports is a reminder that Russia-aligned hacking groups' bark remains worse than their bite. Experts say these groups' impact largely remains minimal, which begs the question of how they disrupted arrival kiosks across Canadian airports.

Encryption & Key Management

UK Parliament Approves Online Safety Bill

Akshaya Asokan • September 20, 2023

A day after the British Parliament approved a bill intended to eradicate child abuse content, cabinet officials called on social media giant Meta to halt a rollout of end-to-end encryption. Meta hasn't provided assurances that it will safeguard users, charged Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

Network Detection & Response

WatchGuard Buys CyGlass to Bring NDR to Midmarket Customers

Michael Novinson • September 20, 2023

WatchGuard purchased a Massachusetts company to extend network detection and response capabilities traditionally reserved for high-end enterprises to the midmarket through MSPs. The deal gives WatchGuard clients more visibility into east-west network traffic and activity taking place on the cloud.

Cybercrime

Feds Warn Health Sector of Lazarus Group Attacks

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • September 20, 2023

Federal authorities are warning of "significant risk" for potential attacks on healthcare and public health sector entities by the North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group involving exploitation of a critical vulnerability in 24 Zoho ManageEngine products.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Don't Let AI Frenzy Lead to Overlooking Security Risks

Akshaya Asokan • September 20, 2023

The private sector's frenzy to incorporate generative AI into products is leading companies to overlook basic security practices, a Google executive warned Tuesday. "Most people are still struggling with the basics," said John Stone, whose title at Google Cloud is "chaos coordinator."

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

ISMG Editors: London Summit - AI Tech and Incident Response

Anna Delaney • September 20, 2023

This week, ISMG editors covered the hot topics at ISMG's London Cybersecurity Summit 2023, including the technical landscape of AI, executive liability, incident response strategies in the face of a global ransomware attack and how to build personal resilience to avoid burnout.