Luke Irwin Archive
Today marks the beginning of Data Privacy Week, an international event that highlights the risks related to the way personal information is used online. The event has historically been a single day – 28 January – coinciding with the signing …
2021 has been the year that ransomware exploded, with the healthcare facilities and schools baring the brunt of attacks, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that the Oregon Anesthesiology Group confirmed this week that it was the …
A Canadian man is facing charges in both Canada and the U.S. after being accused of conducting a series of ransomware attacks. Ontario Provisional Police announced earlier this week that Matthew Philbert had been linked to cyberattacks against individuals, business …
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles fell victim to a cyberattack in October, according information released earlier this week. The reproductive healthcare provider said its Los Angeles branch was infected with malware, compromising up to 400,000 patients’ data. Following an internal investigation, …
The Black Friday weekend is a chaotic time for shoppers as they hunt down deals in-store and online. Consumers are set to spend in record numbers this holiday season, with one study predicting that sales could hit $207 billion in …
With information security breaches now the new normal, security teams are compelled to take dedicated measures to reduce the risk of suffering a damaging breach. ISO 27001 presents an effective way of reducing such risks. This blog explains how to …
The stock-trading app Robinhood Markets has been hit by cyberattack compromising the names and email addresses of 7 million users. In a statement issued earlier this week, the organization confirmed that a fraudster had breached its systems in a phishing …
The London-based diamond specialist Graff was hit by a ransomware attack this week, which compromised thousands of people’s personal data. As many as 69,000 documents have already been leaked on the dark web, but this represents a fraction of the …
The cyber crime group that launched last year’s SolarWinds attack are back in action, Microsoft has warned. Nobellium, which broke into the Texas-based technology firm, was able to spy on the cybersecurity firm FireEye as well as US Government departments, …
The Biden administration’s efforts to counter the growing threat of ransomware – malware that aims to prevent victims from accessing their data until they pay the perpetrators – have been bolstered by the US Department of the Treasury. On September 21, Treasury announced the actions it would take to disrupt “criminal …
