Human error is the culprit in a data breach at a British tax relief advisory service. The error left the personally identifiable information of 100,000 clients exposed after it misconfigured its WordPress CMS, leaving a directory listing of PDF documents available for public view, with no password protection. Here’s the full story
A ransomware incident led to shutdowns and slowdowns across Netgain’s data hosting environment. The company was forced to completely shut down all systems on 12/4 for containment and remediation. Service has been restored to customers but they may still experience performance issues. Here’s the full story
Russian government hackers breached the Treasury and Commerce departments, along with other U.S. government agencies, as part of a global espionage campaign that stretches back months, according to people familiar with the matter. Here’s the full story
The terms Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) have often been used interchangeably. DR usually involves recovering data and software systems in a timely manner to save the business. The concept of disaster recovery with initial focus on natural disasters, in recent times has evolved to a more holistic concept of Business Continuity. We define BC…
A credential stuffing incident gave customers of this popular high street restaurant chain a little more than they bargained for after several customers discovered that huge orders had been placed using their online accounts. to comply with COVID-19 operating regulations, Nando’s customers who are getting takeout are required to scan a QR code with their…
Barnes & Noble has been starring in its own horror story, as a massive network outage for its Nook customers rolled into the discovery of a massive cyberattack. The bookseller informed customers that it had experienced a data breach that exposed customers’ transaction histories and PII. Recovery and restoration efforts are underway. It’s unknown if…
In a monster week for pharma hacking, Pfizer leads the pack with a substantial data breach that it brought on itself. In a huge blunder, unsecured and unencrypted data containing logs, transcripts, and details of patient helpline conversations was leaked from a misconfigured Google Cloud storage bucket. The exposed data included detailed information regarding hundreds…
With phishing and spam emails on the rise, they not only pose cybersecurity threat to the recipient’s organization, but also end up wasting productivity of those who are on the receiving end. In most cases, people have to sift through such emails which requires opening emails and reading such emails before they are identified as suspicious…
In the month of April, we conducted a survey of people working remotely to learn about the challenges and opportunities that remote work offers to both employees and employers. In this edition we discuss the 4 important lessons which we have learned from our Remote Work Survey. Employer Reach: Employers are revising their policies to…
