Survey: Nearly Half of Manufacturers Suffered a Digital Attack in the Last Year

Confidence isn’t new when it comes to cybersecurity. All the way back in 2015, for example, 86% of security professionals working in the energy sector told Tripwire that they were confident they could detect a breach in a week. Just less than half (49%… Continue reading Survey: Nearly Half of Manufacturers Suffered a Digital Attack in the Last Year

Attackers Targeted Dozens of U.S. Companies with WastedLocker

Security researchers identified a string of attacks in which malicious actors attempted to target dozens of U.S. organizations with WastedLocker ransomware. Symantec detected the attack attempts on several of its customers’ networks. As part of t… Continue reading Attackers Targeted Dozens of U.S. Companies with WastedLocker

LifeLabs Identified Digital Attack that Possibly Exposed 15M Customers’ Data

LifeLabs identified a digital attack that potentially exposed the personal information of approximately 15 million of its customers. In a letter to all of its customers, LifeLabs President and CEO Charles Brown explained that malicious actors gained un… Continue reading LifeLabs Identified Digital Attack that Possibly Exposed 15M Customers’ Data

Murfreesboro Discloses Security Incident Involving Water Resources Portal

The City of Murfreesboro has disclosed a security incident involving the online portal for its Water Resources Customer webpage. In early August, IT personnel for the Rutherford County municipality detected some security issues affecting the online por… Continue reading Murfreesboro Discloses Security Incident Involving Water Resources Portal

Senate Passes Bill to Help Defend U.S. Energy Grid against Digital Attacks

The United States Senate has passed a bill to help strengthen the defenses of the U.S. energy grid against digital attacks. On 27 June, the Senate passed the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act. Introduced by U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Jim R… Continue reading Senate Passes Bill to Help Defend U.S. Energy Grid against Digital Attacks

Stack Overflow Discloses Digital Attack against Production Systems

Stack Overflow, a popular question and answer site for programmers, disclosed a digital attack in which bad actors accessed its production systems. Mary Ferguson, VP of Engineering at the company, publicly revealed the incident on 16 May. In a statemen… Continue reading Stack Overflow Discloses Digital Attack against Production Systems

Navicent Health Discloses Data Breach as the Result of a Digital Attack

Navicent Health, a part of Central Georgia Health System, has disclosed that it suffered a data breach as the result of a digital attack. The second-largest hospital in Georgia and the only regional Level I Trauma Center, Navicent Health explains in a … Continue reading Navicent Health Discloses Data Breach as the Result of a Digital Attack

Bayer Reveals Its Detection and Containment of Digital Attack

German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer AG has revealed that it detected and contained a digital attack. As reported by Reuters, Bayer discovered the installation of malicious software on its systems in early 2018. It then q… Continue reading Bayer Reveals Its Detection and Containment of Digital Attack

Saipem Identified a Digital Attack against Some of Its Servers

Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem has announced that it identified a digital attack against some of its servers. On 10 December, Saipem published a statement on its website in which it revealed the attack and said it was in the process of … Continue reading Saipem Identified a Digital Attack against Some of Its Servers

Tesco Bank Fined £16.4 Million for 2016 Digital Attack

Regulators imposed a fine of £16.4 million on Tesco Bank for a digital attack that affected some customers and their accounts in 2016. On 1 October, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that its penalty responded to a November 2016 secu… Continue reading Tesco Bank Fined £16.4 Million for 2016 Digital Attack