Did You Know?
- Every 39 seconds, a cyber attack occurs.
- The average cost of a data breach for small businesses is over $200,000.
- 60% of small businesses go out of business within six months of a cyber attack.
- 32% of data breaches involve phishing.
- 70% of organizations believe their security risk increased significantly with the adoption of mobile devices.
- Since the rise of remote work, there’s been a 300% increase in reported cybercrimes.
- Only about 10% of cybercrimes are reported in the United States each year.
- According to a 2023 study, California ranks the ninth most susceptible state to cybercrime.
Recently Added Resources:
- A Year of Cybersecurity: Month-by-Month Roadmap for California Business Owners
- Cybersecurity Essentials: A Starter FAQ for Businesses
- Cybersecurity Risk Management: Understanding and Mitigating Threats
- Vendor and Third-Party Security Management
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Cybersecurity Headlines:
- Meeting The New Cyber Insurance Requirements – Information Security Buzz
- Former cyber security detective talks about keeping kids safe online | Dateline – NBC News
- Kaiser Permanente Cyber Attack Exposes 13.4 Million Users Data – GBHackers
- During National Small Business Week, Take Steps to Secure Your Business – CISA
- Honeywell: USB Malware Attacks on Industrial Orgs Becoming More Sophisticated
- County Scammed Out Of $158,000 | News, Sports, Jobs – Post Journal
- ‘We’re hemorrhaging money’: US health clinics try to stay open after unprecedented cyberattack
- Citing cybersecurity fears, Worcester will no longer post spending online for public view
- Top US cybersecurity agency hacked and forced to take some systems offline – Yahoo News
- Microsoft warns Russian hackers are using execs’ stolen emails to broaden cyberattacks
- Champaign city council approves new cybersecurity contract – WTWO
- Apple Released Security Updates for Multiple Products – CISA
- FBI: Cybercrime Losses Exceeded $12.5 Billion in 2023 – SecurityWeek
- Month after cyberattack, Chicago children’s hospital says some systems back online
- UnitedHealth Pays $22 Million To Ransomware Group Behind Change Healthcare Cyber-Attack
- Richland Community College Struggling After Cyber Attack – Government Technology
- ALPHV/BlackCat threatens to leak data stolen in Change Healthcare cyberattack
- Cyber Security is Awakening as Key Concern for Hoteliers | By Mercedes Blanco
- Change Healthcare Confirms BlackCat Ransomware Attack – SecurityWeek
- UnitedHealth Confirms Cybercrime Was Motive In Change Healthcare Cyberattack – CRN
- Cybersecurity breach at UnitedHealth subsidiary causes Rx delays for some pharmacies – CBS News
- Fulton County speed tracks cyber security upgrades following attack – YouTube
- Wyze webcam Flaw let strangers see into some users’ homes – Cyber Security News
- Cyber attack prompts shut down of public defender computers: Are Pueblo cases impacted?
- Network outage at MSUM caused by cyber attack – Valley News Live
- Cyber-security expert believes it will take months before Fulton Co. recovers from cyberattack
- County Confirms System Outages are Result of Financially Motivated Cyber Attack | News
- Middletown Area School District suffers ‘cyber incident,’ investigation ongoing – ABC27
- New Haven Schools Put 2 IT Staff on Leave After Cyber Attack – Government Technology
- Ransomware Payments Hitting Record High, Exceed $1 Billion – Cyber Security News
- Cyber attack on Washington County now considered ransomware attack – Yahoo News
- Parents struggle to get care after cyberattack on Chicago children’s hospital – NBC News
- Chinese hackers spent up to 5 years in US networks: Cyber officials – ABC News
- DHS Works with NFL, Nevada, and Las Vegas Partners to Secure Super Bowl LVIII
- Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift romance could make Super Bowl more vulnerable, security officials say
- Russian Ransomware Gang ALPHV/BlackCat Resurfaces with 300GB of Stolen US Military …
- Lurie hospital could take weeks to recover from cyberattack, cybersecurity experts say
- Cyber attack on Washington County now considered ransomware attack – WPXI
- Super Bowl cyber security, a high-stakes game – CyberTalk.org
- Washington County OKs cybersecurity upgrades, apparent ransom payment
- Lurie Children’s acknowledges ‘inconvenience and concern’ for patients, staff as outage continues
- Pennsylvania statewide court agency’s website hit by disabling cyberattack, officials say
- AnyDesk Revokes Passwords, Certificates in Response to Hack – SecurityWeek
- Network outage at Lurie Children’s Hospital continues following cyber security attack
- Clackamas Community College still recovering after ‘ransomware attack’ – KGW
- Fulton County, Ga., Cyber Attack Causing Major Outages – Government Technology
- Jacksonville Beach vulnerability to “cyber security event” – Action News Jax
- Pa. water supply and 911 hack: Hearing on Aliquippa, Bucks County cyberattacks
- Schneider Electric confirms ransomware attack on sustainability division
- Cybersecurity experts weigh in on Fulton County government cyberattack – 11Alive.com
- Cybersecurity Incident Shuts Down New Jersey Schools – BankInfoSecurity
- Freehold Township NJ schools closed after ‘cybersecurity event’ – Asbury Park Press
- Bucks County officials believe ‘Akira’ is behind cyber incident that’s impacting 911 dispatch system
- Cybersecurity ‘incident’ causes Fulton County IT outage affecting multiple government …
- BREAKING: Fulton County has cyber breach – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Fulton County offices, libraries hit by ‘cyber security incident’ causing outages – FOX 5 Atlanta
- Officials: Cybersecurity incident closes 8 elementary, middle schools in Freehold Township
- Fulton County government investigating cyberattack after system outages, officials say – 11Alive.com
- Bucks County has identified culprits in cyber security attack. What we know – PhillyBurbs
- New Jersey School District Shut Down by Cyberattack – Dark Reading
- Freehold Township schools suffer “cybersecurity event” – CBS New York
- Freehold Township district: All schools and offices closed Monday due to cybersecurity incident
- Medusa ransomware attack hit Kansas City Area Transportation Authority – Security Affairs
- Officials: ‘Akira’ ransomware behind Bucks Co. emergency dispatch system cyberattack
- Campuswide Cyber Attack – The Renegade Rip
- Hermon resident looking for answers following cyber attack | Local News | foxbangor.com
- EquiLend Confirms Cyber attack, Raising Concerns of Possible Data Breach – JD Supra
- Nevada Gaming Control Board’s website compromised in cyber attack – ReadWrite
- Ohio Lottery cashing services restored after ‘cybersecurity incident’ on website – WLWT
- Despite awareness, small businesses still highly vulnerable to cyber attacks
- Cybersecurity Poses Growing Threat to Minnesota Cities – Government Technology
- Madison health insurer GHC reports ‘potential cyber security event’ affecting services
- Ardent Health issues cyber attack letters | News | athensreview.com
- ‘Potential cyber security event’ reported at Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wis.
- GHC-SCW says ‘potential cyber security event’ knocked out some services Thursday evening | News
- Washington County government, courthouse hit by cyberattack – Observer-Reporter
- US data compromises surged to record high in 2023 | Cybersecurity Dive
- K-12 Cybersecurity Spending, Insurance on the Rise – Government Technology
- KCATA hit with cybersecurity attack, experts say its becoming more common – KCTV5
- Financial tech firm EquiLend says recovery after cyberattack ‘may take several days’
- Fidelity National Financial Cyber Attack Exposed 1.3 Million Customers – CPO Magazine
- 340000 Jason’s Deli Customers Potentially Impacted by Credential Stuffing Attack
- Wall Street firm hit by cyberattack that has knocked systems offline – KSBW
- Douglas County Libraries hacked by overseas criminal group – CBS News
- Cybersecurity incident impacting Bucks County’s emergency communication system – 6ABC
- Massachusetts Hospital Faces Class Action Over Christmas Cyber Attack
- Aviation Leasing Giant AerCap Hit by Ransomware Attack – SecurityWeek
- Public Sector Cyberattacks Rise By 40% in 2023 – IT Security Guru
- National Cybersecurity Alliance Announces 2024 Data Privacy Week – Dark Reading
- Microsoft Senior Executives Emails Hacked by Russian Hackers – Cyber Security News
- BianLian Ransomware Attack Surges as 3 Companies Fall Victim – The Cyber Express
- LockBit ransomware gang claims the attack on the sandwich chain Subway – Security Affairs
- Chinese Hackers Silently Weaponized VMware Zero-Day Flaw for 2 Years
- U.S. cyber watchdog issues emergency directive to federal agencies about remote work software
- Massive Data Breach at VF Hits 35M Vans, Retail Customers – Dark Reading
- Carnegie Mellon University hit by cyber attack last August – Yahoo News
- Inside Nursing Home Sector’s Fight To Protect Against a Rapid Rise in Cybercrime
- Carnegie Mellon University hit by cyber attack last August – WPXI
- Microsoft corporate emails hacked by Russian-backed group, company says – ABC News
- Hackers Working for Lucrative Cyber Attack Industry See Law Firms as Rich Targets
For financial services firms, a pattern of malicious cyber activity is emerging (Cybersecurity Dive)
CISA warns of threat groups exploiting Unitronics PLCs in water treatment hacks (Cybersecurity Dive)
FBI discusses cyber security threats to Las Vegas schools (KLAS)
Cyber security engagement hampered by information overload (Cyber Security Hub)
Cyberattack caused ‘temporary disruption’ to Staples online ordering (ABC News)
Black Basta Ransomware Received Over $100 Million From Victims (Cyber Security News)
Organizations can’t ignore the surge in malicious web links (Help Net Security)
Okta says hackers stole data for all customer support users in cyber breach (Reuters)
NY reaches $1M breach settlement with First American Title Insurance (Cybersecurity Dive)
8 days after a cyber security ‘incident’, Tazewell County Sheriff speaks to media (25 News Now)
Cyber attack hits North Texas Municipal Water District (KERA News)
Water authority in western Pa. hacked by cyber criminals (WFMZ)
Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa victim of cyberattack (WTAE)
Daixin Team Group Claimed the Hack of North Texas Municipal Water District (Security Affairs)
Cyber-attack closes hospital emergency rooms in three US states (The Guardian)
Judge rejects Crum & Forster’s bid to toss cybersecurity coverage lawsuit (Insurance News Net)
Fidelity National Financial shuts down network in wake of cybersecurity incident (TechCrunch)
Hacktivists breach U.S. nuclear research lab, steal employee data (Bleeping Computer)
Hackers Exploit Google Workspace to Exfiltrate Data and Deploy Ransomware (Cyber Security News)
Cybersecurity firm executive pleads guilty to hacking hospitals (Bleeping Computer)
Schools Look to Improve Cybersecurity, but Many Vulnerable to Ransomware (Insurance Journal)
Shadowy Hack-for-Hire Group Behind Sprawling Web of Global Cyberattacks (Dark Reading)
Cybersecurity Investment Involves More Than Just Technology (Dark Reading)
Clorox’s cyber chief leaves as recovery from cyberattack continues – Bloomberg News (Reuters)
‘Cyber security incident’ may have compromised Beaverton students’ passwords (KOIN)
Local governments don’t have enough cyber funding, survey finds (Statescoop)
FBI struggled to disrupt dangerous casino hacking gang, cyber responders say (Reuters)
Henry Schein confirms data breach, details financial impact of cyberattack (MassDevice)
NY Proposes Tightened Cybersecurity Regulations For Hospitals (Health IT Security)
American Airlines Pilot Union Hit with Ransomware (The Record)
Ransomware Attacks Set to Break Records in 2023 (HelpNet Security)
Okta Hack Blamed on Employee Using Personal Google Account on Company Laptop (SecurityWeek)
California Community College Río Hondo Dealing with Cybersecurity Incident (The Record)
Cyberattack Disrupts Ace Hardware’s Operations (SecurityWeek)
Healthcare Data Breaches Impact 88 Million Americans (Infosecurity Magazine)
Boeing Confirmed Its Services Division Suffered a Cyberattack (Security Affairs)
‘Prolific Puma’ Hacker Gives Cybercriminals Access to .us Domains (Dark Reading)
Prolific Puma: Shadowy Link Shortening Service Enables Cybercrime (Infoblox)
Cyber Attacks Cause Revenue Losses in 42% of Small Businesses (HelpNet Security)
Cyberattack Disrupts Hospital Computer Systems Across US, Hindering Services (The Guardian)
Former Contractor Employee Charged for Hacking California Water Treatment Facility (SecurityWeek)
Ransomware Attack Forces Produce Giant Dole to Shut Down Plants (SecurityWeek)
L.A. Unified Data Breach Last Year Includes at Least 2,000 Student Records, Officials Say (LA Times)
Ransomware Attack Exposes California Transit Giant’s Sensitive Data (Cybersecurity Dive)
California Department of Finance Hit With Cybersecurity Threat, Investigation Underway (KCRA)