Author: Cybersecure California
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No estimated return to operations after First American ‘cybersecurity incident’ | News
First American Financial Corp. cannot estimate how long some of its systems will remain offline after a cybersecurity incident, the company said in a Dec. 22 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In the filing, First American said it identified “unauthorized activity on certain of its information technology systems.” The company isolated some…
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8 Biggest Small Business Cybersecurity Misconceptions
Small businesses are the lifeblood of American prosperity. Almost half of all workers in the country work for a business with fewer than 500 employees – and that doesn’t even account for the some 27 million small business owners who are their own sole employee. Unfortunately, because small businesses are the drivers of our economy,…
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New York hospitals face new cybersecurity rules. Will other states follow?
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, approximately 85 million patients have had their personal information compromised through the first nine months of 2023, compared with 38 million in the same time period in 2022 and 43.9 million in 2021. Nearly 25% of cyberattacks in 2022 targeted the…
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First American takes IT systems offline after cyberattack – Bleeping Computer
First American Financial Corporation, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, took some of its systems offline today to contain the impact of a cyberattack. “First American has experienced a cybersecurity incident,” the company said in a statement published on a website dedicated to the cyberattack. Its official website was taken offline before…
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First American Cyberattack Confirmed, Firm Halts Systems – The Cyber Express
First American Financial Corporation, a major player in the financial sector, fell victim to a cyberattack on Wednesday, prompting the company to initiate a temporary shutdown of specific systems. Confirming the First American cyberattack on Thursday, the company announced ongoing efforts to restore normal business operations swiftly. To keep stakeholders informed, the company will be…
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Tazewell County cyber attack remains under investigation – CIProud.com
PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — As Tazewell County reels from last month’s cyber attack, the county board met tonight to discuss greater cyber protections. Board Chairman David Zimmerman said the incident is still under investigation, but inroads are being made. “They suspect maybe an Eastern European organization but there’s a possibility that we’ll never know who…
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New Instagram Phishing Attack Steals 2FA backup Codes – Cyber Security News
A new phishing campaign targeting Instagram users has been discovered, which uses several different techniques to lure victims into phishing websites and steal Instagram’s two-factor backup codes. The threat actors use the “Copyright Infringement” template along with some context, creating a sense of urgency for the users to take prompt actions. Instagram backup codes are…
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First American is the latest cybersecurity attack victim – Yahoo Finance
cybersecurity hacker stealing information from computer and phoneFirst American is the latest real estate firm to suffer a cybersecurity incident.Sources told HousingWire the incident occurred Wednesday afternoon, with First American confirming the incident Thursday morning.In a statement on the title company’s website it notes that First American has “taken certain systems offline” and that it…
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Scotland County dealing with ‘cyber incident’; Emergency services unaffected – WMBF
SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) – Scotland County officials announced Thursday afternoon that the county suffered a ‘cyber incident.’Details about what the cyber incident is were not made available but the county is working with cybersecurity company VC3, the North Carolina Local Government Information Systems Association, and the North Carolina Joint Cyber Security Taskforce. Emergency services…
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NSA Blocked 10 Billion Connections to Malicious and Suspicious Domains – SecurityWeek
The National Security Agency’s domain security service blocked 10 billion user connections to known malicious or suspicious domains, the agency notes in an annual report. Published on Tuesday, the NSA’s 2023 Cybersecurity Year in Review report (PDF) details the agency’s efforts in cybersecurity and its work with government partners, foreign partners, and defense industrial base…
