Philippines Pummeled by Cyberattacks & Misinformation Tied to China buff.ly/44fYDCY @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe

Y-O-Y #increase of nearly 60% in global #phishing #attacks fueled in part by the proliferation of generative #AI-driven #schemes such as voice phishing #vishing & #deepfake phishing @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/4daZA3G

#UnitedHealth #CEO will #testify in #front of a #House #oversight #panel next month about the #massive #cyberattack on #ChangeHealthcare @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/4aG790w

#Data #breaches increased #5 #times #globally in the #Q1 of 2024 bringing the number of #personal #accounts #exposed over the past #2 #decades to over #17B per #cybersecurity researchers @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3Ubybps

#Threatactors behind the #Akira #ransomware #group have #extorted approximately #$42M in #illicit #proceeds after #breaching the #networks of more than 250 victims as of January @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/49J0nGe

#Ransomware #strikes at yet another #US #healthcare organization led to the #theft of #sensitive #data belonging to 85K people #Michigan-based #CherryHealth reported a #data #breach @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersafe #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/443383M

#Octapharma #Plasma has blamed #IT #network #issues for the ongoing #closure of its #150+ #centers across the #US. It's feared a #ransomware #infection @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3xI6ayi

#Frontier is a leading U.S. #communications #provider that provides gigabit #Internet speeds to millions After discovering the incident, the company was forced to #partially #shutdown some #systems @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit buff.ly/3WbL9Gi

#Microsoft has announced plans to #fight #spam by imposing a #daily #Exchange #Online #bulk #email #limit of #2K #external #recipients starting #January #2025. @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3vK3O1t

30,578,031,872 known records breached so far in 8,839 publicly disclosed #incidents 2024 #data #breaches and #cyberattacks page, where you can find an overview of the year’s #top #security #incidents @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit buff.ly/3U1wdb4

#Canadian #retailchain #GiantTiger disclosed a #databreach A #threatactor has now publicly claimed #responsibility for the data breach and #leaked #2.8M #records on a hacker forum @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/4400yLT

In the past year #hospitals, #pharmacies, #tech #companies, #LasVegas' #biggest #hotels and #casinos have been #paralyzed by #ransomware #attacks, in which hackers break into a corporate network @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3VZttxJ

#71M #AT&T #customers had their #personal data #stolen via a #data #breach back in 2021 At first AT&T denied that it was the source of the data that was up for sale on the dark web @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/4cSOgsJ

The U.S. House of Representatives will again consider a #bill designed to #protect the country’s #financial #infrastructure from #ransomware #attacks The bipartisan Act was reintroduced @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3xzFzn0

A recent #cyberattack on #HoyaCorporation was conducted by a #ransomware operation which demanded a #$10M #ransom for a #file #decryptor and not to release files stolen during the attack @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3vEPcQV

#Nonprofit #healthcare #serviceprovider #GroupHealthCooperative #SouthCentral Wisconsin disclosed a #ransomware #gang #breached #network & #stole #documents containing of over #500K individuals @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3vOVa1x

Laptop and tablet accessories maker #Targus disclosed that it suffered a #cyberattack #disrupting #operations after a #threatactor #gained #access to the company's #fileservers @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/43TVJUA

We’ve all heard that for maximum #cybersecurity we need them all #firewalls #VPNs #antiviruses multiple #encrypted #backups with #retina #scanners #guarddogs and #electric #fences @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3U8IBaC

#WellsFargo has informed 2 of its customers about a #databreach #PII involved includes names of clients & mortgage account numbers claims to be responsible for #safeguarding customer information @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3xFyYHy

#RDP, a system that allows users to #control a #computer #remotely, was #used in 9 out of every 10 #cyberattacks that happened based on analysis of more than #150 incident response @LANINFOTECH @glenbenjamin #laninfotech #becybersmart #becyberfit #besafe buff.ly/3U8VzFm