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General
- The State of Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Businesses – Many nonprofits and Organizations of Hope have similar characteristics to a Small / Medium business (SMB). Good summary of the frequency, costs, and issues that this segment faces.
- Euro 2024 Becomes Latest Sporting Event to Attract Cyberattacks – It appears the data loss was caused by people using their business email addresses with the same password.
- Any IoT Device Can Be Hacked, Even Grills – Placing IoT devices on corporate networks can be dangerous. An alternative is to create a separate IoT network segmented from your main network.
Cyber Attacks
- Ransomware Gang Leaks Data Allegedly Stolen from Florida DOH – Data includes passport, service, medical, SSN, and other data.
- Chicago children’s hospital says nearly 800,000 affected by ransomware attack – As well as personally identifiable information (PII), the medical details will provide for years (decades?) of social engineering material.
- Evolve Bank Data Breach Impacts 7.6 Million People
- Patelco CU shuts down banking systems following attack
- MD Now Urgent Care Files Notice of Data Breach
- ‘Serious hacker attack’ forces Frankfurt university to shut down IT systems
- Alabama Department of Education stops ransomware attack but confirms data stolen
Vulnerabilities, Malware, & Patches
- Poseidon malware menaces Mac users – This info-stealing trojan has been spreading itself via Google ads that pose as links to download the popular Arc web browser.
- Hackers target WordPress calendar plugin used by 150,000 sites – Update to verios 7.12.0 of Modern Event Calendar if you use this plugin.
- Citrix Patches Critical NetScaler Console Vulnerability
- Patch Now: Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software Zero-Day Under Fire From Chinese APT
Phishy Phirewalls – the lighter side of security!
HopeNet (HopeNetCISO.com) reviews a variety of security news sources so you do not have to! The list below represents items relevant to churches, nonprofits, and other ‘Do Good’ Organizations. The headlines and our added comments are meant to provide enough to get an overview of recent happenings, but links are also provided for readers that want to explore certain topics deeper.
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