A Carnival cruise ship was subject to a cyber-attack in May of 2019. Though several months have passed, the effects are still lingering. This Incident Of The Week looks at how the cruise line responde…
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Incident Of The Week: Security Researcher Uncovers 440 Million Records From Esté…
A security researcher discovered an exposed database containing 440 million records belonging to beauty manufacturer Estée Lauder. The data for a middleware system was publicly accessible. In this Inc…
Incident Of The Week UPDATE: Wawa Customer Payment Card Data Found on Dark Web
Convenience and fuel retail chain Wawa disclosed a data incident in December 2019. Now, payment card information for 30 million customers has been found for sale online. We discuss how a malware attac…
Incident Of The Week: Quaker Steak & Lube Alerts Customers To Payment Card Incid…
Several independently owned restaurants in the Quaker Steak & Lube chain announced their retail point-of-sale terminals were remotely accessed and infected with malware that captured customer payment…
Incident Of The Week: Leak Discloses UN Data Breach From 2019
Hackers broke into dozens of United Nations (UN) servers in July of last year, and UN officials kept quiet about it. The worst part? PII was stolen and employees were kept in the dark. Cyber Security…
Critical Communications For Enterprise Cyber Security Incident Response
With communication systems down from a cyber-attack, employees want to know how to conduct business. Organizations have disaster recovery plans for electrical outages. What can cyber security leaders…
Incident Of The Week: Misconfigured Servers Result In 250 Million Microsoft Cust…
A misconfiguration applied to five Elasticsearch database servers in December 2019 led to the exposure of 250 million customer support records for software maker Microsoft. How should less sophisticat…
Cyber Security Incident Response Planning (CSIRP): Minimizing Business Impact An…
Responding to an enterprise cyber security incident has become commonplace. IT and security teams used to have to exercise their response plans, but today, they exercise them for real. Cyber Security…
Incident Of The Week: Zynga Security Breach Affects 170 Million User Accounts
Mobile game developer Zynga disclosed unauthorized access to 170 million user records. With personal data at stake, an openness and level of transparency is needed by businesses when communicating wit…
Incident Of The Week: Ransomware Hits Currency Dealer Travelex
A New Year’s Eve ransomware attack on currency dealer and forex services provider Travelex impacted customers and financial partners. The cyber-attack is the latest along with the City of New Orleans…