Tag: DOD
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US Senators Send A Letter to DHS Regarding Infrastructure Cyber Security
A bi-partisan group of 10 senators on Monday sent a letter to the heads of the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Transportation asking them for an update on what the two departments are doing to strengthen the nation’s ability to detect, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The letter addressed to DHS Secretary Alejandro… Read more
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Financial Services Sector Not Prepared To Deal With Attacks on Back Up & Stored Files
The lion’s share of financial service institutions (FSIs) are having trouble properly securing their stored data, which could be particularly troubling given the rise in ransomware attacks. According to a report released in December by Continuity, nearly seven in 10 FSIs (69%) say that an attack on their backup or stored files would have a… Read more
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Helix22 Provides LEO Satellite Data Security That Will Protect Operational Technology (OT)
The satellite internet industry has taken off in the past few years. SpaceX, OneWeb and Amazon (Project Kuyper) are just a few of the companies working to build satellite-based networks that consist of thousands of small, individual satellites. In November, SpaceX launched another 53 Starlink high-speed internet satellites into space, marking the company’s 25th launch this… Read more
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T-Mobile Suffers Yet Another Cyber Attack and Data Leak
T-Mobile has suffered another cyberattack after being rocked by a massive data breach in August. This time around, attackers accessed “a small number of” customers’ accounts, according to documents posted by The T-Mo Report. According to the report, customers either fell victim to a SIM swapping attack (which could allow someone to bypass SMS-powered two-factor authentication), had personal plan… Read more
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USA Leads The World In 2021 Data Breaches – Helix22 Can Move the US To Last in 2022
Between phishing attacks and data base breaches, your personal data is exposed to a constant barrage of unauthorized access. But American internet users have it particularly bad. According to Surfshark, the US ranked first (or last?) in the world, with a total of 214.4 million data base breaches in 2021 alone. That’s a 22% increase in… Read more
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Shutterfly Is The Latest Victim of Ransomware
Shutterfly, an online platform for photography and personalized products, has confirmed that some of its services have been affected by a ransomware attack. Operating multiple services and brands – such as BorrowLenses, GrooveBook, Lifetouch, Shutterfly, Snapfish, Spoonflower, and Tiny Prints – the online retail and manufacturing platform helps users create products such as a cards,… Read more
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Albania Suffers Data Leak of National Records
Albania’s prime minister Edi Rama, last week apologized for a large leak of personal records from a government database of state and private employees, which he said seems more like an inside job than a cyber attack. A file containing the personal identity card numbers, employment and salary data of some 637,000 people became public… Read more
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Helix22 Will Secure the Internet of Things
It is undeniable that IoT connected devices do not provide adequate security protection. In the era of ever-increasing unsafe devices, there is no doubt that they pose a threat to us all. Moreover, security threats are seen as a major hindrance to the development of IoT markets. According to the Internet of Things World and… Read more
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Pro Wrestling Tees Is Victim of a Data Theft
Pro Wrestling Tees, which sells t-shirts designed by professional wrestlers, has discovered that some customers’ credit card numbers have been compromised in a data breach .Pro Wrestling Tees suffered the security breach back in November. The company issued a statement today to inform customers of the breach. They confirmed that there was data breach from… Read more
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Private Firms Security Budgets Expected To Increase by 44% in 2022
CSO’s 2021 Security Priorities Study found that 44% of security leaders expect their budgets to increase in the upcoming 12 months; that’s a slight bump-up from the 41% who saw their budgets increase in 2021 over 2020. Fifty-four percent of respondents say they expect their budgets to remain the same over the next 12 months. Only 2%… Read more