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August 30th, 2017 | |||||||
NotPetya Attack Costing Organizations Millions in Losses |
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Some of the largest organizations around the world are reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in losses due to the NotPetya cyber-attack that occurred in late June. The NotPetya malware outbreak impacted tens of thousands of victims across 65 different countries, targeting massive organizations like the Ukraine’s central bank, WPP, DLA Piper, and AP Moller-Maersk. While it was originally believed NotPetya was a piece of ransomware, further research found that it’s actually a wiper and it’s unlikely that if a ransom is paid that files are recovered. |
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US Senators Introduce IoT security billFour U.S. Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at improving the baseline security for all Internet of Things (IoT) devices bought and used by the U.S. government. |
Study finds orgs doing little to protect against insider threatsIt's no security that insider threats pose a huge risk to organizations globally, but studies show that very little is being done to protect against this threat.
Ransomware identical to WannaCry was spotted on LG self-service kiosks in South Korea this week, leaving many to believe organizations may not have taken the WannaCry threat as seriously as they should have. The LG service center kiosks were hit on Monday morning, with the state-run Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) investigating the infection further. While they claim they found samples of malicious code identical to that found in the WannaCry ransomware attack, further investigation is needed to confirm the exact cause. |
Auto approve file changes using NNT FAST CloudThose of you who use Change Tracker will know that Change Tracker Gen 7 provides the most accurate and effective solution to guarantee the integrity of your secure IT systems and reporting any changes as they occur. UK Retail breaches double in the last year
Between 2015 and 2016, 19 breaches were reported to the information security watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). However, between 2016 and 2017 that number climbed to 38 data breaches. |
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NNT managed servicesNNT Managed Services are designed to help our customers get even more value from their NNT software & better protect them from security related issues. This service aims to ensure the continuous optimization of the features and functionality within NNT Change Tracker and Log Tracker. |
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