Newsletter

NotPetya Attack Costing Organizations Millions in Losses 

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 bill

Four 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. 

The bill is being called The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act and its goal is to ensure that IoT products can be patched, do not include hard-coded passwords that cannot be changed, and most importantly, are free of known security vulnerabilities, amongst other requirements laid out in the bill. 

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Study finds orgs doing little to protect against insider threats

It'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. 

New SANS Institute research revealed that that 40% of respondent’s rate malicious insiders are the most dangerous threat their organization could face, followed by accidental or negligent staff members (36%).

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LG Hit with Ransomware Identical to WannaCry

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.

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Auto approve file changes using NNT FAST Cloud

Those 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.

Here at NNT, we like to think that we provide the ‘change proof’ for any schedule change activity, such as patching and applications upgrades as well as any changes committed outside of a scheduled window.

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UK Retail breaches double in the last year

New figures released by law firm RPC claim the number of UK based retailers experiencing data breaches has nearly doubled within 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 services

NNT 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.


The service, typically conducted through regular remote sessions, will focus on maintaining the tuning, alerting, and usability of the software and extend the automation and integration within the customer environment to ensure better protection and compliance at all times. 

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