According to a new study by Mimecast, human error contributed to 95% of data breaches in 2024, driven by insider threats, credential misuse, and user-driven errors. A small fraction of employees contributed disproportionately to these security incidents, with just 8% of staff accounting for 80% of incidents. The report highlighted several high-profile incidents in the past year linked to human error. This included the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, in which an employee’s credentials were c
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Beginning 7 March 2024, EclecticIQ analysts identified an uncategorized threat actor that utilized a modified version of the open-source information stealer HackBrowserData[1] to target Indian government entities and energy sector. The information stealer was delivered via a phishing email, masquerading as an invitation letter from the Indian Air Force. The attacker utilized Slack channels as exfiltration points to upload confidential internal documents, private email messages, and cached web b
So, I just got back from a trip to Georgia, the one in the US. I used Uber three times. Convenient, clean, hassle-free and the drivers were very nice. An over-all great experience. Until……Uber has reported this past weekend it is investigating a major cyber security breach that has forced it to take several critical systems offline following an alleged social engineering attack on an employee by an apparent teenage hacktivist.
The incident was exposed last week on 15 September, when an indiv
