18 Oct Security Breach – 18 Oct 2024
Building a strong cybersecurity culture has become essential for businesses looking to improve their cyber resilience in an uncertain threat landscape. That culture starts with empowering a company’s first line of defense against cyberthreats: employees. In a business with a healthy cybersecurity culture, employees understand that cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility, not just IT’s. Unfortunately, about 40% of workers believe only executives and security teams are responsible for security. Employee understanding of best practices and correct procedures is the bedrock of a culture of security. Cybersecurity awareness training is the ideal way to dispel the myth that cybersecurity is just an IT problem.
A company with a healthy cybersecurity culture gains numerous benefits, such as a stronger defense against cyberattacks, a lower likelihood of a data breach, quicker recovery from incidents and better compliance. However, establishing and maintaining a thriving cybersecurity culture can be challenging. Writing and enforcing security and device policies, setting training schedules and making incident response preparations are critical elements of a strong defense that require significant expertise – and that’s where MSPs and other IT professionals come into the picture.
Recent Breaches
Australia – The Plastic Bag Company – Manufacturing
Exploit: Ransomware
Risk to Business: Moderate: Sydney-based manufacturer The Plastic Bag Company suffered a data breach, with the up-and-coming ransomware group Sarcoma ransomware group claiming to have stolen 3.6GB of data. The company’s website has also been knocked offline. Sarcoma has leaked documents, including tax returns, wage details, insurance records and passport scans from Australian and New Zealand nationals. The gang threatens to release the full data in 26 days, though no ransom has been specified.
Australia – Perfection Fresh – Agriculture
Exploit: Ransomware
Risk to Business: Moderate: Australian produce company Perfection Fresh has been listed by the Sarcoma ransomware group, one of three Australian victims in 24 hours. Sarcoma claims to have stolen 690GB of data, including files and SQL databases and has leaked internal documents as proof. While no ransom demand has been made public, Perfection Fresh has confirmed the breach. Perfection Fresh said that it has informed the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Talk to a TCT team member today about implementing cyber security plan for your business.
Robert Brown
18/10/2024
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