Security Report – 16 Oct 2026

Endpoint Protection

21 Oct Security Report – 16 Oct 2026

Posted at 15:13h in Security Breach, TCT News by

Your organisation’s security perimeter is no longer confined to the office building or network. It now includes every laptop, desktop, tablet, server, smartphone and virtual machine connected to your business. Each of these devices is an endpoint and a potential entry point for cybercriminals. As the number of endpoints grows, so does the work required to manage them. IT teams need to keep track of devices, monitor their health, install patches, deploy software, troubleshoot problems and maintain consistent configurations. Doing all this manually can quickly become difficult, especially when endpoints are spread across offices, homes and other locations. That is where endpoint management software comes in. The best endpoint management software gives IT teams centralised visibility and control over their endpoints while helping them automate routine tasks, proactively identify issues and provide remote support.

Recent Breaches

United States – iRhythm –Healthcare

Exploit: Hacking

Risk to Business: Moderate: A June cyberattack on medical technology provider iRhythm may have potentially exposed the patient information of more than 8.2 million people across the U.S. iRhythm is a San Francisco-based medical technology company that offers wearable cardiac monitoring devices. The company identified unauthorised activity on June 8 and confirmed that attackers accessed and downloaded information between June 3 and June 8. State regulatory disclosures filed in October identify 298,647 affected individuals in Texas and 69,526 in South Carolina, bringing confirmed state-specific figures to 368,173. However, a separate aggregation of regulatory filings reports 8,179,772 affected individuals nationwide, although iRhythm has not disclosed a comprehensive total in its public notification. According to the company, the compromised information includes patient names, residential addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, patient account numbers, cardiac monitoring device serial numbers, health insurance numbers and dates of medical services.

Asia & Pacific –IDC Frontier – Technology 

Exploit: Ransomware & Malware

Risk to Business: Moderate: A ransomware attack on SoftBank’s cloud subsidiary IDC Frontier affected close to 500 organisations across Japan, including internet service providers and public sector bodies. IDC Frontier, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational SoftBank Group, provides infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) services to Japanese operators and service providers. On October 7, the company confirmed an attack on its IDCF Cloud service affecting almost 500 corporate and municipal customers. Virtual servers in four availability zones were taken down, and the company warned that it would be difficult to retrieve or restore customer data from the affected infrastructure, with many customers potentially having to restore everything from their own backups. Public sector organisations as well as firms spanning logistics, education and financial services were among those caught up in the attack.

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