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News and information from the Advent IM team.
Rite Aid: Breach Affects 2.2 Million Users
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Rite Aid says a recent data breach affects 2.2 million users — far fewer than the 45 million claimed by the ransomware group allegedly behind the attack. Read Here.
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NHS Trusts cancelled over 6,000 appointments after Qilin cyber attack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The two NHS Trusts most heavily impacted by the Qilin ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis have cancelled over 6,000 appointments and procedures in the past five weeks. Read Here.
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NEW PODCAST – Secure by Design (SbD): Risk & Resilience ft. Kingston Technology
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General
RISK AND BUSINESS: Secure by Design (SbD): Risk & Resilience Secure by Design (SbD) is a methodology that is increasingly being adopted across industries including Police, Government and MOD. Secure by Design (SbD) as an approach, is the requirement in systems and application engineering where security is considered a fundamental aspect of the design process rather […]
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NATO Set to Build New Cyber Defense Center
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General
NATO’s members have agreed to the construction of a new cyber-defense facility designed to help the military alliance build resilience and better respond to digital threats. Read the full story here.
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Ticketmaster warns customers to take action after hack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Ticketmaster customers in North America have been sent emails warning them to take action after the company was hacked in May. Read Here.
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AI and autonomous cameras
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
CCTV has become a fact of life, a necessary tool in the arsenal of law enforcement and local government, monitoring our public spaces and traffic enforcement. At the same time, retail, and sports and entertainment stadia, have embraced the use of such technologies for the greater good of crowd monitoring, crime reduction and ongoing and […]
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New Podcast Episode – Governance and Security: From State Interference to Global Threats
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog
In this episode of the Risk & Business podcast, we delve into the dynamics of the modern nation-state, exploring the multifaceted issues of state interference, the election, and emerging threats from overseas. Thank you to Philip Ingrim from (Grey Hair media), and Scott Wesley (Mitie), for coming on to share their amazing insight! Listen to […]
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Microsoft hack: users warned their emails may have been hacked by Midnight Blizzard
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Microsoft is urgently contacting users amid fears they may have been victims of a Russian hacking group. The tech giant admitted in January that it had been hit by an attack from the group “Midnight Blizzard”. Read Here.
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Levi Strauss Reports Credential Stuffing Attack Affecting Thousands of Users
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Levi Strauss has reported a credential stuffing attack which may have compromised around 72,000 customer accounts. The denim giant apparently said attackers were able to re-use passwords from other sites in order to access customer accounts, and potentially expose names, emails, mailing addresses, order history, and some payment card data. Read Here.
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Blog: My Journey as a RAF Reservist
- by Anthony Orjally
- Advent IM Blog
We are at the start of Armed Forces Week with Armed Forces Day falling on June 29th. Naturally, we support our Armed Forces and have demonstrated this with our Covenant and our continuing support of the Armed Forces community. We are very lucky to have some excellent ex-military colleagues, some of whom are Reservists. One […]
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