Company press releases — Security

The firm ComSource counted 17 documented ransomware threats in Czechia in August across healthcare, manufacturing, IT services, public administration, education and retail. It rates as most serious a leak from an unnamed healthcare provider recorded on 27 August: patient contacts and medical records, payment and insurance details and staff profiles were offered by the DataBastard group for 1,400 dollars. The most active group was Titan, with four attacks on data and IT service firms, and there was also a claim of 105,000 records leaked from an online shop.

Foundation data: 47 % of parents show off photos of their children, 51 % share information that makes a child locatable and 27 % post unsuitable or naked pictures. The RODIcheck tool, built with experts and the Czech police, analyses an uploaded photo and flags what makes it risky.

A QR code does not show where it leads until you scan it — and that is what quishing rests on: a fake code redirects to an imitation of your bank, a payment gateway, a courier or a public office and tries to extract login details.

Manchester Airports Group, operator of Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands, is dealing with a cyber incident; according to the release the attackers obtained data on roughly 8.7 million customers.

The release reports 22 documented threats across sectors. They span state administration, healthcare, energy and culture. The most aggressive campaign is said to have been run by the Titan group against IT and consulting firms, and banking vishing was added to the mix.