Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches. 1 in 4 Americans reported that they would stop doing business with a company following a data breach, and 67% of consumers reported a loss of trust in an organization following a breach. What Are Data Breaches?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 30, 2021

Identity theft topped the list for both groups at 51%, with fake vaccine cards that could be used to hack smartphones (Americans 45%, British 44%) and data breaches (Americans 44%, Brits 45%) close behind. Among key findings: 80% of Americans and 76% of those in the U.K. Learn more at www.anomali.com.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s a heartwarming tale of multiple mass data compromises, which affected yours truly. We’ll also discuss how major data breaches occur, and what you can do to protect yourself in the Age of the Large Data Breach. The next notification I received was for an earlier intrusion, the 2013 compromise of 2.4

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Screenshot from the latest forum discussion about RepWatch in 2013: The CSV files appear to have included the same set of 350 million unique emails, separated into three groups: hashed, hashed and salted, and unencrypted files. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for as many of your online accounts as possible.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

. “We identified a handful of legitimate businesses who are customers that may have experienced a breach,” Dubner said. Dubner said all customers are required to use multi-factor authentication, and that everyone applying for access to its services undergoes a rigorous vetting process. info and findget[.]me,

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. This is valuable personal data that can be used for anything from targeted advertising to identity theft in extreme cases.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

The motion picture acquisition agreements, tax ID requests, and contract addendum scans all date between 2013 and 2016. Storing anything on a publicly accessible server without any kind of authentication process in place is dangerous, which is a lesson many organizations still tend to learn the hard way. Disclosure.

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