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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

18, 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that U.S. 25, 2013, two days before Target said the breach officially began, Rescator could be seen in instant messages hiring another forum member to verify 400,000 payment cards that Rescator claimed were freshly stolen. Interestingly, one of r-fac1’s first posts to Searchengines[.]ru

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Episode 212: China’s Stolen Data Economy (And Why We Should Care)

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#212), Brandon Hoffman, the CISO of Intel 471 joins us to discuss that company’s latest report that looks at China’s diversified marketplace for stolen data and stolen identities. Data leaks, data breaches and data dumps are so common these days that they don’t even attract that much attention.

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An Optimistic Outlook for 2022: Cloud Security Vulnerabilities Are 100% Preventable

CyberSecurity Insiders

And so you must automate to relieve security professionals from having to spend their days manually monitoring for misconfigurations and enable developers to write code in a way that is flexible, that can be changed over time, and that can incorporate new knowledge, such as the latest big data breach that makes news headlines.

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To Err Is Human, and That’s What Hackers Are Counting On

CyberSecurity Insiders

Ninety percent of hacking is discovery, and more than 90% of defending is knowledge. Today’s hacks are too fast and too difficult to notice as they’re occurring. Finally, successful organizations quantify how successful they are at preventing hacks that could potentially happen and using that data to improve their processes.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

When insiders work with external actors, it becomes easier to breach data undetected. What Industries Are the Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches? Once cybercriminals have illicit access to an organization’s network, data breach, system hacks, and malware or ransomware attacks become just a matter of time.