Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. A records search at Domaintools for “Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co” returns 11 domains, including blazefire[.]net, jyhxz.net 2013-07-02 — longmen[.]com com , buydudu[.]com

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published new details about the identity of “Rescator,” a Russian cybercriminal who is thought to be closely connected to the 2013 data breach at Target.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. A records search at Domaintools for “Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co” returns 11 domains, including blazefire[.]net, jyhxz.net 2013-07-02 — longmen[.]com com , buydudu[.]com

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Centraleyes

MAY 20, 2024

Did you know that 80% of breaches exploit legitimate identities and are difficult to detect? It’s hard to tell a hacker from a legitimate user’s behavior using regular security procedures and technologies. IAM evaluations are required because data is continuously at risk. What is An IAM Assessment?

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2020

An information technology specialist at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was arrested this week on suspicion of hacking into the human resource databases of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in 2014, stealing personal data on more than 65,000 UPMC employees, and selling the data on the dark web.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Microleaves claims its proxy software is installed with user consent, but data exposed in the breach shows the service has a lengthy history of being supplied with new proxies by affiliates incentivized to distribute the software any which way they can — such as by secretly bundling it with other titles. io , and online[.]io.

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Anton on Security

JUNE 2, 2023

According to most industry reports , a vast majority of cloud security incidents and data breaches stem from misconfigurations. Now, let’s couple this with the classic Gartner line that “99% of data breaches in the cloud are customers’ fault.” so 2013, yet so now! ] SO WHY DON’T THEY? Let’s explore this together!

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

In January 2019, dozens of media outlets raised the alarm about a new “megabreach” involving the release of some 773 million stolen usernames and passwords that was breathlessly labeled “the largest collection of stolen data in history.” “ Sanixer “) from the Ivano-Frankivsk region of the country.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2023

com , a service that sold access to billions of passwords and other data exposed in countless data breaches. Bloom’s recommendation came to Biderman via Trevor Sykes, then chief technology officer for Ashley Madison parent firm Avid Life Media (ALM). In 2019, a Canadian company called Defiant Tech Inc. Abusewith[.]us

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 27, 2021

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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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

Thousands of data breaches happen annually and affect millions of people. CryptoLocker: Another cryptocurrency attack took place in 2013 at the hands of a piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker. As technology advances, ransomware becomes more sophisticated and more challenging to stop. What Is a Ransomware Attack?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A 2019 Ponemon study revealed that the cost of a data breach is $4.88 In recent years, there has been a global imperative for organizations to take better care of protecting customers -- whether it’s their data or their safety. In September 2017, Equifax faced a data breach. less than before its breach.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A 2019 Ponemon study revealed that the cost of a data breach is $4.88 In recent years, there has been a global imperative for organizations to take better care of protecting customers -- whether it’s their data or their safety. In September 2017, Equifax faced a data breach. less than before its breach.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The company launched in 2013, the brainchild of Ryan Trost and Wayne Chiang, a couple of buddies working as security analysts in a U.S. With a foundation in supplying threat intelligence platforms, ThreatQuotient pivoted to supplying advanced SOAR technologies, as well. You can’t just throw technology at it,” Couch observes.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

In September 2017, Equifax faced a data breach. Nefarious actors stole customer data, including names, social security numbers, birthdates, and home addresses. billion in incident response and an overhaul of their technology and data security program. Thus far, the breach has cost the retailer $61 million.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 11, 2021

In September 2017, Equifax faced a data breach. Nefarious actors stole customer data, including names, social security numbers, birthdates, and home addresses. The breach was made possible due to a zero-day vulnerability in a popular open source server framework, Apache Struts. In 2013, Target had a Buzz Score of 20.7.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 28, 2021

While previously all this personal and financial information was controlled by your bank, PSD2 required all banks in the EU to create application programming interfaces (APIs) – a technology infrastructure that provides a secure and effective way to expose this data – and then share them with officially approved third parties.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

Predicting that more enterprises will suffer a cloud data breach in 2022 is not exactly going out on a limb. Migrating IT systems and applications out of the data center to cloud computing platforms is a tenet of an effective digital transformation strategy.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2019

Enterprises have spent billions of dollars on next-gen technology solutions, yet security analysts are getting increasingly frustrated. Meanwhile, some 42% of SOC analysts say it can take months or years to fully resolve actual breaches. Forty-nine percent said they were not aligned at all. million, on average. Talk more soon.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2023

According to most industry reports , a vast majority of cloud security incidents and data breaches stem from misconfigurations. Now, let’s couple this with the classic Gartner line that “99% of data breaches in the cloud are customers’ fault.” so 2013, yet so now! ] SO WHY DON’T THEY? Let’s explore this together!

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In 2013, President Obama issued Executive Order 13636 and directed the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology […].

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The modern era of mass data breaches perhaps began in 2009, with the hack of 32 million account credentials held by software developer RockYou, in which a SQL injection attack revealed that passwords were simple held in cleartext in a database table. 2013, Adobe, 153 million, home-made obfuscation.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

GDPR, the EU’s flagship data privacy and “right to be forgotten” regulation, has made the stakes of a data breach higher than ever. Healthcare Data Privacy Laws. Health data and patient data in the U.S. Financial Data Protection Laws. In the U.S.,

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SC Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Terbium Labs, a Baltimore, Maryland-based company started in 2013, sells an online risk platform as well as continuous monitoring and anti-fraud services. Matchlight then uses a machine learning algorithm to scan the open and dark web for signs that your data is being discussed, sold or leaked anywhere.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Lesson Learned From Real Cloud Breaches. Consider the 2019 Capital One data breach , which remains one of the largest ever to hit a big financial institution. Leverage Automation Technology. You need to cut through the noise, clutter and confusion to understand where you should focus your attention.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 17, 2017

We have a data breach problem. My full written testimony is in that link and it talks about many of the issue we face today and the impact data breaches have on identity verification. Data Breaches Occur Due to Human Error. Quite the opposite, in fact - things are going downhill in a hurry.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

As data breaches continue to plague organisations worldwide, South Africa is taking extra measures to protect its citizens by rolling out new legislation. More data, more risk. The drivers for enhanced data security include the proliferation of new technology platforms to create, transmit, analyze and otherwise manage data.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

You can check if your phone number or email address is part of this Facebook data leak and other data breaches on the Have I Been Pwned website. Facebook faces a privacy regulation investigation over this data breach. More Critical Patches for Microsoft Exchange Server (Versions 2013, 2016, & 2019).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 21, 2022

Overall losses, due to cyberattacks, phishing email campaigns, and data breaches jumped significantly between 2019 and 2020. Only 46 percent of enterprise security decision makers strongly agree that their cyber-protection technologies can evolve to detect new globally identified threats.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. For over 30 years I have studied the technologies of security and privacy. I am also a special advisor to IBM Security and the Chief Technology Officer of IBM Resilient.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

The credit reporting bureau Experian is facing a backlash for its recent failures to protect customer data. . An undergraduate student at Rochester Institute of Technology named Bill Demirkapi discovered the most recent security failure. The company has suffered data breaches in the past. . Takeaways .

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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. We are a SaaS company that offers native cloud, multi-cloud, on-premises, and hybrid technologies.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

invest in better endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, apparently recommending Cylance or VMware Carbon Black. At the start of March 2021, Microsoft rushed out patches for a critical zero-day Vulnerability in Exchange Server (2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019). conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2021

This installment features Jason Lau , CISO for Crypto.com and an official member and contributor on the Forbes Technology Council. He is also an adjunct professor and industry advisory board member (cybersecurity and data privacy) at the HKBU School of Business. Data breaches were happening all the time (and still are!),

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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. Additional review indicated that other personally identifiable information (PII) such as name, date of birth, and credit card data may have been leaked as well.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 18, 2022

This is important for any businesses upgrading their hardware to new technology, as it allows for the safe transfer of data before it is removed from old machines. Cybercrime statistics from Dataprot states that 60 million Americans have experienced identity theft, highlighting the importance of destroying data completely.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CryptoLocker, in 2013, pioneered the use of strong encryption algorithms. Double extortion introduces catastrophic risks of data breach and loss of customer trust if sensitive information gets leaked publicly. Even just the notification of a data breach can harm an organization's reputation and bottom line.

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