eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Regardless of the type of SQL injection that is exploited, the goal is the same: to gain unauthorized access to applications and exfiltrate any data they deem useful or that can deliver the most impact. Over the years, we have all been victims of one or several data breaches due to a database susceptible to SQL injection.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Fast forward to 2017. Today, if you examine any high-profile data breach, you’re likely to find memory-hacking techniques utilized at multiple key stages of the attack. The first worm of note that accomplished this was Stuxnet.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Real-life examples of depth of defense Network Perimeter: Organizations often deploy firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and network monitoring tools at the network perimeter to prevent unauthorized access. decrease in successful breaches.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

How can it be that marquee enterprises like Capital One, Marriott, Facebook, Yahoo, HBO, Equifax, Uber and countless others continue to lose sensitive information in massive data breaches? Equifax lost data for 148 million citizens. It’s not for lack of trying. a year and is on a curve to reach $133.8 billion by 2022.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

But one of the watchwords of good cyber hygiene, a VPN, was breached. Compared to seismic events like the Capital One and Equifax data breaches, it was a non-event. Usage increased 185% from 2016 to 2017 and 165% from 2017 to 2018. The incident put NordVPN in the hot seat. They blamed a vendor.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

While an investigation is still ongoing, the Agency announced to have installed additional monitoring agents on its firewalls. Unfortunately, this was not the first time hackers broke into JPL , it has already happened back in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017. According to the investigators, the attack was carried out by an APT group.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

You won’t have to look far to find stories of Amazon S3-related data breaches caused by misconfiguration, where S3 security settings were set to ‘Public.’ AWS has even released an update to help customers from running afoul of this, one of the biggest causes of cloud data breaches.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 28, 2024

CISOs are increasingly anxious because while they realize the ax will fall on them when the inevitable breach occurs, securing boardroom support for heavy investment in preventative measures, like training, is challenging in a world where revenue is demanded for each dollar spent. million compared to those with lower levels.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Information Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, presented its top predictions for the cybersecurity industry for 2017 earlier this year. Adoption of Adaptive Security Architecture It’s no longer sufficient to install a firewall and the latest antivirus software and hope for the best.

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

For critical applications and environments with sensitive data (e.g., Security practitioners are always looking to minimize risk of a data breach, and a common framework to achieve this goal is by leveraging a defense in-depth strategy.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation, officially known as 23 NYCRR Part 500, is a forward-thinking framework designed to protect consumers sensitive data while holding businesses accountable for their cybersecurity practices. Encryption Sensitive data must be encrypted, whether in transit or at rest.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Start by mapping out your defenses with the appropriate security solutions, such as a web application firewall or malware scanning and remediation solutions. Security training helps ensure your team will be able to quickly detect a breach in the unfortunate instance that a cybercriminal makes it past your defenses.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve seen similar vulnerabilities exploited before in breaches like the 2017 Equifax data breach.”. He added that web application firewalls should also be updated to include an appropriate rule to block such attacks. Anybody using Apache Struts is likely vulnerable. Vulnerability Tested.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The average cost of a data breach can exceed $100,000 for SMBs , and that doesn’t include the high price tag associated with repairing a business’s reputation and rebuilding customer trust. Backdoor attacks increased by 173% between 2017 and 2018. As cybercrime increases, your security measures should, too.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In 2017, close to a quarter of infected website files were backdoor files, and today, these attacks are becoming harder to detect. A web application firewall — or WAF — should also be in place to prevent malicious bots, which are commonly used by cybercriminals to detect vulnerable sites, from entering your website to spread malware.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption can also be found incorporated into a variety of network security and cloud security solutions, such as cloud access security brokers (CASB), next-generation firewalls (NGFW), password managers , virtual private networks (VPN), and web application firewalls (WAF). It was updated by Chad Kime on December 7, 2023.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

You’ve likely read about high-profile cyberattacks in the headlines after a major data breach, such as the Equifax breach in 2017. Defacements made up 16% of incidents in Q4 2017 alone. In fact, a report from June 2017 shows 22% of small businesses experienced a ransomware attack in the past year.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

From personal information like Social Security numbers and addresses to sensitive financial details, banks store a treasure trove of data that, if compromised, can lead to identity theft, fraud, and significant financial loss for individuals. Any breach can shatter that trust, leading to customer attrition and long-term reputational damage.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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Herjavec Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Check out how China teleported a photon into space in 2017. History shows he’s the first person to wrap the remote management business model around firewalls, from a small office on the east coast of Canada., In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

It poses a significant threat in the realm of cybersecurity, exposing businesses to risks such as data breaches, financial losses, reputational damage, and potential lawsuits. Data breaches can lead to the loss of sensitive information, while financial impacts may stem from cybercriminal activities and regulatory fines.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to IDC’s 2021 State of Cloud Security Report , 79 percent of surveyed companies reported a cloud data breach in the last 18 months. Public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) may be less vulnerable than traditional data centers, but that doesn’t mean it’s without its own set of risks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

Industry-recognized firewall vendor Fortinet offers plenty for small businesses to enterprise organizations. The Micro Focus CyberRes business line includes solutions for application security, data protection, IAM, and security operations through the ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM). Fortinet FortiSIEM. Rapid7 Features.

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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. Modern websites will typically keep this data inside of a database, which means that exploiting a database vulnerability to access this data can be much more lucrative than simply accessing the website’s files.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2025

Traditional Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) are going to struggle to keep pace with these changes, leading to the rise of API Native WAFs and WAF Agents as superior solutions. As robots become more prevalent and interconnected, organizations must prioritize security to prevent potential harm, data breaches, and operational disruptions.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 29, 2024

That's the analogy I often use to describe the data breach "personal stash" ecosystem, but with one key difference: if you trade a baseball card then you no longer have the original card, but if you trade a data breach which is merely a digital file, it replicates.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As high-profile data breaches, such as Equifax , continue to dominate headlines, the topic of cybersecurity –or lack thereof–has commanded greater attention. It has become clear that regardless of a company’s size or industry, data breaches are inevitable.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Between 2016 and 2017, mobile devices experienced a 54% spike in malware variants, and Mac computers saw an 80% increase in malware attacks. National coverage about widespread data breaches at large corporations tend to give small business owners the idea that cybersecurity isn’t something they should be concerned about.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2019 cited the following: Lost business is the biggest contributor to data breach costs The average cost of lost business in 2019 was $1.42 National Security Agency tool that was leaked by the hacker group “Shadow Brokers” in 2017. Eternal Blue is a U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

According to security firm Gemini Advisory, the Fin7 hacker group stole data on more than five million credit and debit cards that had been used at HBC credit card terminals beginning in May 2017. Three steps to an ideal POS security solution.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Organizations are less worried about unauthorized consumer cloud applications and are more concerned about the security of sensitive data in strategic enterprise cloud services. Cybersecurity incidents involving sensitive data in the cloud can be less frequent, but more damaging. McAfee, Grand Theft Data: Data exfiltration study.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

Hackers may have accessed thousands of accounts on the California state welfare platform Brokewell Android malware supports an extensive set of Device Takeover capabilities Experts warn of an ongoing malware campaign targeting WP-Automatic plugin Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling Kaiser Permanente data breach may have impacted (..)

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Series A SenseOn 2017 London, UK 61 $26.4 Series A GitGuardian 2017 Paris, France 63 $56.0 Series A Isovalent 2017 Mountain View, CA 48 $29.0 Privafy aims to serve a valuable corner of the market – securing data-in-motion. Series A SolCyber 2017 Dallas, TX 12 $20.0 Series A Cyble 2019 Alpharetta, GA 67 $4.0

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Enterprises and big brands may receive unwanted publicity for cyberattacks and data breaches, but smaller doesn’t mean safer. In fact, website attacks increased 14 percent in Q1 2018 compared to Q4 2017 as cybercriminals set their sights on independent websites and small businesses. There’s no such thing as too small to hack.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The 2017 Cisco Cyber Security Report states 20 percent of organizations lose customers due to an attack , 30 percent lose revenue and 25 percent lose business opportunities. These solutions include website scanners, web application firewalls, professional security services, data encryption and more. Cost of Protection.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

Shields can be firewalls from the outside world, but I’d also like to add that too many organizations still do not adequately segment their network-- do not isolate critical data internally. Vamosi: SolarWinds, NotPetya, WannaCry, The Target Data breach. Put some shields up. Vamosi: This is a great idea.

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