Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last week, T-Mobile disclosed that the personally identifiable information (PII) of 37 million of its past and present customers had been breached in an API attack. Coverage of the attack has been swift, far-reaching, and harsh, as this represents T-Mobile’s 8th breach since 2018. Was the API known to T-Mobile?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 05:29. A serious breach that could have been prevented with MFA is a prospect that would frighten any IT decision-maker into considering its swift adoption. Timehop is a popular app that collects old photos and posts from platforms like Facebook and Instagram so that users can easily look back on them.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In addition, the ICO has issued a provisional notice to stop further processing of the personal data of people in the UK and delete what ClearviewAI has, following alleged serious breaches of the UK’s data protection laws. Except I don’t. What is Clearview AI? It’s not just the UK that’s worried.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2018

Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . · KICKICO security breach – hackers stole over $7.7 A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Pierluigi Paganini. Security Affairs – Newsletter ).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

Personal Data Breach. Corporate Data Breach. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3.gov) gov) has released their 2021 Internet Crime Report. The number of complaints increased by 7% to 847,376 from 2020 to 2021, however the reported losses increased by 64% year over year to $6.9 But this year, we had a change!

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Now, headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks, and data breaches pour into social media feeds as steady as a river flows. SecureWorld News takes a look at some of the largest data breaches to ever occur. Top 10 most significant data breaches. Yahoo data breach (2013).

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Now headlines about ransomware, cyberattacks and data breaches pour into social media feeds at a steady drumbeat. SecureWorld now takes a look at some of the largest data breaches to ever occur. SecureWorld now takes a look at some of the largest data breaches to ever occur. Yahoo data breach (2013).

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A ridiculous number of companies are exposing some or all of their proprietary and customer data by putting it in the cloud without any kind of authentication needed to read, alter or destroy it. When cybercriminals are the first to discover these missteps, usually the outcome is a demand for money in return for the stolen data.

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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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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Our first pass at the data included a comparison of the top 50 CVEs in both Successful Exploitations and Chatter Count. Explore the nature of vulnerabilities in this episode of ThreatWise TV. It’s shaping up to be another big year for vulnerability disclosure. The 30,000-foot view.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Those not in compliance face large fines (up to 10% of company turnover for one year). In November 2020, the Telecommunications (Security) Bill was formally introduced to the UK’s House of Commons by the department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. What is the Telecommunications (Security) Act?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

API security protects data and back-end systems while preserving fluid communication between software components through strict protocols and access controls. Fundamentals of API Security API security includes a range of tactics such as strict authentication and authorization methods, data encryption technologies, and strong access controls.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

That’s true for the criminals who send you phishing emails that ask you to fill out personal information on bogus webpages that spoof the legitimate sites of Netflix, or Facebook, or your bank. We buy rain boots after feeling the unique misery of drenched socks. We become sunscreen evangelists after getting burnt on the beach.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 24, 2019

It’s been one year since the European Union (EU) enforced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 1 , a legislation designed to protect the personal data of EU citizens and lay specific rules and guidelines on how their data is collected, stored, processed and deleted by various entities.

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Spinone

JULY 3, 2020

It has been over two years since the European Union’s new privacy law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – became a game-changer for businesses all over the world. GDPR Overview and Definition GDPR is the law created to give people more control over the personal data they share on the internet.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million for failing to meet GDPR requirements on transparency. The investigation began in December 2018 and the DPC’s draft decision two years later recommended a fine of €30-50 million. Failing the transparency test, WhatsApp faces €225 million fine.

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Elie

DECEMBER 20, 2018

reuse of passwords found in data breaches and phishing attacks. reuse of passwords found in data breaches and phishing attacks. The remainder of this blog post is organized as follows: Methodology : How the data was collected and what are the study limitations. They also use their own lingo and workflow e.g

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Having just gone through the BYOD process with my 10-year old son at school (and witnessing the confusion and disinformation from parents and teachers alike), now seemed like a good time to outline some fundamentals whilst sitting on a plane heading down to Sydney to do some adult-related cyber things! What say you, internet?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? And he's right Ransomware is malware that blocks access to the data on a computer until a sum of money is paid. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Would you use it? Would you help others?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? And he's right Ransomware is malware that blocks access to the data on a computer until a sum of money is paid. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Would you use it? Would you help others?

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Hacking Ransomware Cryptocurrency Engineering 52

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

Since the pandemic began, cybersecurity has been named a top priority for national security and we’ve witnessed some of the largest, and most destructive cyber breaches in history. We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. Robert Herjavec.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Getting to the point of all this, the other day I shared a couple of tweets: Tempted to write a smack down on the use of this term versus the reality of where these breaches are sourced from, what do you think? — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) February 1, 2018. Hell, we've seen literally the same guy over and over again. He's the guy!

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Cisco Security

JUNE 30, 2021

Ash joined Cisco in 2018 via Cisco’s acquisition of Duo Security. I recently had a conversation with Cisco’s VP/GM of Zero Trust and Duo, Ash Devata , who knows more than a thing or two about zero trust. Prior to Cisco’s Duo acquisition, Ash led Duo’s Product Management, Product Marketing, Technology Partnerships, and Advisory CISOs. ?

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